Native Plants
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Bettinger, Edith
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| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abutilon incanum | Pelotazo Indian Mallow Shrubby Indian Mallow |  |
| Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple Northern Sugar Maple |  |
| Aesculus glabra var. arguta | Ohio Buckeye White Buckeye Texas Buckeye |  |
| Agalinis fasciculata | Beach False Foxglove |  |
| Allium canadense var. fraseri | Fraser Meadow Garlic Fraser Meadow Garlic |  |
| Allium coryi | Yellowflower Onion Yellow-flowered Onion |  |
| Allium drummondii | Drummond's Onion Wild Garlic Drummond Wild Onion |  |
| Astragalus distortus | Ozark Milkvetch Bent Milk Vetch Bentpod Milkvetch |  |
| Asclepias exaltata | Poke Milkweed |  |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed |  |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed Eastern Whorled Milkweed |  |
| Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo Wild Blue Indigo Blue False Indigo |  |
| Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo Wild Blue Indigo Blue False Indigo |  |
| Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea | Longbract Wild Indigo Cream False Indigo Plains Wild Indigo Cream Wild Indigo Large-bracted Wild Indigo |  |
| Berlandiera pumila | Soft Greeneyes |  |
| Berlandiera pumila | Soft Greeneyes |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri ssp. pinifolius | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops Square-bud Day-primrose |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri ssp. pinifolius | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops Square-bud Day-primrose |  |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow |  |
| Camassia scilloides | Atlantic Camas Wild Hyacinth |  |
| Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower |  |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata | Partridge Pea Showy Partridge-pea Beeflower |  |
| Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina | Cottony Goldenaster |  |
| Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina | Cottony Goldenaster |  |
| Cirsium horridulum | Bristle Thistle Yellow Thistle Horrid Thistle Purple Thistle Spiny Thistle Bull Thistle |  |
| Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle |  |
| Corydalis aurea | Scrambled Eggs Golden Corydalis |  |
| Cocculus carolinus | Carolina Snailseed Carolina Coralbead Carolina Moonseed Red Berried Moonseed Carolina Red Berried Moonseed |  |
| Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily Evening Star Rain Lily |  |
| Convolvulus equitans | Texas Bindweed Bindweed |  |
| Commelina erecta | Dayflower Widow's Tears White-mouth Dayflower Whitemouth Dayflower |  |
| Coreopsis grandiflora | Largeflower Tickseed Large-flower Tickseed Common Coreopsis |  |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata | Tree Cholla Teddy-bear Cholla Cholla Cane Cactus Walkingstick Cholla |  |
| Cynoglossum virginianum | Wild Comfrey |  |
| Dalea aurea | Golden Dalea Golden Prairie Clover |  |
| Dalea enneandra | Nine-anther Prairie Clover |  |
| Dalea multiflora | Roundhead Prairie Clover White Prairie Clover Round Headed Dalea Round Headed Clover |  |
| Desmodium sessilifolium | Sessileleaf Ticktrefoil |  |
| Dracopis amplexicaulis | Clasping Coneflower Clasping-leaf Coneflower |  |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower |  |
| Eriogonum annuum | Annual Buckwheat Annual Wild Buckwheat Umbrella Plant |  |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngo False Purple Thistle |  |
| Erodium texanum | Texas Stork's Bill Stork's Bill Pine Needle Fillaree |  |
| Erodium texanum | Texas Stork's Bill Stork's Bill Pine Needle Fillaree |  |
| Escobaria missouriensis | Missouri Foxtail Cactus Plains Nipple Cactus |  |
| Escobaria missouriensis | Missouri Foxtail Cactus Plains Nipple Cactus |  |
| Escobaria vivipara | Spinystar Common Beehive Cactus Pincushion Cactus |  |
| Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis | Lanceleaf Blanketflower Prairie Gaillardia |  |
| Galactia volubilis | Downy Milkpea |  |
| Geranium maculatum | Spotted Geranium Wild Geranium Cranesbill |  |
| Grindelia papposa | Spanish Gold Clasping-leaved Haplopappus Saw-leaf Daisy |  |
| Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower Annual Sunflower |  |
| Heliotropium curassavicum | Salt Heliotrope Seaside Heliotrope Quail Plant Cola De Mico Cola De Gama |  |
| Helianthus pauciflorus | Stiff Sunflower Prairie Sunflower |  |
| Hedeoma reverchonii var. reverchonii | Reverchon's False Pennyroyal Rock Hedeoma |  |
| Heterotheca subaxillaris | Camphorweed Camphor Weed |  |
| Houstonia pusilla | Tiny Bluets Small Bluets Star Violet |  |
| Hymenocallis liriosme | Texas Spiderlily Spring Spiderlily Spiderlily Louisiana Spiderlily Western Marsh Spiderlily |  |
| Indigofera miniata | Scarlet Pea Coastal Indigo Texas Indigo Western Indigo |  |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress Texas Plume Red Texas Star Red Gilia |  |
| Ipomoea sagittata | Saltmarsh Morning-glory Salt-marsh Morning Glory |  |
| Iris brevicaulis | Zigzag Iris |  |
| Iris brevicaulis | Zigzag Iris |  |
| Justicia americana | American Water-willow Water-willow |  |
| Krameria grayi | White Ratany Crimson Beak Chacati Cosahui |  |
| Krameria lanceolata | Trailing Krameria Ratany Crameria Prairie Sandbur Trailing Ratany |  |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf |  |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf |  |
| Liatris elegans | Pink-scale Blazing Star Pink-scale Gayfeather Pink-scale Liatris |  |
| Linum lewisii var. lewisii | Prairie Flax Blue Flax |  |
| Liatris squarrosa | Scaly Blazing Star Scaly Gayfeather Scaly Liatris |  |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower |  |
| Lupinus subcarnosus | Texas Bluebonnet Sandyland Bluebonnet |  |
| Matelea reticulata | Pearl Milkweed Vine Netted Milkvine Green Milkweed Vine Net Vein Milkvine |  |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica |  |
| Mirabilis linearis | Narrowleaf Four O'Clock |  |
| Mirabilis linearis | Narrowleaf Four O'Clock |  |
| Mirabilis nyctaginea | Heartleaf Four O'Clock |  |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint |  |
| Monotropa uniflora | Indianpipe Indian Pipe |  |
| Nemastylis geminiflora | Prairie Celestials Celestials Prairie Pleatleaf |  |
| Neptunia lutea | Yellow Sensitive Briar Yellow Puff |  |
| Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches |  |
| Oenothera suffrutescens | Scarlet Beeblossom Scarlet Gaura |  |
| Opuntia rufida | Blind Pricklypear Blind Prickly Pear |  |
| Oxalis violacea | Violet Woodsorrel Violet Wood-sorrel |  |
| Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort |  |
| Packera tampicana | Yellowtop Great Plains Ragwort Butterweed |  |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove |  |
| 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 cuspidatum | Indian-turnip Largebract Indian Breadroot Tall Scurfy Pea Tall-bread Scurf-pea |  |
| Penstemon laxiflorus | Nodding Penstemon Nodding Beardtongue Loose-flowered Penstemon Loose-flowered Beardtongue |  |
| Penstemon murrayanus | Scarlet Penstemon Scarlet Beardtongue Red Penstemon Red Beardtongue Cupleaf Penstemon Cupleaf Beardtongue |  |
| Phacelia hirsuta | Fuzzy Phacelia |  |
| Phacelia patuliflora | Sand Phacelia Sand Scorpionweed Blue Phacelia |  |
| Polygala alba | White Milkwort |  |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum |  |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum |  |
| Pyrrhopappus carolinianus | Carolina Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion |  |
| Quincula lobata | Purple Groundcherry Chinese Lantern Purple Ground Cherry |  |
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