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Hill Country Horticulture
Images and information on more than 430 species native to central Texas. Native plants provide an essential role in the environment including economic benefits from reduced energy costs, water and maintenance; ecological benefits including enhancing ecosystem stability and reducing chemical use; not to mention the beauty they provide.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Ludwigia octovalvis | Mexican Primrose-willow Narrow-leaf Water Primrose Seedbox Mexican Primrose Willow | |
| Ludwigia peploides | Floating Primrose-willow Water-primrose Creeping Water-primrose | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
| Lythrum californicum | California Loosestrife | |
| Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum | Carolina Wolfberry Creeping Wolfberry Carolina Desert-thorn | |
| 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 | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's Cap Drummond's Turk's Cap Drummond Turk's Cap Wax Mallow Drummond's Wax Mallow Drummond Wax Mallow Red Mallow Texas Mallow Mexican Apple Sleeping Hibiscus Bleeding Hearts Manzanita | |
| Malvastrum aurantiacum | Wright's False Mallow | |
| Matelea biflora | Star Milkvine Purple Milkweed Vine | |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons | |
| Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita | |
| Malus ioensis var. texana | Texas Crabapple Blanco Crabapple | |
| Manfreda maculosa | False Aloe Spice Lily Spice-lily | |
| Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover Water-clover Clover-fern Largefoot Pepperwort | |
| Matelea reticulata | Pearl Milkweed Vine Netted Milkvine Green Milkweed Vine Net Vein Milkvine | |
| Mahonia swaseyi | Texas Barberry Texas Oregon-grape | |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant | |
| Marsilea vestita | Hairy Water-clover Hairy Waterclover Hairy Water Clover Clover Fern | |
| Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau Vine Correhuela De Las Doce | |
| Menodora heterophylla | Low Menodora Redbud Twinpod | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
| Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
| Mimosa dysocarpa | Velvetpod Mimosa Velvet-pod Mimosa Gatuno | |
| Mirabilis nyctaginea | Heartleaf Four O'Clock | |
| Mimosa roemeriana | Roemer's Mimosa Sensitive Briar | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle Southern Wax Myrtle Southern Bayberry Eastern Bayberry Bayberry Candleberry Tallow Shrub | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly Hair-awn Muhly Hairy-awn Muhly Hair Grass Pink Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia dubia | Pine Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Muhly Lindheimer Muhly Big Muhly Blue Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia reverchonii | Seep Muhly | |
| Nassella tenuissima | Mexican Feathergrass Mexican Wiregrass Finestem Needlegrass Ponytail Grass Texas Tussock | |
| Nekemias arborea | Peppervine | |
| Nemastylis geminiflora | Prairie Celestials Celestials Prairie Pleatleaf | |
| Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus Yellow Water Lotus Yellow Lotus | |
| Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches | |
| Nolina bigelovii | Bigelow's Nolina Bigelow's Beargrass | |
| Nothoscordum bivalve | Crowpoison False Garlic Crow Poison | |
| Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass | |
| Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily Yellow Cow Lily Cow Lily Spatter Dock Wakas | |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower | |
| Nymphaea odorata | American White Water-lily Fragrant White Water-lily Fragrant Water-lily White Water-lily Sweet-scented White Water-lily Sweet-scented Water-lily Beaver Root | |
| Oenothera calcicola | Texas Beeblossom Limestone Gaura | |
| Oenothera jamesii | Trumpet Evening-primrose Trumpet Evening Primrose River Primrose | |
| Oenothera laciniata | Cutleaf Evening-primrose Cut-leaved Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera lindheimeri | White Gaura Butterfly Gaura Lindheimer's Beeblossom Lindheimer's Gaura | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Silver Leaf Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera rhombipetala | Fourpoint Evening-primrose Four-point Evening Primrose Diamond Petal Primrose Greater Four-point Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
| Oenothera triloba | Stemless Evening-primrose Stemless Evening Primrose | |
| Onosmodium bejariense var. bejariense | Soft-hair Marbleseed False Gromwell | |
| Onosmodium helleri | Heller's Marbleseed Marble-seed | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas Prickly Pear Lindheimer's Prickly Pear Lindheimer Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear Twist-spine Prickly Pear Common Prickly Pear Plains Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia macrocentra | Purple Pricklypear Purple Prickly Pear Long-spined Prickly Pear Black Spine Prickly Pear | |
| Orbexilum pedunculatum | Sampson's Snakeroot | |
| Oxalis drummondii | Drummond's Wood-sorrel Large-leaf Wood-sorrel Drummond's Woodsorrel | |
| Oxalis stricta | Common Yellow Oxalis Yellow Wood-sorrel Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel Yellow Woodsorrel | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro | |
| Passiflora affinis | Bracted Passionflower Passion Flower | |
| Passiflora foetida | Corona De Cristo Fetid Passionflower | |
| Parthenocissus heptaphylla | Sevenleaf Creeper Seven-leaf Creeper | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
| Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort | |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
| Paronychia virginica | Whitlow-wort Broom Nailwort Yellow Nailwort Park's Nailwort | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon Rock Beardtongue Cut-leaf Penstemon Cut-leaf Beardtongue Baccharis-leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Penstemon laxiflorus | Nodding Penstemon Nodding Beardtongue Loose-flowered Penstemon Loose-flowered Beardtongue | |
| Pellaea ovata | Ovateleaf Cliffbrake Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake | |
| Penstemon tenuis | Brazos Penstemon Brazos Beardtongue Gulf Penstemon Gulf Beardtongue Gulf Coast Penstemon Gulf Coast Beardtongue Sharp-sepal Penstemon Sharp-sepal Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon Hill Country Beardtongue Scarlet Penstemon Scarlet Beardtongue Heller's Penstemon Heller's Beardtongue | |
| Phytolacca americana | American Pokeweed Great Pokeweed Pokeweed Pokeberry Red Ink Plant Pigeonberry | |
| Phemeranthus aurantiacus | Orange Flameflower Flameflower Fameflower Talinum | |
| Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck | |
| Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox Drummond Phlox Pride-of-Texas Texas Pride | |
| Philadelphus ernestii | Canyon Mock Orange Canyon Mock-orange Mock-orange | |
| Physostegia intermedia | Spring Obedient Plant Marsh Obedient Plant Slender False Dragonhead Intermediate False Dragonhead | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Phemeranthus parviflorus | Sunbright Dwarf Flameflower Prairie Flameflower | |
| Phacelia patuliflora | Sand Phacelia Sand Scorpionweed Blue Phacelia | |
| Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
| Phlox roemeriana | Goldeneye Phlox Golden-eye Phlox | |
| Philadelphus texensis | Texas Mock Orange | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant False Dragonhead Virginia Lions-heart | |
| Pistacia mexicana | Mexican Pistachio Texas Pistachio American Pistachio Copal Pistachio Wild Pistachio Lentisco Texas Pistache | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore Eastern Sycamore American Plane Tree Plane Tree Buttonwood Buttonball Tree | |
| Pluchea odorata var. odorata | Sweetscent Marsh Fleabane Southern Marsh Fleabane | |
| Plumbago scandens | Doctorbush Summer Snow Plumbago Mexican Plumbago | |
| Polygala alba | White Milkwort | |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Rush | |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
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