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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 |
| Oxalis priceae | Tufted Yellow Woodsorrel |  |
| Oxalis stricta | Common Yellow Oxalis Yellow Wood-sorrel Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel Yellow Woodsorrel |  |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro |  |
| Passiflora affinis | Bracted Passionflower Passion Flower |  |
| Parthenium argentatum | Guayule Rubber Plant |  |
| Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia |  |
| Packera glabella | Butterweed Cress-leaf Groundsel Yellowtop |  |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine |  |
| Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort |  |
| Palafoxia rosea | Rosy Palafox Rose Palafoxia |  |
| Packera tampicana | Yellowtop Great Plains Ragwort Butterweed |  |
| Parkinsonia texana | Texas Paloverde Border Paloverde Retama China |  |
| Packera tomentosa | Woolly Ragwort |  |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon Rock Beardtongue Cut-leaf Penstemon Cut-leaf Beardtongue Baccharis-leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue |  |
| Penstemon barbatus | Scarlet Bugler Beard-lip Penstemon Beard-lip Beardtongue Red Penstemon Red Beardtongue Goldenbeard Penstemon Goldenbeard Beardtongue Saint Joseph's Staff Varita De San Jose |  |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove |  |
| Pediomelum cyphocalyx | Turniproot Wand Psoralea Turnip-root Scurf-pea |  |
| Penstemon fendleri | Fendler's Penstemon Fendler's Beardtongue Fendler Penstemon Fendler Beardtongue Purple Foxglove |  |
| Penstemon havardii | Havard Penstemon Havard Beardtongue Big Bend Penstemon Big Bend Beardtongue Havard's Penstemon Havard's Beardtongue |  |
| Penstemon laxiflorus | Nodding Penstemon Nodding Beardtongue Loose-flowered Penstemon Loose-flowered Beardtongue |  |
| Perityle lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Rockdaisy Rock Daisy |  |
| Penstemon murrayanus | Scarlet Penstemon Scarlet Beardtongue Red Penstemon Red Beardtongue Cupleaf Penstemon Cupleaf Beardtongue |  |
| Pediomelum rhombifolium | Gulf Indian Breadroot Brown-flowered Psoralea Round-leaf Scurf-pea |  |
| Peritoma serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee-plant Stinking-clover Bee Spiderflower Navajo Spinach Pink Cleome Toothed Spiderflower Skunkweed |  |
| Penstemon tenuis | Brazos Penstemon Brazos Beardtongue Gulf Penstemon Gulf Beardtongue Gulf Coast Penstemon Gulf Coast Beardtongue Sharp-sepal Penstemon Sharp-sepal Beardtongue |  |
| Perityle vaseyi | Vasey's Rockdaisy |  |
| Phytolacca americana | American Pokeweed Great Pokeweed Pokeweed Pokeberry Red Ink Plant Pigeonberry |  |
| Physostegia angustifolia | Narrowleaf False Dragonhead False Dragon-head |  |
| Phemeranthus aurantiacus | Orange Flameflower Flameflower Fameflower Talinum |  |
| Phlox carolina ssp. angusta | Thickleaf Phlox |  |
| Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck |  |
| Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck |  |
| Phlox cuspidata | Pointed Phlox |  |
| Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox Drummond Phlox Pride-of-Texas Texas Pride |  |
| Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox Drummond Phlox Pride-of-Texas Texas Pride |  |
| Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox Drummond Phlox Pride-of-Texas Texas Pride |  |
| Physalis longifolia var. longifolia | Longleaf Groundcherry |  |
| Phlox mesoleuca | Threadleaf Phlox White-eye Phlox |  |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit |  |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit |  |
| Phyllanthus polygonoides | Smartweed Leaf-flower Knotweed Leafflower |  |
| Philadelphus pubescens | Hoary Mock Orange |  |
| Physalis pubescens | Husk Tomato Downy Ground-cherry Downy Groundcherry |  |
| Physalis pumila | Dwarf Ground-cherry Yellow Ground-cherry |  |
| Physostegia pulchella | Showy False Dragonhead Beautiful False Dragon-head |  |
| Phlox roemeriana | Goldeneye Phlox Golden-eye Phlox |  |
| Phoradendron tomentosum | Christmas Mistletoe Mistletoe Injerto |  |
| Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa | Obedient Plant Fall Obedient Plant Lionheart False Dragonhead |  |
| Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine Shortleaf Yellow Pine Southern Yellow Pine Yellow Pine Shortstraw Pine Arkansas Pine Longtag Pine Spruce Pine Oldfield Pine Arkansas Soft Pine |  |
| Pityopsis graminifolia var. graminifolia | Narrowleaf Silkgrass Grass-leaved Golden-aster |  |
| Pinaropappus roseus | White Rocklettuce White Dandelion Pink Dandelion White Rock Lettuce |  |
| Pistia stratiotes | Water Lettuce |  |
| Plantago aristata | Largebracted Plantain Buckthorn |  |
| Plantago helleri | Heller's Plantain Cedar Plantain |  |
| Pluchea odorata | Sweetscent Saltmarsh Fleabane |  |
| Polygala alba | White Milkwort |  |
| Polygonum amphibium | Water Knotweed Water Smartweed |  |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Rush |  |
| Polanisia dodecandra | Redwhisker Clammyweed Clammyweed |  |
| Polygala macradenia | Glandleaf Milkwort |  |
| Polygala mariana | Maryland Milkwort |  |
| Potentilla norvegica | Norwegian Cinquefoil |  |
| Polytaenia nuttallii | Nuttall's Prairie Parsley Prairie Parsley Wild Dill Prairie Parsnip |  |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum | Pennsylvania Smartweed Pink Smartweed |  |
| Portulaca pilosa | Kiss Me Quick Chisme |  |
| Polypremum procumbens | Juniper Leaf Rustweed |  |
| Porophyllum scoparium | Trans-pecos Poreleaf Poreleaf Shrubby Poreleaf Hierba del Venado Jarilla Pomerillo |  |
| Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum Sandhill Plum |  |
| Proboscidea louisianica | Louisiana Devil's-claw Devil's claw Ram's-horn Unicorn Plant Proboscis Flower |  |
| Proboscidea louisianica | Louisiana Devil's-claw Devil's claw Ram's-horn Unicorn Plant Proboscis Flower |  |
| Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum |  |
| Prunus umbellata | Flatwoods Plum Hog Plum Black Sloe |  |
| Prunella vulgaris | Common Selfheal |  |
| Psilostrophe gnaphalioides | Dudweed |  |
| Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum | White Cudweed |  |
| Psilostrophe tagetina | Woolly Paperflower Paperflower |  |
| Psilostrophe tagetina | Woolly Paperflower Paperflower |  |
| Ptilimnium capillaceum | Herbwilliam |  |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree |  |
| Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus | Tuberous Desert-chicory |  |
| Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion |  |
| Quercus buckleyi | Texas Red Oak Buckley Oak Texas Oak Spanish Oak Spotted Oak Rock Oak |  |
| Quercus laceyi | Lacey Oak Texas Blue Oak Canyon Oak Smoky Oak Rock Oak |  |
| Quincula lobata | Purple Groundcherry Chinese Lantern Purple Ground Cherry |  |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino |  |
| Ranunculus abortivus | Littleleaf Buttercup Kidney-leaf Buttercup Early Wood Buttercup |  |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower |  |
| Ranunculus laxicaulis | Mississippi Buttercup |  |
| Ranunculus macranthus | Large Buttercup |  |
| Rafinesquia neomexicana | New Mexico Plumeseed Plume-seed |  |
| Ratibida peduncularis | Naked Mexican Hat Naked Prairie Coneflower |  |
| Ranunculus sceleratus | Cursed Buttercup |  |
| Rhynchosia americana | American Snoutbean |  |
| Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge White-topped Sedge Starrush Whitetop Star Sedge Star Rush |  |
| Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Prairie Sumac Lance-leaf Sumac Lance-leaved Sumac Texas Sumac Tree Sumac Limestone Sumac Prairie Shining Sumac |  |
| Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos |  |
| Rhynchosia minima | Least Snoutbean |  |
| Rhododendron oblongifolium | Texas Azalea |  |
| Rhynchosia senna var. texana | Texas Snoutbean Texas Snout-bean |  |
| Rhexia virginica | Handsome-harry Virginia Meadow Beauty Meadow-beauty |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |