Native Plants
Image Gallery
Native Plant Society of Texas
The Native Plant Society of Texas promotes research, conservation and utilization of native plants and plant habitats of Texas through education, outreach and example. This collection of images was contributed by the Native Plant Society of Texas in February, 2006. The collection includes images by noted horticulturist, Benny Simpson.
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Allium canadense | Meadow Garlic Wild Garlic Wild Onion |  |
| Aphanostephus skirrhobasis | Lazy Daisy Arkansas Lazy Daisy Arkansas Doze-daisy |  |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine Wild Red Columbine |  |
| Aquilegia hinckleyana | Hinckley's Golden Columbine Yellow Columbine Hinckley Columbine Capote Columbine |  |
| Argemone albiflora ssp. texana | Texas Bluestem Pricklypoppy Bluestem Pricklypoppy White Pricklypoppy White Prickly Poppy |  |
| Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea | Longbract Wild Indigo Cream False Indigo Plains Wild Indigo Cream Wild Indigo Large-bracted Wild Indigo |  |
| Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine |  |
| Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry French Mulberry |  |
| Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry French Mulberry |  |
| Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush Texas Paintbrush Indian Paintbrush Scarlet Paintbrush |  |
| Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush Texas Paintbrush Indian Paintbrush Scarlet Paintbrush |  |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow |  |
| Cnidoscolus texanus | Texas Bullnettle Bull Nettle Tread-softly Spurge Nettle |  |
| Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily Evening Star Rain Lily |  |
| Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily Evening Star Rain Lily |  |
| Commelina erecta | Dayflower Widow's Tears White-mouth Dayflower Whitemouth Dayflower |  |
| Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood Virginia Dogwood Florida Dogwood White Cornel Arrowwood American Boxwood False Box St. Peter's Crown Corona De San Pedro |  |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis Golden Tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis |  |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis Golden Tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis |  |
| Delphinium carolinianum | Prairie Larkspur Carolina Larkspur Blue Larkspur |  |
| Delphinium carolinianum | Prairie Larkspur Carolina Larkspur Blue Larkspur |  |
| Delphinium carolinianum | Prairie Larkspur Carolina Larkspur Blue Larkspur |  |
| Dimorphocarpa wislizeni | Touristplant Spectacle Pod |  |
| Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy |  |
| Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee Bean Red Cardinal |  |
| Euphorbia bicolor | Snow On The Prairie Snow-on-the-prairie |  |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian |  |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian |  |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian |  |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo |  |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo |  |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo |  |
| Gaillardia suavis | Pincushion Daisy Fragrant Gaillardia Rayless Gaillardia Perfumeballs |  |
| Glandularia canadensis | Rose Vervain Sweet William Rose Mock Vervain |  |
| Glandularia canadensis | Rose Vervain Sweet William Rose Mock Vervain |  |
| Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower Annual Sunflower |  |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimson-eyed Rose-mallow Marshmallow Hibiscus |  |
| Houstonia pusilla | Tiny Bluets Small Bluets Star Violet |  |
| Hymenopappus artemisiifolius | Oldplainsman Woolly-white Old Plainsman |  |
| Hydrolea ovata | Blue Waterleaf Ovate False Fiddleleaf Hairy Hydrolea |  |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress Texas Plume Red Texas Star Red Gilia |  |
| Iris brevicaulis | Zigzag Iris |  |
| Iris brevicaulis | Zigzag Iris |  |
| Iris brevicaulis | Zigzag Iris |  |
| Krigia caespitosa | Weedy Dwarfdandelion Dwarf Dandelion |  |
| Limonium carolinianum | Carolina Sealavender Sea Lavender |  |
| Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon Golden Puccoon Narrowleaf Puccoon Narrow-leaved Puccoon Puccoon Narrowleaf Gromwell Fringed Gromwell Narrowleaf Stoneseed |  |
| Liatris punctata var. mucronata | Texas Gayfeather Texas Blazing Star Texas Liatris Cusp Liatris Cusp Blazing Star Cusp Gayfeather Narrow-leaf Blazing Star Narrow-leaf Gayfeather Purples |  |
| Lindheimera texana | Texas Yellowstar Texas Star Texas Yellow-star Lindheimer Daisy |  |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower |  |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower |  |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower |  |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower |  |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower |  |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons |  |
| Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus Yellow Water Lotus Yellow Lotus |  |
| Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches |  |
| Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches |  |
| Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches |  |
| Nothoscordum bivalve | Crowpoison False Garlic Crow Poison |  |
| Oenothera lindheimeri | White Gaura Butterfly Gaura Lindheimer's Beeblossom Lindheimer's Gaura |  |
| Oenothera lindheimeri | White Gaura Butterfly Gaura Lindheimer's Beeblossom Lindheimer's Gaura |  |
| Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Fluttermill Missouri Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups |  |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups |  |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups |  |
| Oxalis stricta | Common Yellow Oxalis Yellow Wood-sorrel Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel Yellow Woodsorrel |  |
| Oxalis violacea | Violet Woodsorrel Violet Wood-sorrel |  |
| Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox Drummond Phlox Pride-of-Texas Texas Pride |  |
| Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox Drummond Phlox Pride-of-Texas Texas Pride |  |
| Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox Drummond Phlox Pride-of-Texas Texas Pride |  |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit |  |
| Physostegia pulchella | Showy False Dragonhead Beautiful False Dragon-head |  |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Rush |  |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Rush |  |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum |  |
| Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion |  |
| Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion |  |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower |  |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower |  |
| Ranunculus macranthus | Large Buttercup |  |
| Rhexia mariana | Maryland Meadow Beauty Pale Meadow Beauty |  |
| Rhexia mariana | Maryland Meadow Beauty Pale Meadow Beauty |  |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan |  |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan |  |
| Ruellia humilis | Prairie Petunia Fringeleaf Wild Petunia Hairy Ruellia Low Wild Petunia Low Ruellia Fringeleaf Ruellia Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia |  |
| Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia Common Wild Petunia Violet Wild Petunia Wild Petunia Hierba De La Calentura |  |
| Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage |  |
| Sabatia campestris | Texas Star Rose Gentian Meadow Pink Prairie Rose-gentian Prairie Sabatia |  |
| Sabatia campestris | Texas Star Rose Gentian Meadow Pink Prairie Rose-gentian Prairie Sabatia |  |
| Sabatia campestris | Texas Star Rose Gentian Meadow Pink Prairie Rose-gentian Prairie Sabatia |  |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire |  |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage |  |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage |  |
| Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf Arrowhead Arrowhead Duckroot Duck-potato Wapato |  |
| Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead |  |
| Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead |  |
| Senecio ampullaceus | Texas Ragwort Texas Groundsel Texas Butterweed |  |
| Sida ciliaris | Bracted Fanpetals Bracted Sida |  |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade Silver-leaf Nightshade White Horse Nettle Trompillo Tomato Weed Bull Nettle |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |