Texas Native Pond PlantsTexas Native Pond Plants by Andrea DeLong-Amaya, Director of Horticulture, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. These plants are all native to the Texas region and are suitable for ponds and water gardens. If you live outside of Texas, these may or may not be native to your area. |
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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Bacopa monnieri | Herb-of-grace, Water Hyssop, Coastal Water-hyssop | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Canna glauca | Water Canna, Louisiana Canna, Maraca Amarilla | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass, Jamaican Saw-grass, Saw-grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Echinodorus berteroi | Upright Burrhead | Annual | Herb | ||
Echinodorus cordifolius | Creeping Burhead, Lance-leaf Burhead, Radican Sword, Burhead, Creeping Water-plantain | Annual | Herb | Shade | Wet |
Eleocharis quadrangulata | Squarestem Spikerush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Equisetum hyemale | Scouring-rush Horsetail, Horsetail, Scouring Rush, Canuela | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Fuirena simplex | Western Umbrella-sedge, Umbrellagrass, Western Umbrella Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | ||
Heteranthera dubia | Grassleaf Mudplantain, Water Stargrass | Annual | Herb | ||
Hibiscus laevis | Halberdleaf Rosemallow, Halberdleaf Hibiscus, Scarlet Rose Mallow, Halberd-leaved Hibiscus, Halberd-leaved Rose-mallow | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimson-eyed Rose-mallow, Marshmallow Hibiscus | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Hydrolea ovata | Blue Waterleaf, Ovate False Fiddleleaf, Hairy Hydrolea | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Hymenocallis liriosme | Texas Spiderlily, Spring Spiderlily, Spiderlily, Louisiana Spiderlily, Western Marsh Spiderlily | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Iris virginica | Virginia Iris, Great Blue Flag, Southern Blue Flag | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Juncus effusus var. solutus | Lamp Rush, Soft Rush | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Justicia americana | American Water-willow, Water-willow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow, Virginia Fen-rose, Saltmarsh Mallow, Seashore Mallow | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Moist |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ludwigia octovalvis | Mexican Primrose-willow, Narrow-leaf Water Primrose, Seedbox, Mexican Primrose Willow | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ludwigia peploides | Floating Primrose-willow, Water-primrose, Creeping Water-primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover, Water-clover, Clover-fern, Largefoot Pepperwort | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet |
Najas guadalupensis | Common Water Nymph, Southern Water Nymph, Najas | Annual | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus, Yellow Water Lotus, Yellow Lotus | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily, Yellow Cow Lily, Cow Lily, Spatter Dock, Wakas | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Nymphaea odorata | American White Water-lily, Fragrant White Water-lily, Fragrant Water-lily, White Water-lily, Sweet-scented White Water-lily, Sweet-scented Water-lily, Beaver Root | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet |
Physostegia intermedia | Spring Obedient Plant, Marsh Obedient Plant, Slender False Dragonhead, Intermediate False Dragonhead | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Pluchea odorata var. odorata | Sweetscent, Marsh Fleabane, Southern Marsh Fleabane | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed, Pickerel Rush | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Potamogeton diversifolius | Waterthread Pondweed, Threadleaf Pondweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Potamogeton nodosus | Longleaf Pondweed, Knotty Pondweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge, White-topped Sedge, Starrush Whitetop, Star Sedge, Star Rush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Rhynchospora corniculata | Shortbristle Horned Beaksedge, Horned Beakrush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail, Lizard Tail, Breastweed, Water Dragon | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Schoenoplectus americanus | Chairmaker's Bulrush, Olney Three-square | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | ||
Schoenoplectus californicus | California Bulrush, California Club-rush, Giant Bulrush | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Thalia dealbata | Powdery Alligator-flag, Powdery Thalia, Water Canna | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Vallisneria americana | American Eelgrass, Water Celery, Eelgrass, Tapegrass | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |