Special Collections
Wildflower Center Herbarium
The Wildflower Center's herbarium is a collection of preserved plant specimens from seed collecting expeditions, research projects and representative from the Wildflower Center's grounds.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Lasthenia californica | California Goldfields | |
| Lasthenia glabrata | Yellowray Goldfields Yellow-ray Goldfields California Sunshine | |
| Layia platyglossa | Coastal Tidytips | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
| Lesquerella argyraea | Silver Bladderpod | |
| Lepidium austrinum | Southern Peppergrass Southern Pepperwort | |
| Leptochloa dubia | Green Sprangletop | |
| Lesquerella fendleri | Fendler's Bladderpod Popweed | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
| Leptosiphon grandiflorus | Largeflower Linanthus Large-flower Desert-trumpets Mountain Phlox | |
| Lesquerella grandiflora | Bigflower Bladderpod | |
| Lespedeza hirta | Hairy Lespedeza | |
| Lesquerella recurvata | Gaslight Bladderpod Slender Bladderpod | |
| Leucaena retusa | Goldenball Leadtree Littleleaf Leadtree Little Leucaena Lemonball Wahoo Tree | |
| Lechea san-sabeana | San Saba Pinweed | |
| Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Peppergrass Virginia Pepperweed Peppergrass Poor Man's Pepper | |
| Liatris acidota | Sharp Blazing Star Sharp Gayfeather Sharp Liatris | |
| Linum alatum | Winged Flax | |
| Limnodea arkansana | Ozark Grass Ozarkgrass | |
| Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax Yellow Flax Stiff-stem Flax | |
| Limonium carolinianum | Carolina Sealavender Sea Lavender | |
| Liatris elegans | Pink-scale Blazing Star Pink-scale Gayfeather Pink-scale Liatris | |
| Linum hudsonioides | Texas Flax Yellow Flax Hudson Flax | |
| Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon Golden Puccoon Narrowleaf Puccoon Narrow-leaved Puccoon Puccoon Narrowleaf Gromwell Fringed Gromwell Narrowleaf Stoneseed | |
| Linum lewisii | Wild Blue Flax Prairie Flax Lewis Flax Lewis's Flax | |
| Liatris ligulistylis | Rocky Mountain Blazing Star Rocky Mountain Gayfeather Rocky Mountain Liatris Meadow Blazing Star Meadow Gayfeather Meadow Liatris | |
| Linum pratense | Meadow Flax | |
| Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star Dotted Gayfeather Dotted Liatris Purples | |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star Prairie Gayfeather Prairie Liatris Kansas Blazing Star Kansas Gayfeather Kansas Liatris Cat-tail Blazing Star Cat-tail Gayfeather Cat-tail Liatris Hairy Button-snakeroot | |
| Linum rigidum | Stiffstem Flax Large-flower Yellow Flax Yellow Flax | |
| Linum rupestre | Rock Flax | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
| 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 cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
| Lobelia fenestralis | Fringeleaf Lobelia | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Lupinus bicolor | Miniature Lupine Miniature Annual Lupine Pygmy-leaved Lupine | |
| Lupinus densiflorus | Whitewhorl Lupine | |
| Lupinus havardii | Big Bend Bluebonnet Big Bend Lupine Havard Bluebonnet Chisos Bluebonnet | |
| Lupinus luteolus | Pale Yellow Lupine Butter Lupine | |
| Lupinus nanus | Ocean-blue Lupine Sky Lupine | |
| Ludwigia octovalvis | Mexican Primrose-willow Narrow-leaf Water Primrose Seedbox Mexican Primrose Willow | |
| Lupinus sericeus | Silky Lupine | |
| Lupinus succulentus | Hollowleaf Annual Lupine Hollow-leaf Annual Lupine Arroyo Lupine Succulent Lupine | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
| Lythrum alatum | Winged Lythrum | |
| Lycium carolinianum | Carolina Wolfberry Carolina Desert-thorn Creeping Wolfberry Christmas Berry | |
| Lythrum californicum | California Loosestrife | |
| Lycurus setosus | Bristly Wolfstail | |
| Lygodesmia texana | Texas Skeleton Plant Texas Skeleton Weed Skeleton-plant Purple Dandelion Flowering Straw | |
| Lycium torreyi | Torrey Wolfberry Desert-thorn Box-thorn Squawberry Rabbit-thorn Tomatillo Garambullo | |
| Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine Roving Sailor Climbing Snapdragon Little Snapdragon Vine | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus | Turkscap Wax Mallow Bleeding Hearts Mexican Apple Manzanita | |
| 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 | |
| Malachra capitata | Yellow Leafbract Malva De Caballo Horse Mallow | |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons | |
| Marshallia caespitosa var. caespitosa | Barbara's Buttons Puffballs | |
| Machaeranthera canescens ssp. glabra | Hoary Tansyaster | |
| Matelea cynanchoides | Prairie Milkvine | |
| Matelea edwardsensis | Plateau Milkvine Plateau Milkweed Vine | |
| Mammillaria heyderi | Little Nipple Cactus Heyder Pincushion Cactus | |
| Maclura pomifera | Osage Orange Bois d' Arc Bodark Horse Apple Hedge Apple Bowwood Yellowwood Naranjo Chino Monkey Brains | |
| Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum | Feathery False Lily Of The Valley False Spikenard False Solomon's Seal Solomon's Plume Smilacina | |
| Matelea reticulata | Pearl Milkweed Vine Netted Milkvine Green Milkweed Vine Net Vein Milkvine | |
| 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 | |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay Magnolia Southern Sweetbay Swampbay Swamp Magnolia Sweet Magnolia Small Magnolia Laurel Magnolia White Bay White Laurel Swamp Laurel Beaver Tree | |
| Mentzelia albescens | Wavyleaf Blazingstar | |
| Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau Vine Correhuela De Las Doce | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
| Mentzelia multiflora | Adonis Blazingstar Prairie Stickleaf Blazingstar | |
| Mentzelia oligosperma | Stick-leaf Chickenthief | |
| Melochia pyramidata | Pyramidflower Broom-wood Pyramid Flower | |
| Mertensia virginica | Virginia Bluebells | |
| Minuartia drummondii | Drummond's Stitchwort Sandwort | |
| Mirabilis nyctaginea | Heartleaf Four O'Clock | |
| Mitreola petiolata | Lax Hornpod | |
| Mimosa roemeriana | Roemer's Mimosa Sensitive Briar | |
| Mimosa strigillosa | Powderpuff Sunshine Mimosa Sensitive Plant | |
| Modiola caroliniana | Carolina Bristlemallow Carolina Modiola | |
| 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 clinopodioides | Basil Beebalm | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
| Monarda fruticulosa | Shrubby Beebalm Shrubby Horsemint Spotted Beebalm | |
| Monarda lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Beebalm Lindheimer Beebalm | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly Hair-awn Muhly Hairy-awn Muhly Hair Grass Pink Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia ×involuta | Canyon Muhly Edwards Plateau Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Muhly Lindheimer Muhly Big Muhly Blue Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia reverchonii | Seep Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia rigida | Purple Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia utilis | Aparejo Grass Aparejo Muhly | |
| Nama havardii | Havard's Fiddleleaf | |
| Nama jamaicense | Jamaicanweed Jamaican Weed Fiddleleaf Nama | |
| Nassella leucotricha | Texas Wintergrass Texas Speargrass Wintergrass | |
| Nassella tenuissima | Mexican Feathergrass Mexican Wiregrass Finestem Needlegrass Ponytail Grass Texas Tussock | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
