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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 |
| 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 Purple 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 | |
| Dermatophyllum secundiflorum | Texas Mountain Laurel Mountain Laurel Mescal Bean Mescal Bean Sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
| 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 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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