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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.
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Dyschoriste crenulata | Wavyleaf Snakeherb |  |
| Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste |  |
| Dysodiopsis tagetoides | False Dogfennel Dogweed |  |
| Ebenopsis ebano | Texas Ebony Black-bead Ebony Ebony Ape's-earring Ebano |  |
| Echinacea angustifolia var. angustifolia | Blacksamson Echinacea |  |
| Echinocactus horizonthalonius | Devilshead Eagle Claws Turk's Head Devil's Head |  |
| Echinocereus pectinatus | Rainbow Cactus |  |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower |  |
| Echinocereus stramineus | Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus Pitaya |  |
| Echinocactus texensis | Horse Crippler Horse Crippler Cactus Devil's Head Chisos Hedgehog Cactus Chisos Hedgehog |  |
| Echeandia texensis | Texas Craglily |  |
| Echinocereus triglochidiatus | Claret Cup Claret Cup Cactus Hedgehog Cactus Kingcup Cactus Mojave Mound Mohave Mound |  |
| Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy |  |
| Encelia scaposa | Onehead Brittlebush |  |
| Ephedra antisyphilitica | Mormon Tea Joint-fir Clapweed Popote |  |
| Ephedra pedunculata | Vine Jointfir |  |
| Ephedra trifurca | Ephedra Mormon Tea Longleaf Jointfir Jointfir Longleaf Teabush Tea Weed Canutillo |  |
| Erysimum asperum | Western Wallflower |  |
| Erigeron bellidiastrum | Western Daisy Fleabane |  |
| Eryngium hookeri | Hooker's Eryngo |  |
| Eriogonum jamesii var. wootonii | James' Buckwheat |  |
| Erigeron modestus | Plains Fleabane Prairie Fleabane |  |
| Erigeron philadelphicus | Philadelphia Fleabane Fleabane Daisy |  |
| Erigeron strigosus | Prairie Fleabane Daisy Fleabane Common Eastern Fleabane |  |
| Erodium texanum | Texas Stork's Bill Stork's Bill Pine Needle Fillaree |  |
| Erigeron tenuis | Slenderleaf Fleabane |  |
| Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium | Button Eryngo Rattlesnake-master Button Snake-root |  |
| Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana | Mexican Gold Poppy California Poppy |  |
| Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Candelilla Wax Plant |  |
| Eucnide bartonioides | Yellow Rocknettle Rocknettle Yellow Stingbush |  |
| Euphorbia bicolor | Snow On The Prairie Snow-on-the-prairie |  |
| Euphorbia cyathophora | Wild Poinsettia Poinsettia Fire On The Mountain |  |
| Euphorbia cyathophora | Wild Poinsettia Poinsettia Fire On The Mountain |  |
| Euphorbia dentata | Toothed Spurge Toothed-leaf Poinsettia |  |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian |  |
| Euphorbia marginata | Snow On The Mountain Snow-on-the-mountain |  |
| Eutrochium purpureum | Purple Joepyeweed Sweet-scented Joepyeweed Sweet Joepyeweed |  |
| Euphorbia roemeriana | Roemer's Spurge |  |
| Eupatorium serotinum | White Boneset Lateflowering Thoroughwort Late Boneset Late-flowering Boneset |  |
| Evolvulus sericeus | Silver Dwarf Morning-glory White Evolvulus |  |
| Evax verna | Spring Pygmycudweed |  |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce |  |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce |  |
| Fallugia paradoxa | Apache Plume Ponil |  |
| Ferocactus hamatacanthus | Turk's Head Turk's Head Cactus Texas Barrel Cactus Giant Fishhook Cactus |  |
| Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush Stretchberry Spring Herald Desert Olive Tanglewood Devil's Elbow Spring Goldenglow New Mexico Privet Texas Forsythia |  |
| Fouquieria splendens | Ocotillo Devil's Walking Stick Candlewood |  |
| Fraxinus cuspidata | Fragrant Ash Flowering Ash |  |
| Froelichia drummondii | Drummond's Snakecotton |  |
| Froelichia floridana | Plains Snakecotton Snake-cotton |  |
| Funastrum cynanchoides ssp. heterophyllum | Hartweg's Twinevine Vine Milkweed |  |
| Funastrum torreyi | Soft Twinevine Soft Twine Vine |  |
| Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis | Lanceleaf Blanketflower Prairie Gaillardia |  |
| Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri | Winkler's Blanketflower |  |
| Gaillardia amblyodon | Maroon Blanketflower Red Gaillardia Red Indian Blanket |  |
| Galphimia angustifolia | Narrowleaf Goldshower Thryallis Narrow-leaf Goldshower |  |
| Galium aparine | Stickywilly Catchweed Bedstraw Cleavers Common Bedstraw Sticky Weed Goose Grass |  |
| Gaillardia pinnatifida | Red Dome Blanketflower Yellow Gaillardia Blanket Flower |  |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo |  |
| Galactia regularis | Eastern Milkpea |  |
| Gaillardia suavis | Pincushion Daisy Fragrant Gaillardia Rayless Gaillardia Perfumeballs |  |
| Galium texense | Texas Bedstraw |  |
| Geranium carolinianum | Carolina Geranium Wild Geranium Carolina Cranesbill |  |
| Geum canadense | White Avens |  |
| Giliastrum rigidulum | Bluebowls Blue Gilia |  |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain |  |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata | Davis Mountains Mock Vervain Dakota Mock Vervain Wright's Verbena |  |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata | Davis Mountains Mock Vervain Dakota Mock Vervain Wright's Verbena |  |
| Glandularia gooddingii | Southwestern Mock Vervain Pink Verbena Southwestern Vervain Goodding's Verbena Mojave Verbena |  |
| Gomphrena serrata | Arrasa Con Todo |  |
| Grusonia grahamii | Graham's Pricklypear Graham Dog Cactus Graham's Club Cholla |  |
| Grindelia microcephala | Littlehead Gumweed Gumweed |  |
| Grindelia nuda var. nuda | Curlytop Gumweed |  |
| Grindelia papposa | Spanish Gold Clasping-leaved Haplopappus Saw-leaf Daisy |  |
| Gutierrezia sphaerocephala | Roundleaf Snakeweed |  |
| Halesia diptera | Two-wing Silverbell Two-winged Silverbell Silverbell American Snowdrop Tree Snowdrop Tree Snowbell Cowlicks |  |
| Haploesthes greggii var. texana | Texas False Broomweed |  |
| Habranthus tubispathus | Rio Grande Copperlily Copper Lily Rio Grande Copper-lily |  |
| Hedeoma acinoides | Slender False Pennyroyal Annual Pennyroyal Slender Hedeoma |  |
| Hedeoma acinoides | Slender False Pennyroyal Annual Pennyroyal Slender Hedeoma |  |
| Helenium amarum | Yellow Sneezeweed Bitterweed Yellow Bitterweed Yellowdicks Slender-leaved Sneezeweed Fine-leaved Sneezweed Yellow Dog-fennel |  |
| Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp Sunflower Narrowleaf Sunflower Narrow-leaved Sunflower |  |
| Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower Annual Sunflower |  |
| Helianthus argophyllus | Silverleaf Sunflower |  |
| Heterotheca canescens | Hoary False Goldenaster Gray Golden-aster |  |
| Heliotropium confertifolium | Leafy Heliotrope |  |
| Heliotropium curassavicum | Salt Heliotrope Seaside Heliotrope Quail Plant Cola De Mico Cola De Gama |  |
| Helianthus debilis | Cucumberleaf Sunflower Cucumber-leaf Sunflower Beach Sunflower |  |
| Helenium flexuosum | Purplehead Sneezeweed Purple-head Sneezeweed |  |
| Helianthemum georgianum | Georgia Frostweed Rockrose Georgia Sunrose |  |
| Heliotropium greggii | Fragrant Heliotrope |  |
| Hedeoma hispida | Rough False Pennyroyal |  |
| Herbertia lahue | Prairie Nymph Herbertia |  |
| Heliomeris longifolia var. annua | Longleaf False Goldeneye |  |
| Heliomeris longifolia var. longifolia | Longleaf False Goldeneye |  |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower |  |
| Helenium microcephalum | Smallhead Sneezeweed |  |
| Helianthus mollis | Ashy Sunflower Downy Sunflower |  |
| Hesperaloe parviflora | Red Yucca Coral Yucca Red-flowered False Yucca Redflower False Yucca Yellow Yucca Hummingbird Yucca Samandoque |  |
| Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. pauciflorus | Stiff Sunflower |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |