Special Collections
Edwards Plateau
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 42 Texas counties. Lying entirely within the state, it is commonly referred to as the Texas Hill Country. This ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Edwards Plateau vegetative region.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata | Flatspine Stickseed Western Stickseed | |
| Larrea tridentata | Creosote Bush Greasewood Hediondilla Governadora Guamis | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
| Lemna aequinoctialis | Lesser Duckweed | |
| Lepidium alyssoides | Mesa Pepperwort Mesa Pepperweed Southern Pepperweed | |
| Lesquerella argyraea | Silver Bladderpod | |
| Lepidium austrinum | Southern Peppergrass Southern Pepperwort | |
| Lepidium densiflorum | Common Pepperweed | |
| Lesquerella densiflora | Denseflower Bladderpod Low Bladderpod | |
| Leptochloa dubia | Green Sprangletop | |
| Lesquerella engelmannii | Engelmann's Bladderpod | |
| Lesquerella fendleri | Fendler's Bladderpod Popweed | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
| Leptochloa fusca | Malabar Sprangletop | |
| Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis | Bearded Sprangletop | |
| Lesquerella gordonii | Gordon's Bladderpod | |
| Lesquerella gracilis | Spreading Bladderpod Cloth-of-gold | |
| Lesquerella grandiflora | Bigflower Bladderpod | |
| Lesquerella gracilis ssp. gracilis | Spreading Bladderpod | |
| Lepidium lasiocarpum | Shaggyfruit Pepperweed | |
| Lesquerella lasiocarpa | Roughpod Bladderpod | |
| Lemna minor | Common Duckweed | |
| Leucophyllum minus | Big Bend Barometerbush Big Bend Silverleaf | |
| Leersia monandra | Cut Rice Grass Bunch Cutgrass | |
| Leucospora multifida | Narrowleaf Paleseed | |
| Lechea mucronata | Hairy Pinweed | |
| Lepidium oblongum | Veiny Pepperweed | |
| Lemna obscura | Little Duckweed | |
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass Rice Cut Grass | |
| Leptochloa panicea | Mucronate Sprangletop Red Sprangletop Needle Sprangletop | |
| Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata | Red Sprangletop | |
| Lesquerella purpurea | Rose Bladderpod Purple Bladderpod | |
| Leucaena pulverulenta | Great Leadtree Mexican Leadtree Great Leucaena Tepeguaje | |
| Lesquerella recurvata | Gaslight Bladderpod Slender Bladderpod | |
| Leucaena retusa | Goldenball Leadtree Littleleaf Leadtree Little Leucaena Lemonball Wahoo Tree | |
| Lechea san-sabeana | San Saba Pinweed | |
| Lesquerella sessilis | Sessile Bladderpod | |
| Lepuropetalon spathulatum | Petiteplant | |
| Lespedeza stuevei | Tall Bush-clover Tall Lespedeza | |
| Lechea tenuifolia | Narrowleaf Pinweed | |
| Lespedeza texana | Texas Lespedeza Texas Bush-clover | |
| Lemna turionifera | Turion Duckweed | |
| Lemna valdiviana | Valdivia Duckweed | |
| Leersia virginica | Whitegrass | |
| Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Peppergrass Virginia Pepperweed Peppergrass Poor Man's Pepper | |
| Lespedeza violacea | Violet Lespedeza | |
| Lespedeza virginica | Slender Lespedeza Slender Bush-clover | |
| Liatris aestivalis | Summer Gayfeather Summer Blazing Star Summer Liatris | |
| Linum alatum | Winged Flax | |
| Limnodea arkansana | Ozark Grass Ozarkgrass | |
| Lipocarpha aristulata | Awned Halfchaff Sedge | |
| Linum berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax | |
| Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush Spicebush Wild Allspice | |
| Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax Yellow Flax Stiff-stem Flax | |
| Linum berlandieri var. filifolium | Berlandier's Yellow Flax | |
| Lipocarpha drummondii | Drummond's Halfchaff Sedge | |
| Lindernia dubia | Yellowseed False Pimpernel | |
| Lindernia dubia var. anagallidea | Yellowseed False Pimpernel | |
| Liatris elegans | Pink-scale Blazing Star Pink-scale Gayfeather Pink-scale Liatris | |
| Liatris elegans var. bridgesii | Pinkscale Blazingstar Pinkscale Gayfeather | |
| Liatris elegans var. carizzana | Pink-scale Blazing Star Pink-scale Gayfeather Pink-scale Liatris | |
| Linum hudsonioides | Texas Flax Yellow Flax Hudson Flax | |
| Linum imbricatum | Tufted Flax | |
| Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon Golden Puccoon Narrowleaf Puccoon Narrow-leaved Puccoon Puccoon Narrowleaf Gromwell Fringed Gromwell Narrowleaf Stoneseed | |
| Lithospermum matamorense | Rough Stoneseed | |
| Linum medium | Stiff Yellow Flax | |
| Linum medium var. texanum | Stiff Yellow Flax | |
| Lithospermum mirabile | San Antonio Stoneseed | |
| Limnosciadium pinnatum | Tansy Dogshade | |
| Linum pratense | Meadow Flax | |
| Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star Dotted Gayfeather Dotted Liatris Purples | |
| Liatris punctata var. mucronata | Texas Gayfeather Texas Blazing Star Texas Liatris Cusp Liatris Cusp Blazing Star Cusp Gayfeather Narrow-leaf Blazing Star Narrow-leaf Gayfeather Purples | |
| Linum rupestre | Rock Flax | |
| Linum sulcatum | Grooved Flax Yellow Prairie Flax | |
| Lindheimera texana | Texas Yellowstar Texas Star Texas Yellow-star Lindheimer Daisy | |
| Lonicera albiflora | Western White Honeysuckle White Shrub Honeysuckle White Bush Honeysuckle White Limestone Honeysuckle Texas Honeysuckle White Honeysuckle | |
| Lobelia appendiculata | Pale Lobelia | |
| Lobelia appendiculata var. appendiculata | Pale Lobelia | |
| Lobelia berlandieri var. brachypoda | Berlandier's Lobelia Blue Lobelia | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
| Lobelia puberula | Downy Lobelia | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Loeflingia squarrosa | Spreading Pygmyleaf | |
| Lotus unifoliolatus | American Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
| Ludwigia decurrens | Wingleaf Primrose-willow | |
| Ludwigia glandulosa | Cylindric-fruit Primrose-willow | |
| Ludwigia octovalvis | Mexican Primrose-willow Narrow-leaf Water Primrose Seedbox Mexican Primrose Willow | |
| Ludwigia octovalvis ssp. octovalvis | Mexican Primrose-willow | |
| Ludwigia palustris | Marsh Seedbox Water Purslane | |
| Ludwigia peploides | Floating Primrose-willow Water-primrose Creeping Water-primrose | |
| Ludwigia repens | Creeping Primrose-willow Floating Primrose-willow Water Primrose | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
| Lythrum alatum | Winged Lythrum | |
| Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum | Winged Lythrum Lance-leaf Loosestrife | |
| Lycopus americanus | American Water Horehound Water Horehound | |
| Lycium berlandieri | Berlandier's Wolfberry Wolfberry | |
| Lythrum californicum | California Loosestrife | |
| Lythrum ovalifolium | Low Loosestrife Stream Loosestrife | |
| Lygodesmia texana | Texas Skeleton Plant Texas Skeleton Weed Skeleton-plant Purple Dandelion Flowering Straw | |
| Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine Roving Sailor Climbing Snapdragon Little Snapdragon Vine | |
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