Special Collections
National Butterfly Center
The National Butterfly Center is dedicated to education, conservation and scientific research on wild butterflies. Its mission is "Growing Connections". The National Butterfly Center connects people to butterflies, which are intimately connected to native plants, which themselves are connected to the earth.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Florestina tripteris | Sticky Florestina | |
| Forestiera angustifolia | Narrow-leaf Forestiera Tanglewood Desert Olive Texas Swamp-privet Panalero Elbow Bush | |
| Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush Stretchberry Spring Herald Desert Olive Tanglewood Devil's Elbow Spring Goldenglow New Mexico Privet Texas Forsythia | |
| Funastrum cynanchoides | Fringed Twinevine Climbing Milkweed Vine Twine-vine | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Vervain Dakota Mock Vervain Moradilla Alfombrilla | |
| Glandularia polyantha | Rio Grande Mock Vervain | |
| Glandularia quandrangulata | Beaked Mock Vervain Pale Mock Vervain Chihuahuan Mock Vervain | |
| Gochnatia hypoleuca | Shrubby Bullseye | |
| Guaiacum angustifolium | Texas Lignum-vitae Soapbush Guayacan | |
| Havardia pallens | Tenaza Huajillo Ape's Ear-ring | |
| Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower Annual Sunflower | |
| Heliotropium angiospermum | Scorpion's-tail Scorpion-tail | |
| Heliotropium confertifolium | Leafy Heliotrope | |
| Heliotropium curassavicum | Salt Heliotrope Seaside Heliotrope Quail Plant Cola De Mico Cola De Gama | |
| Helietta parvifolia | Baretta | |
| Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf Rosemallow Tulipan Del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
| Jatropha dioica | Leatherstem Leather Stem Rubber Plant | |
| Justicia longii | Longflower Tubetongue | |
| Justicia pacifica | Runyon's Water-willow | |
| Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue Gregg's Tube-tongue False Honeysuckle | |
| Karwinskia humboldtiana | Coyotillo Humboldt Coyotillo | |
| Lantana achyranthifolia | Brushland Shrubverbena Mexican Marjoram Veinyleaf Lantana | |
| Lantana canescens | Hammock Shrubverbena | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
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