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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Abutilon fruticosum | Indian Mallow, Texas Indian Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Abutilon hypoleucum | Whiteleaf Indian Mallow, White-leaf Indian-mallow, Rio Grande Abutilon | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Abutilon trisulcatum | Anglestem Indian Mallow | Perennial | Subshrub, Shrub | ||
Acourtia runcinata | Featherleaf Desertpeony, Peonia | Perennial | Herb | ||
Adelia vaseyi | Vasey's Wild-lime | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Allowissadula lozanii | Lozano's False Indianmallow | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub, Shrub | ||
Aloysia gratissima | Whitebrush, Bee-brush, White-brush, Common Bee-brush, Beebrush, Privet Lippia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Aloysia macrostachya | Rio Grande Beebrush, Woolly Bee-brush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Amoreuxia wrightii | Wright's Yellowshow, Yellow-show | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Sun | Moist |
Amyris madrensis | Mountain Torchwood, Shrub Amyris | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Amyris texana | Texas Torchwood, Chapotillo | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame Acanthus, Hummingbird Bush, Wright's Desert Honeysuckle, Wright Acanthus, Mexican Flame, Wright's Mexican Flame | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Aphanostephus ramosissimus | Plains Dozedaisy, Lazy Daisy | Annual | Herb | ||
Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes Milkweed, Hierba De Zizotes, Side-cluster Milkweed, Longhorn Milkweed, Primrose Milkweed, Lindheimer's Milkweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Baccharis neglecta | False Willow, Jara Dulce, Poverty Weed, Roosevelt Weed | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Bernardia myricifolia | Mouse's Eye, Mouse Ears | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss, Buffalo Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Buddleja sessiliflora | Rio Grande Butterflybush, Tepozan | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Carlowrightia parviflora | Smallflower Wrightwort | Perennial | Subshrub | ||
Castela erecta | Goatbush | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | ||
Celtis ehrenbergiana | Desert Hackberry, Spiny Hackberry, Shiny Hackberry, Granjeno, Huasteco | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Celtis laevigata | Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry, Hackberry, Palo Blanco | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Cephalanthus salicifolius | Mexican Buttonbush | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Part-shade | |
Chloracantha spinosa | Spiny Chloracantha, Mexican Devil-weed | Perennial | Herb | ||
Chromolaena odorata | Blue Mistflower, Fragrant Mistflower, Blue Boneset, Fragrant Boneset, Jack In The Bush, Crucita, Siam Weed, Common Flossflower, Christmas Bush, Devilweed | Perennial | Subshrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | Biennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Citharexylum berlandieri | Berlandier's Fiddlewood, Berlandier Fiddlewood, Fiddlewood | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard, Drummond's Clematis, Texas Virgin's Bower, Goat's Beard | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Condalia hookeri | Bluewood Condalia, Brasil, Brasilwood, Bluewood, Logwood, Purple Haw, Capul Negro | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Conoclinium betonicifolium | Betonyleaf Thoroughwort, Betony-leaf Mistflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Conoclinium greggii | Gregg's Mistflower , Palmleaf Thoroughwort, Palm-leaf Mistflower, Palm-leaf Thoroughwort, Purple Palmleaf Mistflower, Purple Palmleaf Eupatorium | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily, Evening Star Rain Lily | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cordia boissieri | Mexican Olive, Texas Wild Olive, Anacahuita, Anacahuite | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Coursetia axillaris | Texas Babybonnets | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Croton cortesianus | Cortez's Croton | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Croton humilis | Pepperbush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Croton incanus | Torrey's Croton | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Croton leucophyllus | Twocolor Croton | Annual | Herb | ||
Cynanchum racemosum | Talayote | Perennial | Herb, Vine | ||
Dalea aurea | Golden Dalea, Golden Prairie Clover | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Desmanthus virgatus | Prostrate Bundleflower, Wild Tantan, Slender Mimosa | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | ||
Dicliptera sexangularis | Sixangle Foldwing | Perennial | Herb | ||
Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon, Mexican Persimmon, Black Persimmon, Chapote, Chapote Prieto | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Ebenopsis ebano | Texas Ebony, Black-bead Ebony, Ebony Ape's-earring, Ebano | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Echeandia chandleri | Chandler's Craglily, Lila De Los Llanos | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Ehretia anacua | Anacua, Sugarberry Anacua, Anaqua, Anacahuita, Knockaway, Knackaway, Sandpaper Tree, Manzanita, Manzanillo, Tlalahuacate | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean, Cherokee Bean, Red Cardinal | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood, Kidneywood, Bee Brush, Vara Dulce, Palo Dulce | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Ferocactus hamatacanthus var. sinuatus | Turk's-head Cactus | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | ||
Fleischmannia incarnata | Pink Thoroughwort | Perennial | Herb | ||
Florestina tripteris | Sticky Florestina | Annual | Herb | ||
Forestiera angustifolia | Narrow-leaf Forestiera, Tanglewood, Desert Olive, Texas Swamp-privet, Panalero, Elbow Bush | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush, Stretchberry, Spring Herald, Desert Olive, Tanglewood, Devil's Elbow, Spring Goldenglow, New Mexico Privet, Texas Forsythia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Funastrum cynanchoides | Fringed Twinevine, Climbing Milkweed Vine, Twine-vine | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Glandularia bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena, Purple Prairie Verbena, Dakota Vervain, Dakota Mock Vervain, Moradilla, Alfombrilla | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Glandularia polyantha | Rio Grande Mock Vervain | Perennial | Herb | ||
Glandularia quandrangulata | Beaked Mock Vervain, Pale Mock Vervain, Chihuahuan Mock Vervain | Annual | Herb | ||
Gochnatia hypoleuca | Shrubby Bullseye | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Guaiacum angustifolium | Texas Lignum-vitae, Soapbush, Guayacan | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Havardia pallens | Tenaza, Huajillo, Ape's Ear-ring | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower, Annual Sunflower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Helietta parvifolia | Baretta | Perennial | Tree | ||
Heliotropium angiospermum | Scorpion's-tail, Scorpion-tail | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Heliotropium confertifolium | Leafy Heliotrope | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | ||
Heliotropium curassavicum | Salt Heliotrope, Seaside Heliotrope, Quail Plant, Cola De Mico, Cola De Gama | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf Rosemallow, Tulipan Del Monte, Heartleaf Hibiscus | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Jatropha dioica | Leatherstem, Leather Stem, Rubber Plant | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Justicia longii | Longflower Tubetongue | Perennial | Subshrub | ||
Justicia pacifica | Runyon's Water-willow | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue, Gregg's Tube-tongue, False Honeysuckle | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Karwinskia humboldtiana | Coyotillo, Humboldt Coyotillo | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Lantana achyranthifolia | Brushland Shrubverbena, Mexican Marjoram, Veinyleaf Lantana | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Lantana canescens | Hammock Shrubverbena | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana, Calico Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Peppergrass, Virginia Pepperweed, Peppergrass, Poor Man's Pepper | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lesquerella lasiocarpa | Roughpod Bladderpod | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | ||
Leucaena pulverulenta | Great Leadtree, Mexican Leadtree, Great Leucaena, Tepeguaje | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo, Purple Sage, Texas Ranger, Texas Barometer Bush, Texas Silverleaf, Texas Sage, Silverleaf | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Lippia alba | Bushy Lippia | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Lippia graveolens | Mexican Oregano, Redbrush Lippia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry, Wild Crapemyrtle, Acerola, Manzanita | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Malvastrum americanum | Indian Valley False Mallow | Annual, Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | ||
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's Cap, Drummond's Turk's Cap, Drummond Turk's Cap, Wax Mallow, Drummond's Wax Mallow, Drummond Wax Mallow, Red Mallow, Texas Mallow, Mexican Apple, Sleeping Hibiscus, Bleeding Hearts, Manzanita | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Mandevilla lanuginosa | Plateau Rocktrumpet | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | ||
Manfreda longiflora | Longflower Tuberose, Amole De RãO, Runyon's Huaco | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | ||
Manfreda variegata | Mottled Tuberose, Huaco, Texas Tuberose | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Part-shade | Dry |
Manihot walkerae | Walker's Manioc, Walker's Manihot, Texas Tapioca | Perennial | Herb | ||
Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine , Roving Sailor, Climbing Snapdragon, Little Snapdragon Vine | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine, Noyau Vine, Correhuela De Las Doce | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Mint, Plains Horsemint, Lemon Horsemint, Horsemint, Purple Lemon Mint | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry, Moral | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox, Showy Palafox, Hooker Palafoxia, Sand Palafoxia, Hooker's Palafoxia | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Palafoxia texana | Texas Palafox | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama, Paloverde, Mexican Paloverde, Jerusalem Thorn, Horsebean, Lluvia De Oro | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Parkinsonia texana | Texas Paloverde, Border Paloverde, Retama China | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun | Dry |
Passiflora foetida | Corona De Cristo, Fetid Passionflower | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Passiflora suberosa | Corkstem Passionflower | Perennial | Herb, Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower, Slender-lobe Passionflower, Spread Lobe Passionflower, Bird Wing Passionflower | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose, Rose Pavonia, Rose Mallow, Pavonia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit, Turkey Tangle Fogfruit, Frogfruit | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Plumbago scandens | Doctorbush, Summer Snow Plumbago, Mexican Plumbago | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Polanisia dodecandra | Redwhisker Clammyweed, Clammyweed | Annual | Herb | ||
Portulaca pilosa | Kiss Me Quick, Chisme | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite, Glandular Mesquite, Algarroba | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak, Plateau Live Oak, Hill Country Live Oak, Texas Live Oak, Scrub Live Oak, Plateau Oak, Encino Molino, Tesmoli | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus lobata | Valley Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | |
Randia rhagocarpa | Crucillo | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat, Red-spike Mexican Hat, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Long-headed Coneflower, Thimbleflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry, Rouge Plant, Baby-peppers, Bloodberry | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia, Common Wild Petunia, Violet Wild Petunia, Wild Petunia, Hierba De La Calentura | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ruellia occidentalis | Western Wild Petunia | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sabal mexicana | Texas Palm, Texas Palmetto, Mexican Palm, Mexican Palmetto, Rio Grande Palmetto, Victoria Palmetto, Palma De Micharos, Apachite | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Salix nigra | Black Willow, Gulf Black Willow, Swamp Willow, Sauz | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Salvia ballotiflora | Shrubby Blue Sage, Blue Shrub Sage, Mejorana | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage, Blood Sage, Red Sage, Indian Fire | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry, Soapberry, Wild China Tree, Wild Chinaberry, Indian Soap Plant, Jaboncillo | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Senegalia berlandieri | Guajillo, Berlandier Acacia, Berlandier's Acacia, Round-flowered Catclaw, Roundflower Catclaw, Mimosa Catclaw, Thornless Catclaw, Huajilla | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
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 | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Serjania brachycarpa | Littlefruit Slipplejack, Serjania | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Wet |
Simsia calva | Awnless Bush Sunflower, Bush Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade, Silver-leaf Nightshade, White Horse Nettle, Trompillo, Tomato Weed, Bull Nettle | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Solanum erianthum | Potatotree, Potato Tree | Perennial | Tree | ||
Sophora secundiflora | Texas Mountain Laurel, Mountain Laurel, Mescal Bean, Mescal Bean Sophora, Frijolillo, Frijolito | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sophora tomentosa | Yellow Necklacepod, Yellow Sophora, Necklace Pod, Tambalisa | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Tamaulipa azurea | Blue Boneset, Blue Mistflower | Perennial | Shrub, Vine | ||
Tecoma stans | Yellow Bells, Yellowbells, Esperanza, Yellow Trumpetbush, Yellow Trumpetflower, Trumpetbush, Trumpetflower, Yellow Elder, Hardy Yellow Trumpet, Yellow Trumpet Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Thamnosma texana | Texas Desert-rue, Dutchman's Breeches, Rue Of The Mountains, Ruda Del Monte | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Thymophylla pentachaeta | Parralena, Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf, Five-needle Fetid Marigold | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | ||
Thymophylla tenuiloba | Bristleleaf Pricklyleaf | Annual | Herb | ||
Turnera diffusa | Damiana | Perennial | Subshrub, Shrub | ||
Vachellia farnesiana | Huisache, Texas Huisache, Sweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Mealy Acacia, Mealy Wattle, Cassie | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Vachellia rigidula | Blackbrush Acacia, Blackbrush, Chaparro Prieto, Gavia | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Vachellia schaffneri | Schaffner's Wattle, Twisted Acacia | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Verbena halei | Texas Vervain, Slender Verbena, Texas Verbena, Slender Vervain | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Verbesina encelioides | Cowpen Daisy, Golden Crownbeard, Butter Daisy | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Verbesina microptera | Texas Crownbeard | Perennial | Herb | ||
Vicia ludoviciana | Deer Pea Vetch, Louisiana Vetch | Annual | Herb | ||
Viguiera stenoloba | Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye, Resinbush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Wissadula amplissima | Big Yellow Velvetleaf | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | ||
Wissadula periplocifolia | White Velvetleaf | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | ||
Zanthoxylum fagara | Lime Prickly Ash, Colima | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Zinnia acerosa | Desert Zinnia, Dwarf Zinnia, Dwarf White Zinnia, Shrubby Zinnia, Southern Zinnia | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |