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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 |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower |  |
| Lotus plebeius | New Mexico Bird's-foot Trefoil Pine Deervetch Longbract Bird's-foot Trefoil |  |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine |  |
| Lobelia spicata | Pale-spike Lobelia |  |
| Ludwigia octovalvis | Mexican Primrose-willow Narrow-leaf Water Primrose Seedbox Mexican Primrose Willow |  |
| Ludwigia peploides | Floating Primrose-willow Water-primrose Creeping Water-primrose |  |
| Lupinus subcarnosus | Texas Bluebonnet Sandyland Bluebonnet |  |
| Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum | Winged Lythrum Lance-leaf Loosestrife |  |
| Lycium carolinianum | Carolina Wolfberry Carolina Desert-thorn Creeping Wolfberry Christmas Berry |  |
| Lythrum californicum | California Loosestrife |  |
| Lythrum californicum | California Loosestrife |  |
| Lygodesmia texana | Texas Skeleton Plant Texas Skeleton Weed Skeleton-plant Purple Dandelion Flowering Straw |  |
| Malus angustifolia | Southern Crabapple Narrowleaf Crabapple Wild Crabapple Southern Crab Narrowleaf Crab Wild Crab |  |
| Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine Roving Sailor Climbing Snapdragon Little Snapdragon Vine |  |
| Malvaviscus arboreus | Turkscap Wax Mallow Bleeding Hearts Mexican Apple Manzanita |  |
| Malvaviscus arboreus | Turkscap Wax Mallow Bleeding Hearts Mexican Apple Manzanita |  |
| Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita |  |
| Matelea gonocarpos | Anglepod Angularfruit Milkvine |  |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay |  |
| Manfreda longiflora | Longflower Tuberose Amole De RãO Runyon's Huaco |  |
| Machaeranthera pinnatifida var. pinnatifida | Lacy Tansyaster Yellow Spiny Daisy |  |
| Mammillaria prolifera var. texana | Texas Nipple Cactus |  |
| Matelea reticulata | Pearl Milkweed Vine Netted Milkvine Green Milkweed Vine Net Vein Milkvine |  |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster |  |
| Manfreda variegata | Mottled Tuberose Huaco Texas Tuberose |  |
| Manihot walkerae | Walker's Manioc Walker's Manihot Texas Tapioca |  |
| Malaxis wendtii | Wendt's Adder's-mouth Orchid |  |
| Mecardonia acuminata | Axilflower |  |
| Mentzelia albescens | Wavyleaf Blazingstar |  |
| Mentha arvensis | Wild Mint |  |
| Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau Vine Correhuela De Las Doce |  |
| Menodora heterophylla | Low Menodora Redbud Twinpod |  |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica |  |
| Mentzelia multiflora | Adonis Blazingstar Prairie Stickleaf Blazingstar |  |
| Mentzelia nuda | Bractless Blazingstar Sand Lily |  |
| Mentzelia oligosperma | Stick-leaf Chickenthief |  |
| Melothria pendula | Guadeloupe Cucumber Meloncito Speckled Gourd |  |
| Melochia pyramidata | Pyramidflower Broom-wood Pyramid Flower |  |
| Mentzelia reverchonii | Reverchon's Blazingstar Reverchon's Stick-leaf Prairie Stickleaf |  |
| Mirabilis hirsuta | Hairy Four O'Clock |  |
| Mirabilis linearis | Narrowleaf Four O'Clock |  |
| Mirabilis linearis | Narrowleaf Four O'Clock |  |
| Mirabilis multiflora | Colorado Four O'Clock |  |
| Mirabilis nyctaginea | Heartleaf Four O'Clock |  |
| Mikania scandens | Climbing Hempvine Climbing Hempweed |  |
| Modiola caroliniana | Carolina Bristlemallow Carolina Modiola |  |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint |  |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint |  |
| Monarda clinopodioides | Basil Beebalm |  |
| Monarda lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Beebalm Lindheimer Beebalm |  |
| Nama havardii | Havard's Fiddleleaf |  |
| Nama hispidum | Sand Bells Bristly Nama Sand-bell |  |
| Nama jamaicense | Jamaicanweed Jamaican Weed Fiddleleaf Nama |  |
| Nama parvifolium | Small-leaf Fiddleleaf |  |
| Nekemias arborea | Peppervine |  |
| Nerisyrenia camporum | Bicolor Fanmustard Mesa Greggia |  |
| Nerisyrenia camporum | Bicolor Fanmustard Mesa Greggia |  |
| Nephrolepis exaltata | Boston Swordfern |  |
| Nemastylis geminiflora | Prairie Celestials Celestials Prairie Pleatleaf |  |
| Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches |  |
| Nemastylis tenuis | Southwestern Pleatleaf |  |
| Nicotiana obtusifolia var. obtusifolia | Desert Tobacco Little Tobacco Tabaquillo Punche |  |
| Nicotiana repanda | Fiddleleaf Tobacco Fiddle-leaf Tobacco |  |
| Nothoscordum bivalve | Crowpoison False Garlic Crow Poison |  |
| Nolina erumpens | Foothill Beargrass Mesa Sacahuista |  |
| Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca | Alpine Pennycress Wild Candytuft Alpine Pennygrass Mountain Candytufts Wild Candytufts |  |
| Nuttallanthus canadensis | Canada Toadflax Blue Toadflax Old-field Toadflax |  |
| Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily Yellow Cow Lily Cow Lily Spatter Dock Wakas |  |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower |  |
| Nymphaea mexicana | Yellow Waterlily Yellow Water-lily Banana Lily Banana Waterlily Sun Lotus |  |
| Nymphaea odorata | American White Water-lily Fragrant White Water-lily Fragrant Water-lily White Water-lily Sweet-scented White Water-lily Sweet-scented Water-lily Beaver Root |  |
| Oenothera albicaulis | Whitest Evening-primrose White-stem Evening-primrose Pale Evening-primrose |  |
| Oenothera biennis | Common Evening-primrose King's Cure-all Common Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera brachycarpa | Shortfruit Evening-primrose Short-fruit Evening-primrose Shortfruit Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera engelmannii | Engelmann's Evening-primrose Engelmann Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera jamesii | Trumpet Evening-primrose Trumpet Evening Primrose River Primrose |  |
| Oenothera kunthiana | Kunth's Evening-primrose |  |
| Oenothera laciniata | Cutleaf Evening-primrose Cut-leaved Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera lindheimeri | White Gaura Butterfly Gaura Lindheimer's Beeblossom Lindheimer's Gaura |  |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Missouri Evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit Evening-primrose Missouri Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera pallida | Pale Evening-primrose |  |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups |  |
| Oenothera suffrutescens | Scarlet Beeblossom Scarlet Gaura |  |
| Oenothera suffulta | Kisses Wild Honeysuckle Beeblossom Roadside Gaura |  |
| Oenothera tetraptera | Fourwing Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera triloba | Stemless Evening-primrose Stemless Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera xerogaura | Drummond's Beeblossom Drummond's Gaura |  |
| Onosmodium bejariense | Soft-hair Marbleseed |  |
| Opuntia atrispina | Border Pricklypear |  |
| Opuntia cymochila | Grassland Pricklypear |  |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii | Cactus Apple Prickly Pear |  |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii | Cactus Apple Prickly Pear |  |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas Prickly Pear Lindheimer's Prickly Pear Lindheimer Prickly Pear |  |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis | Cactus Apple |  |
| Opuntia humifusa | Low Prickly Pear Smooth Prickly Pear Devil's Tongue |  |
| Opuntia macrocentra var. macrocentra | Purple Pricklypear Purple Prickly Pear |  |
| Opuntia phaeacantha | Tulip Prickly Pear Brownspine Prickly Pear Cactus Purple-fruited Prickly Pear Brown-spined Prickly Pear New Mexico Prickly Pear Desert Prickly Pear |  |
| Opuntia rufida | Blind Pricklypear Blind Prickly Pear |  |
| Opuntia strigil | Marblefruit Pricklypear Marblefruit Prickly Pear |  |
| Oxalis dillenii | Slender Yellow Wood Sorrel Yellow Wood Sorrel Yellow Woodsorrel |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |