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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 |
| Neptunia pubescens var. microcarpa | Tropical Puff |  |
| Neptunia pubescens var. microcarpa | Tropical Puff |  |
| Neptunia pubescens var. pubescens | Tropical Puff Yellow Puff |  |
| Nicotiana repanda | Fiddleleaf Tobacco Fiddle-leaf Tobacco |  |
| Nothoscordum bivalve | Crowpoison False Garlic Crow Poison |  |
| Nothoscordum bivalve | Crowpoison False Garlic Crow Poison |  |
| Nothoscordum bivalve | Crowpoison False Garlic Crow Poison |  |
| Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass |  |
| Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily Yellow Cow Lily Cow Lily Spatter Dock Wakas |  |
| Nuttallanthus texanus | Texas Toadflax Texas Toad-flax Toadflax |  |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower |  |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower |  |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower |  |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower |  |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower |  |
| Oenothera calcicola | Texas Beeblossom Limestone Gaura |  |
| Oenothera cinerea ssp. parksii | Parks' Beeblossom Woolly Butterfly-weed Parks Gaura |  |
| Oenothera filiformis | Longflower Beeblossom Longflower Gaura Large-flowered Gaura Kearney Gaura Tall Gaura |  |
| Oenothera filiformis | Longflower Beeblossom Longflower Gaura Large-flowered Gaura Kearney Gaura Tall Gaura |  |
| Oenothera filiformis | Longflower Beeblossom Longflower Gaura Large-flowered Gaura Kearney Gaura Tall Gaura |  |
| Oenothera jamesii | Trumpet Evening-primrose Trumpet Evening Primrose River Primrose |  |
| Oenothera laciniata | Cutleaf Evening-primrose Cut-leaved Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera laciniata | Cutleaf Evening-primrose Cut-leaved Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Missouri Evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit Evening-primrose Missouri Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera rosea | Rose Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera rosea | Rose Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups |  |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups |  |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups |  |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups |  |
| 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 tetraptera | Fourwing Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera triloba | Stemless Evening-primrose Stemless Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera triloba | Stemless Evening-primrose Stemless Evening Primrose |  |
| Oenothera xerogaura | Drummond's Beeblossom Drummond's Gaura |  |
| Onosmodium bejariense | Soft-hair Marbleseed |  |
| Onosmodium bejariense | Soft-hair Marbleseed |  |
| Onosmodium bejariense var. occidentale | Western Marbleseed |  |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas Prickly Pear Lindheimer's Prickly Pear Lindheimer Prickly Pear |  |
| Oxalis dillenii | Slender Yellow Wood Sorrel Yellow Wood Sorrel Yellow Woodsorrel |  |
| Oxalis dillenii | Slender Yellow Wood Sorrel Yellow Wood Sorrel Yellow Woodsorrel |  |
| Oxalis drummondii | Drummond's Wood-sorrel Large-leaf Wood-sorrel Drummond's Woodsorrel |  |
| Oxalis drummondii | Drummond's Wood-sorrel Large-leaf Wood-sorrel Drummond's 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 |  |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro |  |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro |  |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro |  |
| Passiflora affinis | Bracted Passionflower Passion Flower |  |
| Passiflora affinis | Bracted Passionflower Passion Flower |  |
| Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia |  |
| Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia |  |
| Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia |  |
| Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia |  |
| Panicum capillare | Witchgrass |  |
| Parthenium confertum | Gray's Feverfew |  |
| Panicum dichotomiflorum | Fall Panicgrass Fall Panic Grass |  |
| Paspalum distichum | Knotgrass |  |
| Panicum hallii var. hallii | Hall's Panicgrass Hall's Panic Grass |  |
| Parthenocissus heptaphylla | Sevenleaf Creeper Seven-leaf Creeper |  |
| Paspalum langei | Rustyseed Paspalum |  |
| Paspalum langei | Rustyseed Paspalum |  |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower |  |
| Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort |  |
| Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort |  |
| Parietaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Pellitory Pennsylvania Cucumber Plant |  |
| Parietaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Pellitory Pennsylvania Cucumber Plant |  |
| Parietaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Pellitory Pennsylvania Cucumber Plant |  |
| Parietaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Pellitory Pennsylvania Cucumber Plant |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Palafoxia rosea | Rosy Palafox Rose Palafoxia |  |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower |  |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower |  |
| 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 |  |
| Pediomelum latestipulatum | Texas Plains Indian Breadroot Scurfpea Scurf-pea |  |
| Pediomelum latestipulatum | Texas Plains Indian Breadroot Scurfpea Scurf-pea |  |
| Perityle lindheimeri var. lindheimeri | Rock Daisy |  |
| Pellaea ovata | Ovateleaf Cliffbrake Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake |  |
| Pectocarya platycarpa | Broadfruit Combseed Broad Nutted Comb Bur |  |
| Pediomelum rhombifolium | Gulf Indian Breadroot Brown-flowered Psoralea Round-leaf Scurf-pea |  |
| Pediomelum rhombifolium | Gulf Indian Breadroot Brown-flowered Psoralea Round-leaf Scurf-pea |  |
| Phalaris angusta | Timothy Canarygrass Timothy Canary Grass Narrow Canarygrass |  |
| Phemeranthus aurantiacus | Orange Flameflower Flameflower Fameflower Talinum |  |
| Physalis cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry |  |
| Physalis cinerascens var. cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry |  |
| Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck |  |
| Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck |  |
| Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck |  |
| Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck |  |
| Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck |  |
| Phlox drummondii ssp. tharpii | Tharp's Phlox |  |
| Phacelia laxa | Coastal Phacelia |  |
| Physalis longifolia var. longifolia | Longleaf Groundcherry |  |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit |  |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit |  |
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