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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 |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac Tobacco Sumac Lambrisco Lentrisco |  |
| Richardia brasiliensis | Tropical Mexican Clover Brazil Pusley |  |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry |  |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | Black Locust |  |
| Rosa woodsii | Woods' Rose Western Wild Rose |  |
| Rubus argutus | Sawtooth Blackberry |  |
| Rubus argutus | Sawtooth Blackberry |  |
| Rubus arvensis | Field Blackberry |  |
| Rumex chrysocarpus | Amamastla |  |
| Rudbeckia fulgida var. palustris | Prairie Coneflower |  |
| Rudbeckia grandiflora | Rough Coneflower Tall Coneflower Largeflower Coneflower |  |
| Rudbeckia hirta var. angustifolia | Black-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan |  |
| Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima | Black-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Pinewoods Coneflower |  |
| Ruellia humilis | Prairie Petunia Fringeleaf Wild Petunia Hairy Ruellia Low Wild Petunia Low Ruellia Fringeleaf Ruellia Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia |  |
| Rumex hymenosepalus | Canaigre Dock Canaigre Desert Rhubarb |  |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-headed Coneflower Greenhead Coneflower Cutleaf Coneflower Wild Goldenglow Sochan |  |
| Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia Metz's Wild Petunia Metz Wild Petunia Wild White Petunia |  |
| Rudbeckia nitida | Shiny Coneflower Shining Coneflower |  |
| Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia Common Wild Petunia Violet Wild Petunia Wild Petunia Hierba De La Calentura |  |
| Ruellia nudiflora var. runyonii | Runyon's Wild Petunia |  |
| Ruellia pedunculata | Stalked Wild Petunia |  |
| Rubus riograndis | Rio Grande Dewberry |  |
| Sarracenia alata | Yellow Trumpets Yellow Pitcher Plant Yellow Trumpet Flycatcher Trumpet Pitcher Plant |  |
| Sabatia arenicola | Sand Rose Gentian |  |
| Salvia ballotiflora | Shrubby Blue Sage Blue Shrub Sage Mejorana |  |
| Sabatia campestris | Texas Star Rose Gentian Meadow Pink Prairie Rose-gentian Prairie Sabatia |  |
| Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail Lizard Tail Breastweed Water Dragon |  |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire |  |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage |  |
| Sagittaria graminea | Grassy Arrowhead Grass-leaf Arrowhead |  |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia |  |
| Sagittaria lancifolia | Lanceleaf Arrowhead Duck-potato Bulltongue Arrowhead Bull-tongue Arrowhead |  |
| Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage Cancer Weed |  |
| Sabal mexicana | Texas Palm Texas Palmetto Mexican Palm Mexican Palmetto Rio Grande Palmetto Victoria Palmetto Palma De Micharos Apachite |  |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz |  |
| Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry Black Elder Mexican Elderberry Common Elder Elderberry Tapiro Sauco |  |
| Sagittaria papillosa | Nipplebract Arrowhead |  |
| Salvia pentstemonoides | Big Red Sage Penstemon Sage |  |
| Salvia regla | Mountain Sage Royal Sage |  |
| Salvia reptans | Slenderleaf Sage West Texas Grass Sage |  |
| Salvia roemeriana | Cedar Sage |  |
| Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus | Seaside Brookweed Water Pimpernel Thin-leaf Brookweed |  |
| Schoenocrambe linearifolia | Slimleaf Plainsmustard Mountain Mustard Hesper Mustard |  |
| Sesbania drummondii | Rattlebush Rattlebox Poisonbean |  |
| Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii | Douglas's Ragwort Douglas Ragwort Shrubby Senecio |  |
| Senegalia greggii | Gregg Acacia Gregg's Acacia Gregg Catclaw Acacia Gregg's Catclaw Acacia Gregg Catclaw Gregg's Catclaw Texas Catclaw Acacia Texas Catclaw Long-flowered Catclaw Acacia Longflower Catclaw Acacia Long-flowered Catclaw Longflower Catclaw Catclaw Acacia Catclaw Devil's Claw Uña De Gato |  |
| Sesbania herbacea | Coffeeweed Bigpod Sesbania |  |
| Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Senna Velvet Leaf Senna Velvetleaf Senna Velvet-leaf Wild Sensitive-plant Puppy-dog Ears |  |
| Sedum nuttallianum | Yellow Stonecrop |  |
| Senna obtusifolia | Java-bean Sicklepod |  |
| Senna pilosior | Trans-pecos Senna |  |
| Senna roemeriana | Twoleaf Senna Two Leaved Senna |  |
| Sesbania vesicaria | Bagpod Bladderpod |  |
| Senna wislizeni | Canyon Senna Shrubby Senna Dwarf Senna Wislizenus's Senna Wislizenus's Wild Sensitive-plant Carrozo Pinacate Palo Prieto Pinacatillo Hojasén Ejotillo |  |
| Sisyrinchium albidum | White Blue-eyed Grass |  |
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass Narrow-leaf Blue-eyed-grass Bermuda Blue-eyed Grass Blue-eyed Grass |  |
| Sisyrinchium atlanticum | Eastern Blue-eyed Grass |  |
| Simsia calva | Awnless Bush Sunflower Bush Sunflower |  |
| Sisyrinchium chilense | Swordleaf Blue-eyed Grass Sword-leaf Blue-eyed Grass |  |
| Sida ciliaris | Bracted Fanpetals Bracted Sida |  |
| Sisyrinchium demissum | Stiff Blue-eyed Grass |  |
| Silphium gracile | Slender Rosinweed |  |
| Silene laciniata | Cardinal Catchfly Southern Indian Pink Mexican Campion Catchfly |  |
| Sisyrinchium langloisii | Roadside Blue-eyed Grass Dotted Blue-eyed Grass Southern Blue-eyed Grass |  |
| Sisyrinchium langloisii | Roadside Blue-eyed Grass Dotted Blue-eyed Grass Southern Blue-eyed Grass |  |
| Sisyrinchium minus | Dwarf Blue-eyed-grass Pink-eyed-grass Pink Blue-eyed-grass |  |
| Sida neomexicana | New Mexico Fanpetals |  |
| Silphium radula | Roughstem Rosinweed |  |
| Sisyrinchium rosulatum | Annual Blue-eyed Grass |  |
| Sida spinosa | Prickly Fanpetals |  |
| Silene subciliata | Prairie-fire Pink Louisiana Catchfly Catchfly |  |
| Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Canada Goldenrod |  |
| Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Canada Goldenrod |  |
| Solanum carolinense | Carolina Horsenettle Carolina Horse-nettle |  |
| Solanum dimidiatum | Western Horsenettle Western Horse-nettle |  |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade Silver-leaf Nightshade White Horse Nettle Trompillo Tomato Weed Bull Nettle |  |
| Solidago gigantea | Giant Goldenrod Smooth Goldenrod Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Early Goldenrod |  |
| Solanum ptycanthum | Eastern Black Nightshade West Indian Nightshade Common Nightshade Black Nightshade |  |
| Sophora secundiflora | Texas Mountain Laurel Mountain Laurel Mescal Bean Mescal Bean Sophora Frijolillo Frijolito |  |
| Solidago tortifolia | Twistleaf Goldenrod |  |
| Solanum triquetrum | Texas Nightshade Hierba Mora |  |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Narrowleaf Globemallow Copper Globemallow Copper Mallow |  |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Narrowleaf Globemallow Copper Globemallow Copper Mallow |  |
| Spiranthes cernua | Nodding Ladies'-tresses Ladies'-tresses Nodding Lady's Tresses |  |
| Sphaeralcea fendleri | Fendler's Globemallow |  |
| Sphaeralcea hastulata | Spear Globemallow |  |
| Spiranthes laciniata | Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses Lace-lip Lady's Tresses |  |
| Sphaeralcea leptophylla | Scaly Globemallow |  |
| Sphaeralcea lindheimeri | Woolly Globemallow |  |
| Spiranthes praecox | Greenvein Ladies'-tresses Greenvein Lady's Tresses |  |
| Styphnolobium affine | Eve's Necklace Eve's Necklacepod Texas Sophora Pink Sophora Necklace Tree |  |
| Stachys crenata | Mousesear Shade Betony Mouse's Ear |  |
| Streptanthus cutleri | Cutler's Jewelflower |  |
| Strophostyles helvola | Trailing Fuzzybean Amberique-bean Trailing Wild Bean Trailing Fuzzy Bean |  |
| Strophostyles helvola | Trailing Fuzzybean Amberique-bean Trailing Wild Bean Trailing Fuzzy Bean |  |
| Stillingia texana | Texas Queen's Delight Queen's Delight Texas Toothleaf |  |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster White Aster White Prairie Aster |  |
| Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorum | Calico Aster |  |
| Symphyotrichum patens var. patens | Spreading Aster Late Purple Aster Spread-leaf Aster Sky-drop Aster |  |
| Symphyotrichum praealtum var. praealtum | Willowleaf Aster Tall Aster |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |