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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 |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit |  |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit |  |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit |  |
| Phacelia patuliflora var. teucriifolia | Sand Phacelia |  |
| Phyllanthus polygonoides | Smartweed Leaf-flower Knotweed Leafflower |  |
| Phyllanthus polygonoides | Smartweed Leaf-flower Knotweed Leafflower |  |
| Phyllanthus polygonoides | Smartweed Leaf-flower Knotweed Leafflower |  |
| Physalis pubescens var. integrifolia | Husk Tomato |  |
| Physalis pubescens var. integrifolia | Husk Tomato |  |
| Physalis pubescens var. pubescens | Husk Tomato |  |
| Phlox roemeriana | Goldeneye Phlox Golden-eye Phlox |  |
| Phlox roemeriana | Goldeneye Phlox Golden-eye Phlox |  |
| Phoradendron tomentosum | Christmas Mistletoe Mistletoe Injerto |  |
| Phoradendron tomentosum | Christmas Mistletoe Mistletoe Injerto |  |
| Pinaropappus roseus | White Rocklettuce White Dandelion Pink Dandelion White Rock Lettuce |  |
| Pinaropappus roseus | White Rocklettuce White Dandelion Pink Dandelion White Rock Lettuce |  |
| Plantago helleri | Heller's Plantain Cedar Plantain |  |
| Plantago helleri | Heller's Plantain Cedar Plantain |  |
| Pluchea odorata | Sweetscent Saltmarsh Fleabane |  |
| Plantago rhodosperma | Redseed Plantain Red-seeded Plantain |  |
| Plantago rhodosperma | Redseed Plantain Red-seeded Plantain |  |
| Plantago rhodosperma | Redseed Plantain Red-seeded Plantain |  |
| Polygala alba | White Milkwort |  |
| Polygala alba | White Milkwort |  |
| Polygala alba | White Milkwort |  |
| Polygala alba | White Milkwort |  |
| Polygonella americana | Southern Jointweed |  |
| Poa bigelovii | Bigelow's Bluegrass |  |
| Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Southern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Eastern Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo |  |
| Polanisia dodecandra | Redwhisker Clammyweed Clammyweed |  |
| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. riograndensis | Rio Grande Clammyweed |  |
| Polanisia erosa ssp. erosa | Large Clammyweed |  |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum | Pennsylvania Smartweed Pink Smartweed |  |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum | Pennsylvania Smartweed Pink Smartweed |  |
| Portulaca pilosa | Kiss Me Quick Chisme |  |
| Portulaca pilosa | Kiss Me Quick Chisme |  |
| Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed |  |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba |  |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba |  |
| Proboscidea louisianica ssp. louisianica | Ram's Horn Devil's Claw Unicorn Plant Ram's Horn |  |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum |  |
| Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum |  |
| Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum |  |
| Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum |  |
| Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium | Blunt-leaf Rabbit-tobacco Rabbit Tobacco Sweet Everlasting Fragrant Cudweed |  |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree |  |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree |  |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree |  |
| Ptelea trifoliata var. mollis | Common Hoptree Downy Wafer Ash Downy Hop Tree |  |
| Ptelea trifoliata var. mollis | Common Hoptree Downy Wafer Ash Downy Hop Tree |  |
| Ptelea trifoliata var. mollis | Common Hoptree Downy Wafer Ash Downy Hop Tree |  |
| Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion |  |
| Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion |  |
| Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion |  |
| Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion |  |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino |  |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower |  |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower |  |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower |  |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower |  |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower |  |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower |  |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower |  |
| Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus | Bristly Buttercup Buttercup |  |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush |  |
| 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 |  |
| Rhynchosida physocalyx | Bladderpod Sida Buffpetal Beaked Sida |  |
| Rhynchosia senna var. texana | Texas Snoutbean Texas Snout-bean |  |
| Rhynchosia senna var. texana | Texas Snoutbean Texas Snout-bean |  |
| Rhynchosia senna var. texana | Texas Snoutbean Texas Snout-bean |  |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac Tobacco Sumac Lambrisco Lentrisco |  |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry |  |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry |  |
| Rotala ramosior | Lowland Rotala |  |
| Rorippa sessiliflora | Stalkless Yellowcress Sessile-flowered Yellow Cress |  |
| Rorippa sessiliflora | Stalkless Yellowcress Sessile-flowered Yellow Cress |  |
| Ruellia corzoi | Corzo's Wild Petunia |  |
| Ruellia davisiorum | Rio Grande Wild Petunia |  |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan |  |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan |  |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan |  |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan |  |
| Rubus lucidus | Manatee Dewberry Southern Dewberry |  |
| Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia Metz's Wild Petunia Metz Wild Petunia Wild White Petunia |  |
| Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia Metz's Wild Petunia Metz Wild Petunia Wild White Petunia |  |
| Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia Metz's Wild Petunia Metz Wild Petunia Wild White Petunia |  |
| Ruellia nudiflora var. nudiflora | Violet Wild Petunia |  |
| Ruellia nudiflora var. runyonii | Runyon's Wild Petunia |  |
| Rubus riograndis | Rio Grande Dewberry |  |
| Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage Blue Sage |  |
| Salvia ballotiflora | Shrubby Blue Sage Blue Shrub Sage Mejorana |  |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire |  |
| Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's Sage Engelmann's Salvia |  |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage |  |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz |  |
| 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 platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead |  |
| Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead |  |
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