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Harry T. Cliffe Collection
Harry T. Cliffe of San Antonio documented plant species in Bexar County by spearheading development of the Bexar Regional Herbarium that bears his name (also available on this site), then turned to photographing them. This collection of images focuses on the blossoms of native plants of Texas. The majority of the photographs were taken in south and central Texas. The Native Plant Society of Texas’ San Antonio Chapter provided support to scan the Cliffe collection. Mr. Cliffe is a longtime member of that organization.
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| Abutilon abutiloides | Shrubby Indian Mallow |  |
| Abronia ameliae | Amelia's Sand-verbena Heart's Delight |  |
| Abronia angustifolia | Purple Sand Verbena Narrow-leaf Sand-verbena |  |
| Abutilon parvulum | Dwarf Indian Mallow |  |
| Abutilon wrightii | Wright's Indian Mallow |  |
| Acleisanthes longiflora | Angel's Trumpets Angel Trumpets |  |
| Acleisanthes longiflora | Angel's Trumpets Angel Trumpets |  |
| Acalypha monostachya | Round Copperleaf |  |
| Acleisanthes obtusa | Berlandier's Trumpets Vine Four O'Clock |  |
| Acalypha ostryifolia | Pineland Threeseed Mercury Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf |  |
| Acalypha phleoides | Shrubby Copperleaf Three-seeded Mercury |  |
| Acourtia runcinata | Featherleaf Desertpeony Peonia |  |
| Aesculus pavia var. pavia | Scarlet Buckeye Red Buckeye Southern Buckeye Firecracker Plant |  |
| Ageratina altissima var. altissima | White Snakeroot |  |
| Agave americana | American Century Plant Century Plant |  |
| Ageratina havanensis | Shrubby Boneset White Mistflower White Shrub Mistflower Havana Snakeroot |  |
| Agave lechuguilla | Lechuguilla Tula Ixtle Maguey Lechuguilla Shindagger |  |
| Agalinis oligophylla | Ridgestem False Foxglove |  |
| Agalinis purpurea | Purple False Foxglove Purple Gerardia Gerardia |  |
| Allium canadense | Meadow Garlic Wild Garlic Wild Onion |  |
| Allium coryi | Yellowflower Onion Yellow-flowered Onion |  |
| Allium drummondii | Drummond's Onion Wild Garlic Drummond Wild Onion |  |
| Allium elmendorfii | Elmendorf's Onion |  |
| Allium geyeri var. tenerum | Bulbil Onion |  |
| Aloysia gratissima | Whitebrush Bee-brush White-brush Common Bee-brush Beebrush Privet Lippia |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |