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Harry T. Cliffe Bexar Regional Herbarium
The Bexar Regional Herbarium was created by the San Antonio Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas in the 1990s. In support of the 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial Celebration, the chapter compiled “A Plant List for Bexar County, Texas,” from existing literature, combining lists and updating botanical names, which garnered a certificate of recognition from the governor of Texas. In the process, participants discussed verifying the presence of the listed plants by finding and identifying what actually existed in the Bexar and contiguous counties. Knowledgeable botanists advised the group to physically collect, press, identify, mount, and label specimens. During the period Sep 1990-July 2000, 1,137 specimens, representing over 800 species, were collected. For a decade, the herbarium was cared for primarily by Harry Cliffe, who led the project and is credited with its scientific quality.
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy Grama |  |
| Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana | Silver Bluestem Silver Beardgrass Silver Beard Grass |  |
| Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana | Silver Bluestem Silver Beardgrass Silver Beard Grass |  |
| Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana | Silver Bluestem Silver Beardgrass Silver Beard Grass |  |
| Boerhavia linearifolia | Narrowleaf Spiderling |  |
| Boerhavia purpurascens | Purple Spiderling |  |
| Boerhavia purpurascens | Purple Spiderling |  |
| Boerhavia purpurascens | Purple Spiderling |  |
| Bouteloua rigidiseta | Texas Grama |  |
| Botrychium virginianum | Rattlesnake Fern |  |
| Brickellia cylindracea | Gravel-bar Brickellbush |  |
| Buchnera americana | American Bluehearts Bluehearts |  |
| Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum | Chile Pequin Chile Tepin Bird Pepper Turkey Pepper Cayenne Pepper |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri ssp. berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Drummond Sundrops Square-bud Primrose |  |
| Calliandra conferta | Rio Grande Stickpea Fairy Duster |  |
| Calliandra conferta | Rio Grande Stickpea Fairy Duster |  |
| Carex crinita | Fringed Sedge |  |
| Callirhoe digitata | Winecup Standing Winecup Poppy Mallow Wine Cup Finger Poppy-mallow |  |
| Callirhoe digitata | Winecup Standing Winecup Poppy Mallow Wine Cup Finger Poppy-mallow |  |
| Carya illinoinensis | Pecan |  |
| Carya illinoinensis | Pecan |  |
| Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush Texas Paintbrush Indian Paintbrush Scarlet Paintbrush |  |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow |  |
| Callirhoe leiocarpa | Tall Poppymallow Annual Winecup Tall Poppy-mallow Tall Poppy Mallow |  |
| Callirhoe leiocarpa | Tall Poppymallow Annual Winecup Tall Poppy-mallow Tall Poppy Mallow |  |
| Callirhoe leiocarpa | Tall Poppymallow Annual Winecup Tall Poppy-mallow Tall Poppy Mallow |  |
| Carex muehlenbergii | Muhlenberg's Sedge |  |
| Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola | Sand Bittercress |  |
| Callirhoe pedata | Palmleaf Poppymallow Standing Winecup Finger Poppymallow Palmleaf Poppy Mallow |  |
| Carex planostachys | Cedar Sedge |  |
| Castilleja purpurea var. citrina | Lemon Paintbrush Yellow Paintbrush Yellow Prairie Paintbrush Citron Paintbrush Prairie Paintbrush Prairie Indian Paintbrush |  |
| Castilleja purpurea var. citrina | Lemon Paintbrush Yellow Paintbrush Yellow Prairie Paintbrush Citron Paintbrush Prairie Paintbrush Prairie Indian Paintbrush |  |
| Castilleja purpurea var. lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Paintbrush Lindheimer's Prairie Paintbrush Lindheimer's Indian Paintbrush Prairie Paintbrush |  |
| Castilleja purpurea var. lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Paintbrush Lindheimer's Prairie Paintbrush Lindheimer's Indian Paintbrush Prairie Paintbrush |  |
| Castilleja purpurea var. lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Paintbrush Lindheimer's Prairie Paintbrush Lindheimer's Indian Paintbrush Prairie Paintbrush |  |
| Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper Trumpet Vine Common Trumpet Creeper Cow Vine Foxglove Vine Hellvine Devil's Shoestring |  |
| Calylophus serrulatus | Yellow Sundrops Yellow Evening Primrose Plains Evening Primrose |  |
| Calystegia sepium | Hedge False Bindweed Hedge Bindweed |  |
| Carex tetrastachya | Britton's Sedge |  |
| Carlowrightia torreyana | Torrey's Wrightwort |  |
| Carlowrightia torreyana | Torrey's Wrightwort |  |
| Calyptocarpus vialis | Horseherb Straggler Daisy Hierba Del Caballo Lawnflower |  |
| Calyptocarpus vialis | Horseherb Straggler Daisy Hierba Del Caballo Lawnflower |  |
| Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower |  |
| Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower |  |
| Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower |  |
| Centaurium beyrichii | Mountain Pink Meadow Pink Catchfly Quinineweed |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |