Special Collections
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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| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower | |
| Oenothera calcicola | Texas Beeblossom Limestone Gaura | |
| Oenothera filiformis | Longflower Beeblossom Longflower Gaura Large-flowered Gaura Kearney Gaura Tall Gaura | |
| Oenothera jamesii | Trumpet Evening-primrose Trumpet Evening Primrose River Primrose | |
| Oenothera laciniata | Cutleaf Evening-primrose Cut-leaved Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Missouri Evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit Evening-primrose Missouri Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
| Oenothera suffrutescens | Scarlet Beeblossom Scarlet Gaura | |
| Oenothera suffulta | Kisses Wild Honeysuckle Beeblossom Roadside Gaura | |
| Oenothera triloba | Stemless Evening-primrose Stemless Evening Primrose | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas Prickly Pear Lindheimer's Prickly Pear Lindheimer Prickly Pear | |
| 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 | |
| Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia | |
| Panicum capillare | Witchgrass | |
| Parthenium confertum | Gray's Feverfew | |
| Panicum dichotomiflorum | Fall Panicgrass Fall Panic Grass | |
| Paspalum distichum | Knotgrass | |
| Passiflora foetida | Corona De Cristo Fetid Passionflower | |
| Passiflora foetida var. gossypiifolia | Cottonleaf Passionflower Corona De Cristo | |
| Parthenocissus heptaphylla | Sevenleaf Creeper Seven-leaf Creeper | |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
| Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort | |
| Parietaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Pellitory Pennsylvania Cucumber Plant | |
| Paspalum plicatulum | Brownseed Paspalum Brownseed Paspale | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
| Palafoxia rosea | Rosy Palafox Rose Palafoxia | |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Pediomelum cyphocalyx | Turniproot Wand Psoralea Turnip-root Scurf-pea | |
| Pellaea ovata | Ovateleaf Cliffbrake Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake | |
| Pediomelum rhombifolium | Gulf Indian Breadroot Brown-flowered Psoralea Round-leaf Scurf-pea | |
| Phemeranthus aurantiacus | Orange Flameflower Flameflower Fameflower Talinum | |
| Physalis cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry | |
| Physalis cinerascens var. cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry | |
| Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Phacelia patuliflora var. teucriifolia | Sand Phacelia | |
| Phyllanthus polygonoides | Smartweed Leaf-flower Knotweed Leafflower | |
| Physalis pubescens var. pubescens | Husk Tomato | |
| Phlox roemeriana | Goldeneye Phlox Golden-eye Phlox | |
| Phoradendron tomentosum | Christmas Mistletoe Mistletoe Injerto | |
| Pinaropappus roseus | White Rocklettuce White Dandelion Pink Dandelion White Rock Lettuce | |
| Plantago helleri | Heller's Plantain Cedar Plantain | |
| Pluchea odorata | Sweetscent Saltmarsh Fleabane | |
| Plantago rhodosperma | Redseed Plantain Red-seeded Plantain | |
| Polygala alba | White Milkwort | |
| Polygonella americana | Southern Jointweed | |
| Poa bigelovii | Bigelow's Bluegrass | |
| Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Southern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Eastern Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
| Polanisia dodecandra | Redwhisker Clammyweed Clammyweed | |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum | Pennsylvania Smartweed Pink Smartweed | |
| Portulaca pilosa | Kiss Me Quick Chisme | |
| Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
| Proboscidea louisianica ssp. louisianica | Ram's Horn Devil's Claw Unicorn Plant Ram's Horn | |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum | |
| Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum | |
| Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium | Blunt-leaf Rabbit-tobacco Rabbit Tobacco Sweet Everlasting Fragrant Cudweed | |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
| Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion | |
| Quercus texana | Nuttall Oak Texas Oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus | Bristly Buttercup Buttercup | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
| Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Prairie Sumac Lance-leaf Sumac Lance-leaved Sumac Texas Sumac Tree Sumac Limestone Sumac Prairie Shining Sumac | |
| Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
| Rhynchosida physocalyx | Bladderpod Sida Buffpetal Beaked Sida | |
| Rhynchosia senna var. texana | Texas Snoutbean Texas Snout-bean | |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac Tobacco Sumac Lambrisco Lentrisco | |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry | |
| Rotala ramosior | Lowland Rotala | |
| Ruellia davisiorum | Rio Grande Wild Petunia | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
| Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia Metz's Wild Petunia Metz Wild Petunia Wild White Petunia | |
| Ruellia nudiflora var. runyonii | Runyon's Wild Petunia | |
| Rubus riograndis | Rio Grande Dewberry | |
| Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage Blue Sage | |
| Salvia ballotiflora | Shrubby Blue Sage Blue Shrub Sage Mejorana | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire | |
| Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's Sage Engelmann's Salvia | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
| Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry Black Elder Mexican Elderberry Common Elder Elderberry Tapiro Sauco | |
| Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead | |
| Salvia roemeriana | Cedar Sage | |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree Wild Chinaberry Indian Soap Plant Jaboncillo | |
| Salvia texana | Texas Sage Blue Sage | |
| Scutellaria drummondii | Drummond's Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria resinosa | Sticky Skullcap Shrubby Skullcap Resin-dot Skullcap Resinous Skullcap | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium | Little Bluestem | |
| Schoenocaulon texanum | Texas Feathershank Green Lily Texas Sabadilla | |
| Sclerocarpus uniserialis | Mexican Bonebract Border Bonebract | |
| Sclerocarpus uniserialis var. uniserialis | Mexican Bonebract | |
| Scutellaria wrightii | Wright's Skullcap Bushy Skullcap Shrubby Skullcap | |
| Senecio ampullaceus | Texas Ragwort Texas Groundsel Texas Butterweed | |
| Sesbania drummondii | Rattlebush Rattlebox Poisonbean | |
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