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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 |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |