Millennium Seed Bank Project
List of Texas species that were collected as part of the Millennium Seed Bank Project (MSBP). MSBP is a global conservation program to collect and store the seeds of 10% of the world's drylands flora (24,000 species) by 2010. Click here to learn more about MSBP.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Chionanthus virginicus | White Fringetree Fringe Tree Snowflower Tree Flowering Ash Old Man's Beard Grandfather Graybeard Grancy Graybeard | |
Citharexylum berlandieri | Berlandier's Fiddlewood Berlandier Fiddlewood Fiddlewood | |
Cirsium horridulum | Bristle Thistle Yellow Thistle Horrid Thistle Purple Thistle Spiny Thistle Bull Thistle | |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
Cissus trifoliata | Cow-itch Vine Cow Itch Vine Sorrelvine Grape Ivy Possum Grape Arizona Grape Ivy | |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard Drummond's Clematis Texas Virgin's Bower Goat's Beard | |
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass Jamaican Saw-grass Saw-grass | |
Clematis pitcheri | Purple Leatherflower Purple Clematis Leatherflower Bluebill Bellflower Clematis Pitcher's Clematis | |
Clematis texensis | Scarlet Clematis Scarlet Leatherflower Texas Clematis | |
Cordia boissieri | Mexican Olive Texas Wild Olive Anacahuita Anacahuite | |
Cocculus carolinus | Carolina Snailseed Carolina Coralbead Carolina Moonseed Red Berried Moonseed Carolina Red Berried Moonseed | |
Conyza canadensis | Horseweed Canadian Horseweed | |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower Wild Ageratum Blue Boneset | |
Corydalis curvisiliqua ssp. curvisiliqua | Curvepod Fumewort | |
Coelorachis cylindrica | Cylinder Jointtail Grass Carolina Joint-tail | |
Commelina dianthifolia | Birdbill Dayflower Bird-bill Dayflower | |
Convolvulus equitans | Texas Bindweed Bindweed | |
Commelina erecta | Dayflower Widow's Tears White-mouth Dayflower Whitemouth Dayflower | |
Condalia hookeri var. hookeri | Brazilian Bluewood | |
Cosmos parviflorus | Southwestern Cosmos Southwest Cosmos | |
Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
Colubrina texensis | Texas Hog Plum Texas Snakewood Texas Colubrina Hog Plum | |
Coreopsis wrightii | Rock Tickseed Golden-wave | |
Croton alabamensis var. texensis | Texabama Croton Texas Alabama Croton | |
Croton monanthogynus | Prairie Tea One-seed Croton Doveweed Dove Weed Prairie Goatweed | |
Cryptantha oblata | Rough Cryptantha | |
Croton punctatus | Gulf Croton | |
Crataegus spathulata | Littlehip Hawthorn Pasture Hawthorn Smallfruit Hawthorn | |
Crataegus tracyi | Tracy's Hawthorn Tracy Hawthorn Mountain Hawthorn | |
Crataegus viridis | Green Hawthorn Southern Hawthorn | |
Cuscuta indecora | Bigseed Alfalfa Dodder Largeseed Dodder Pretty Dodder | |
Cyperus articulatus | Jointed Flatsedge Chintul | |
Cyperus elegans | Royal Flatsedge | |
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis | Tasajillo Christmas Cactus Pencil Cactus Christmas Cholla Desert Christmas Cactus | |
Cyperus pseudovegetus | Marsh Flatsedge Marsh Flat Sedge | |
Cyperus retroflexus | Oneflower Flatsedge | |
Cyperus reflexus | Bentawn Flatsedge | |
Dalea emarginata | Wedgeleaf Prairie Clover | |
Daucosma laciniata | Meadow Parasol Daucosma | |
Daucus pusillus | American Wild Carrot Rattlesnake-weed Wild Carrot | |
Datura quercifolia | Chinese Thorn-apple Oak-leaf Thorn Apple Oak Leaved Angel's Trumpet | |
Dasylirion texanum | Texas Sotol Sotol | |
Desmanthus leptolobus | Slenderlobe Bundleflower | |
Desmanthus velutinus | Velvet Bundleflower | |
Digitaria cognata | Carolina Crabgrass Fall Witchgrass | |
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes | Heller's Rosette Grass | |
Dicranocarpus parviflorus | Pitchfork | |
Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
Drosera capillaris | Pink Sundew | |
Draba platycarpa | Broadpod Draba Broad-pod Draba Broadpod Whitlowgrass Broadpod Whitlow-grass | |
Echinacea atrorubens | Topeka Purple Coneflower | |
Echinocereus dasyacanthus | Texas Rainbow Cactus Spiny Hedgehog Cactus Spiny Hedgehog Golden Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus Golden Rainbow Hedgehog Yellow Pitaya | |
Echinocereus enneacanthus var. brevispinus | Pitaya | |
Echinocactus horizonthalonius | Devilshead Eagle Claws Turk's Head Devil's Head | |
Echinocereus pentalophus | Ladyfinger Cactus Alicoche Dog Tail Devil's Fingers | |
Echinocereus reichenbachii | Lace Hedgehog Cactus Lace Cactus Lace Hedgehog Purple Candle | |
Echinacea sanguinea | Sanguine Purple Coneflower | |
Echeveria strictiflora | Desert Savior | |
Echinocereus stramineus | Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus Pitaya | |
Echinocactus texensis | Horse Crippler Horse Crippler Cactus Devil's Head Chisos Hedgehog Cactus Chisos Hedgehog | |
Ehretia anacua | Anacua Sugarberry Anacua Anaqua Anacahuita Knockaway Knackaway Sandpaper Tree Manzanita Manzanillo Tlalahuacate | |
Elionurus barbiculmis | Woolyspike Balsamscale Woolspike Balsamscale | |
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye | |
Eleocharis equisetoides | Jointed Spikesedge | |
Eleocharis montevidensis | Sand Spikerush Spike Rush | |
Eleocharis quadrangulata | Squarestem Spikerush | |
Eleocharis tuberculosa | Cone-cup Spikerush Tubercled Spikerush Long-tubercled Spikerush | |
Elymus virginicus | Virginia Wild Rye Virginia Wildrye | |
Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
Ephedra trifurca | Ephedra Mormon Tea Longleaf Jointfir Jointfir Longleaf Teabush Tea Weed Canutillo | |
Eragrostis curtipedicellata | Gummy Lovegrass Gummy Love Grass | |
Eriocaulon decangulare | Ten-angle Pipewort Pipewort | |
Eryngium heterophyllum | Wright's Eryngo Mexican Thistle | |
Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee Bean Red Cardinal | |
Eryngium hookeri | Hooker's Eryngo | |
Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass Plains Love Grass | |
Eryngium integrifolium | Blueflower Eryngo Blue-flower Coyote-thistle | |
Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngo False Purple Thistle | |
Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy Woollygrass Hairy Tridens | |
Eryngium prostratum | Creeping Eryngo | |
Eriochloa sericea | Texas Cupgrass | |
Erodium texanum | Texas Stork's Bill Stork's Bill Pine Needle Fillaree | |
Escobaria tuberculosa | Whitecolumn Foxtail Cactus Cob Beehive Cactus White-column Foxtail Cactus White Star | |
Eupatorium capillifolium | Dogfennel Dog Fennel | |
Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian | |
Euthamia gymnospermoides | Texas Goldentop | |
Eurybia hemispherica | Southern Prairie Aster | |
Eupatorium serotinum | White Boneset Lateflowering Thoroughwort Late Boneset Late-flowering Boneset | |
Evax prolifera | Bighead Pygmycudweed Rabbit Tobacco | |
Evax verna var. verna | Spring Pygmycudweed | |
Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce | |
Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens | Stretchberry Elbowbush Stretch-berry Downy Forestiera Desert Olive Elbow-bush | |
Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn Carolina False Buckthorn Yellow Buckthorn Indian Cherry Yellowwood | |
Froelichia gracilis | Slender Snakecotton Snake-cotton | |
Funastrum cynanchoides | Fringed Twinevine Climbing Milkweed Vine Twine-vine | |
Fuirena simplex | Western Umbrella-sedge Umbrellagrass Western Umbrella Sedge | |
Fuirena squarrosa | Hairy Umbrella Sedge | |
Gaillardia multiceps | Onion Blanketflower Gyp Indian Blanket | |
Garrya ovata ssp. lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Silktassel Lindheimer Silktassel Lindheimer's Garrya Lindheimer Garrya Mexican Silktassel Mexican Garrya Eggleaf Silktassel Eggleaf Garrya | |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
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