Native Plants
Image Gallery
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 |
| Digitaria ciliaris | Southern Crabgrass |  |
| Digitaria cognata | Carolina Crabgrass Fall Witchgrass |  |
| Digitaria insularis | Sourgrass |  |
| Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes | Heller's Rosette Grass |  |
| Dichanthelium pedicellatum | Cedar Rosette Grass Corm-based Panicgrass |  |
| Digitaria texana | Texas Crabgrass |  |
| Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto |  |
| Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto |  |
| Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto |  |
| Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto |  |
| Diodia virginiana | Virginia Buttonweed Buttonweed |  |
| Diodia virginiana | Virginia Buttonweed Buttonweed |  |
| Diodia virginiana | Virginia Buttonweed Buttonweed |  |
| Dracopis amplexicaulis | Clasping Coneflower Clasping-leaf Coneflower |  |
| Draba cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf Draba Whitlow-grass |  |
| Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste |  |
| Echinochloa muricata | American Barnyard Grass Rough Barnyard Grass Barnyard Grass American Cockspur Grass Wild Millet |  |
| Eclipta prostrata | Pie Plant False Daisy Eclipta |  |
| Ehretia anacua | Anacua Sugarberry Anacua Anaqua Anacahuita Knockaway Knackaway Sandpaper Tree Manzanita Manzanillo Tlalahuacate |  |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye |  |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye |  |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye |  |
| Eleocharis flavescens | Yellow Spikerush Pale Spike-rush Wrinkle-sheathed Spike-rush |  |
| Eleocharis obtusa | Blunt Spikerush |  |
| Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy |  |
| Ephedra antisyphilitica | Mormon Tea Joint-fir Clapweed Popote |  |
| Eriochloa contracta | Prairie Cupgrass |  |
| Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass Plains Love Grass |  |
| Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass Plains Love Grass |  |
| Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass Plains Love Grass |  |
| Erigeron modestus | Plains Fleabane Prairie Fleabane |  |
| Erigeron modestus | Plains Fleabane Prairie Fleabane |  |
| Eragrostis pectinacea | Tufted Lovegrass Tufted Love Grass |  |
| Eragrostis pectinacea var. miserrima | Desert Lovegrass Desert Love Grass |  |
| Erigeron philadelphicus | Philadelphia Fleabane Fleabane Daisy |  |
| Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy Woollygrass Hairy Tridens |  |
| Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy Woollygrass Hairy Tridens |  |
| Eriochloa punctata | Louisiana Cupgrass Punctate Cupgrass |  |
| Erodium texanum | Texas Stork's Bill Stork's Bill Pine Needle Fillaree |  |
| Erodium texanum | Texas Stork's Bill Stork's Bill Pine Needle Fillaree |  |
| Erodium texanum | Texas Stork's Bill Stork's Bill Pine Needle Fillaree |  |
| Erodium texanum | Texas Stork's Bill Stork's Bill Pine Needle Fillaree |  |
| Euphorbia cyathophora | Wild Poinsettia Poinsettia Fire On The Mountain |  |
| Euphorbia dentata | Toothed Spurge Toothed-leaf Poinsettia |  |
| Euphorbia dentata | Toothed Spurge Toothed-leaf Poinsettia |  |
| Euphorbia dentata | Toothed Spurge Toothed-leaf Poinsettia |  |
| Euphorbia dentata | Toothed Spurge Toothed-leaf Poinsettia |  |
| Euphorbia dentata | Toothed Spurge Toothed-leaf Poinsettia |  |
| 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 |  |
| Euphorbia marginata | Snow On The Mountain Snow-on-the-mountain |  |
| Euphorbia marginata | Snow On The Mountain Snow-on-the-mountain |  |
| Euphorbia spathulata | Warty Spurge |  |
| Euphorbia spathulata | Warty Spurge |  |
| Evolvulus sericeus | Silver Dwarf Morning-glory White Evolvulus |  |
| Evolvulus sericeus | Silver Dwarf Morning-glory White Evolvulus |  |
| Evax verna | Spring Pygmycudweed |  |
| Evax verna | Spring Pygmycudweed |  |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce |  |
| Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush Stretchberry Spring Herald Desert Olive Tanglewood Devil's Elbow Spring Goldenglow New Mexico Privet Texas Forsythia |  |
| Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush Stretchberry Spring Herald Desert Olive Tanglewood Devil's Elbow Spring Goldenglow New Mexico Privet Texas Forsythia |  |
| Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush Stretchberry Spring Herald Desert Olive Tanglewood Devil's Elbow Spring Goldenglow New Mexico Privet Texas Forsythia |  |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn Carolina False Buckthorn Yellow Buckthorn Indian Cherry Yellowwood |  |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn Carolina False Buckthorn Yellow Buckthorn Indian Cherry Yellowwood |  |
| Fraxinus velutina | Arizona Ash Velvet Ash Desert Ash Leatherleaf Ash Smooth Ash Modesto Ash Toumey Ash Standley Ash |  |
| Funastrum cynanchoides ssp. cynanchoides | Fringed Twinevine |  |
| Fuirena simplex var. simplex | Western Umbrella-sedge Western Umbrella Sedge |  |
| Gaillardia amblyodon | Maroon Blanketflower Red Gaillardia Red Indian Blanket |  |
| Galphimia angustifolia | Narrowleaf Goldshower Thryallis Narrow-leaf Goldshower |  |
| Galphimia angustifolia | Narrowleaf Goldshower Thryallis Narrow-leaf Goldshower |  |
| Galium aparine | Stickywilly Catchweed Bedstraw Cleavers Common Bedstraw Sticky Weed Goose Grass |  |
| Galium aparine | Stickywilly Catchweed Bedstraw Cleavers Common Bedstraw Sticky Weed Goose Grass |  |
| Galium aparine | Stickywilly Catchweed Bedstraw Cleavers Common Bedstraw Sticky Weed Goose Grass |  |
| Galactia canescens | Hoary Milkpea |  |
| Garrya ovata ssp. goldmanii | Goldman's Silktassel Eggleaf Silktassel |  |
| Garrya ovata ssp. goldmanii | Goldman's Silktassel Eggleaf Silktassel |  |
| Garrya ovata ssp. goldmanii | Goldman's Silktassel Eggleaf Silktassel |  |
| Garrya ovata ssp. lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Silktassel Lindheimer Silktassel Lindheimer's Garrya Lindheimer Garrya Mexican Silktassel Mexican Garrya Eggleaf Silktassel Eggleaf Garrya |  |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo |  |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo |  |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo |  |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo |  |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo |  |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo |  |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo |  |
| Galactia regularis | Eastern Milkpea |  |
| Gaillardia suavis | Pincushion Daisy Fragrant Gaillardia Rayless Gaillardia Perfumeballs |  |
| Galactia texana | Texas Milkpea |  |
| Galactia texana | Texas Milkpea |  |
| Galactia texana | Texas Milkpea |  |
| Geranium carolinianum | Carolina Geranium Wild Geranium Carolina Cranesbill |  |
| Geranium carolinianum | Carolina Geranium Wild Geranium Carolina Cranesbill |  |
| Geum canadense var. canadense | White Avens |  |
| Geranium texanum | Texas Geranium |  |
| Giliastrum incisum | Splitleaf Gilia Split-leaf Gilia Cut-leaf Gilia |  |
| Giliastrum incisum | Splitleaf Gilia Split-leaf Gilia Cut-leaf Gilia |  |
| Giliastrum rigidulum | Bluebowls Blue Gilia |  |
| Giliastrum rigidulum | Bluebowls Blue Gilia |  |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |