Harry T. Cliffe Bexar Regional Herbarium
The Bexar Regional Herbarium was created by the San Antonio Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas in the 1990s. In support of the 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial Celebration, the chapter compiled “A Plant List for Bexar County, Texas,” from existing literature, combining lists and updating botanical names, which garnered a certificate of recognition from the governor of Texas. In the process, participants discussed verifying the presence of the listed plants by finding and identifying what actually existed in the Bexar and contiguous counties.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Lindheimera texana | Texas Yellowstar Texas Star Texas Yellow-star Lindheimer Daisy | |
Ludwigia octovalvis | Mexican Primrose-willow Narrow-leaf Water Primrose Seedbox Mexican Primrose Willow | |
Ludwigia peploides | Floating Primrose-willow Water-primrose Creeping Water-primrose | |
Lupinus subcarnosus | Texas Bluebonnet Sandyland Bluebonnet | |
Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum | Winged Lythrum Lance-leaf Loosestrife | |
Lythrum californicum | California 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 | |
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 | |
Matelea biflora | Star Milkvine Purple Milkweed Vine | |
Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons | |
Matelea gonocarpos | Anglepod Angularfruit Milkvine | |
Matelea reticulata | Pearl Milkweed Vine Netted Milkvine Green Milkweed Vine Net Vein Milkvine | |
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 | |
Mentzelia albescens | Wavyleaf Blazingstar | |
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 | |
Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic Tall Melicgrass Threeflower Melicgrass Melicgrass | |
Mentzelia oligosperma | Stick-leaf Chickenthief | |
Melothria pendula | Guadeloupe Cucumber Meloncito Speckled Gourd | |
Mecardonia procumbens | Baby Jump-up | |
Melochia pyramidata | Pyramidflower Broom-wood Pyramid Flower | |
Mentzelia reverchonii | Reverchon's Blazingstar Reverchon's Stick-leaf Prairie Stickleaf | |
Melochia tomentosa | Pyramid Bush Teabush Red Rope Velvety Melochia Kidney Bush Woolly Pyramidflower | |
Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
Mimosa latidens | Kairn's Sensitive Briar | |
Mirabilis linearis | Narrowleaf Four O'Clock | |
Mirabilis multiflora | Colorado Four O'Clock | |
Mimosa roemeriana | Roemer's Mimosa Sensitive Briar | |
Mikania scandens | Climbing Hempvine Climbing Hempweed | |
Mimosa strigillosa | Powderpuff Sunshine Mimosa Sensitive Plant | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
Monarda clinopodioides | Basil Beebalm | |
Morus microphylla | Texas Mulberry Littleleaf Mulberry Mountain Mulberry Mexican Mulberry Dwarf Mulberry | |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
Muhlenbergia utilis | Aparejo Grass Aparejo Muhly | |
Nama jamaicense | Jamaicanweed Jamaican Weed Fiddleleaf Nama | |
Nassella leucotricha | Texas Wintergrass Texas Speargrass Wintergrass | |
Nekemias arborea | Peppervine | |
Nemastylis geminiflora | Prairie Celestials Celestials Prairie Pleatleaf | |
Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches | |
Neptunia pubescens var. microcarpa | Tropical Puff | |
Nicotiana repanda | Fiddleleaf Tobacco Fiddle-leaf Tobacco | |
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 | |
Nuttallanthus texanus | Texas Toadflax Texas Toad-flax Toadflax | |
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