Hill Country HorticultureImages and information on more than 430 species native to central Texas. Native plants provide an essential role in the environment including economic benefits from reduced energy costs, water and maintenance; ecological benefits including enhancing ecosystem stability and reducing chemical use; not to mention the beauty they provide. |
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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Abutilon incanum | Pelotazo, Indian Mallow, Shrubby Indian Mallow | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Acalypha radians | Cardinal's Feather, Cardinal Feather | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Acer grandidentatum | Bigtooth Maple, Big-toothed Maple, Uvalde Bigtooth Maple, Southwestern Bigtooth Maple, Canyon Maple, Sabinal Maple, Western Sugar Maple | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun | Moist |
Acer negundo | Box Elder, Box Elder Maple, Ash-leaved Maple, Ashleaf Maple, Red River Maple, Fresno De Guajuco | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow, Western Yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Achnatherum hymenoides | Indian Ricegrass, Indian Millet, Sandgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Aesculus pavia | Red Buckeye, Scarlet Buckeye , Firecracker Plant | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Agalinis edwardsiana | Plateau False Foxglove, Plateau Agalinis, Plateau Gerardia, Plateau False-foxglove | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | |
Agalinis heterophylla | Prairie Agalinis, Prairie False-foxglove | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ageratina havanensis | Shrubby Boneset, White Mistflower, White Shrub Mistflower, Havana Snakeroot | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Allium canadense | Meadow Garlic, Wild Garlic, Wild Onion | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Allowissadula holosericea | Velvet-leaf Mallow, Chisos Mountain False Indianmallow | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
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 |
Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Annual Ragweed, Short Ragweed | Annual | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush, False Indigo Bush, False Indigo, Desert False Indigo | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Amorpha roemeriana | Roemer's False Indigo | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Amyris madrensis | Mountain Torchwood, Shrub Amyris | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem, Brushy Bluestem | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Anemone berlandieri | Tenpetal Anemone, Tenpetal Thimbleweed, Windflower, Southern Anemone, Granny's Nightcap | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Anemone edwardsiana | Edwards Plateau Thimbleweed, Two-flowered Anemone | Perennial | Herb | Shade | |
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 riddellii | Riddell's Dozedaisy, Lazy Daisy | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Red Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Arabis petiolaris | Brazos Rockcress, Rock-cress, Brazos Rock-cress | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Arbutus xalapensis | Texas Madrone, Madrone, Texas Arbutus, Manzanita, Xoxocote, Amazaquitl | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Arenaria benthamii | Hilly Sandwort | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Argemone albiflora | Bluestem Pricklypoppy, White Pricklypoppy, White Prickly Poppy | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Argyrochosma dealbata | Powdery False Cloak Fern, Powdery Cloak Fern, False Cloak Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade | Moist |
Arisaema dracontium | Green Dragon, Dragonroot, Greendragon | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade | Moist |
Aristida oligantha | Prairie Threeawn, Oldfield (Prairie) 3-awn, Oldfield Threeawn | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn, Purple 3-awn, Purple Three-awn, Red Threeawn | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Arnoglossum plantagineum | Groovestem Indian Plantain, Indian Plantain, Prairie Plantain, Prairie Indian Plantain | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns, Spider Milkweed, Green-flowered Milkweed, Spider Antelope-horns, Antelope Horns | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes Milkweed, Hierba De Zizotes, Side-cluster Milkweed, Longhorn Milkweed, Primrose Milkweed, Lindheimer's Milkweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Asclepias viridis | Green Milkweed, Spider Milkweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Baccharis neglecta | False Willow, Jara Dulce, Poverty Weed, Roosevelt Weed | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Bacopa monnieri | Herb-of-grace, Water Hyssop, Coastal Water-hyssop | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree, Anacacho Bauhinia, Orchid Tree, Texas Plume | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Berlandiera betonicifolia | Texas Greeneyes, Broochflower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Berlandiera lyrata | Chocolate Daisy, Chocolate Flower, Lyreleaf Greeneyes, Green-eyed Lyre Leaf | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Bidens laevis | Smooth Beggartick, Smooth Bidens, Smooth Bur Marigold, Larger Bur Marigold | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana | Silver Bluestem, Silver Beardgrass, Silver Beard Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Bouchetia erecta | Erect Bouchetia, Painted-tongue, Paintedtongue, Painted Tongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss, Buffalo Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy Grama | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Bouteloua rigidiseta | Texas Grama | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Bouteloua trifida | Red Grama | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Buddleja marrubiifolia | Woolly Butterflybush, Butterfly Bush, Woolly Butterfly-bush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Calliandra eriophylla | Pink Fairyduster, Fairyduster, Mesquitilla, Mock Mesquite | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Dry |
Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry , French Mulberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup, Purple Poppy Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Callirhoe involucrata var. lineariloba | White Poppymallow, Winecup, Poppy Mallow, White Winecup, Purple Poppy Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Callirhoe leiocarpa | Tall Poppymallow, Annual Winecup, Tall Poppy-mallow, Tall Poppy Mallow | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Callirhoe pedata | Palmleaf Poppymallow, Standing Winecup, Finger Poppymallow, Palmleaf Poppy Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Calylophus berlandieri ssp. pinifolius | Berlandier's Sundrops, Square-bud Primrose, Sundrops, Square-bud Day-primrose | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Calylophus hartwegii | Hartweg's Sundrops, Western Primrose | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine, Common Trumpet Creeper, Cow Vine, Foxglove Vine, Hellvine, Devil's Shoestring | Perennial | Vine | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Canna glauca | Water Canna, Louisiana Canna, Maraca Amarilla | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Capsicum annuum | Chile Tepin, Chile Pequin, Chiltepin, Chile Petin, Bird Pepper, Turkey Pepper , Cayenne Pepper | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Carex blanda | Eastern Woodland Sedge, Creek Sedge, Common Wood Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Carex cherokeensis | Cherokee Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Carex texensis | Texas Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Castilleja purpurea | Prairie Paintbrush, Downy Indian Paintbrush, Purple Paintbrush, Lemon Paintbrush, Purple Painted Cup | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Ceanothus herbaceus | Prairie Redroot, Smaller Redroot, Small Redroot, Inland Ceanothus, Fuzzy Ceanothus, Jersey Tea, Redroot | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Celtis laevigata | Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry, Hackberry, Palo Blanco | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Celtis laevigata var. reticulata | Netleaf Hackberry, Netleaf Sugar Hackberry, Western Hackberry, Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Palo Blanco, Acibuche | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower, American Star-thistle, Basket-flower, Star Thistle, Shaving Brush, Basket Flower | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Centaurium beyrichii | Mountain Pink, Meadow Pink, Catchfly, Quinineweed | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Centaurium texense | Lady Bird's Centaury, Texas Centaury | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button Willow, Honey Bells, Honeybells, Honey Balls, Honeyballs, Button-bush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Cercis canadensis var. mexicana | Mexican Redbud | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. tainturieri | Hairyfruit Chervil, Hairy-fruit Chervil, Wild Chervil, Chervil | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata | Partridge Pea, Showy Partridge-pea, Beeflower | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Chamaesaracha coniodes | Gray Five Eyes, False Nightshade, Ground Saracha, Prostrate Ground-cherry | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats, Indian Wood Oats, Wild Oats, River Oats, Flathead Oats, Upland Oats, Upland Sea Oats | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow, Flowering Willow, Willow-leaved Catalpa, Willowleaf Catalpa, Bow Willow, Flor De Mimbre, Mimbre | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Chloris verticillata | Tumble Windmill Grass, Windmillgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | |
Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | Perennial | Subshrub, Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Cissus trifoliata | Cow-itch Vine, Cow Itch Vine, Sorrelvine, Grape Ivy, Possum Grape, Arizona Grape Ivy | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | |
Citharexylum berlandieri | Berlandier's Fiddlewood, Berlandier Fiddlewood, Fiddlewood | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass, Jamaican Saw-grass, Saw-grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard, Drummond's Clematis, Texas Virgin's Bower, Goat's Beard | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Clematis pitcheri | Purple Leatherflower, Purple Clematis, Leatherflower, Bluebill, Bellflower Clematis, Pitcher's Clematis | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Clematis texensis | Scarlet Clematis, Scarlet Leatherflower, Texas Clematis | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Moist |
Cocculus carolinus | Carolina Snailseed, Carolina Coralbead, Carolina Moonseed, Red Berried Moonseed, Carolina Red Berried Moonseed | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Moist |
Colubrina texensis | Texas Hog Plum, Texas Snakewood, Texas Colubrina, Hog Plum | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Commelina erecta | Dayflower, Widow's Tears, White-mouth Dayflower, Whitemouth Dayflower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Condalia hookeri | Bluewood Condalia, Brasil, Brasilwood, Bluewood, Logwood, Purple Haw, Capul Negro | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Blue Boneset | 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 |
Convolvulus equitans | Texas Bindweed, Bindweed | Annual | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily, Evening Star Rain Lily | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cooperia jonesii | Jones' Rainlily, Jones' Rain Lily | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily, Prairie Lily, Rain Lily, Flor De Mayo | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Lance-leaved Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed, Sand Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis, Golden Tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood, Drummond's Dogwood, Rough-leaf Dogwood | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Corydalis curvisiliqua | Curvepod Fumewort, Scrambled Eggs, Golden Smoke, Curvepod | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Coryphantha sulcata | Pineapple Cactus, Nipple Cactus | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Cotinus obovatus | American Smoke Tree, Texas Smoke Tree, Wild Smoke Tree, Smoke Tree, Smokebush, Chittamwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Crataegus greggiana | Gregg's Hawthorn, Gregg Hawthorn | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Crataegus tracyi | Tracy's Hawthorn, Tracy Hawthorn, Mountain Hawthorn | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Crataegus viridis | Green Hawthorn, Southern Hawthorn | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Croton capitatus var. lindheimeri | Woolly Croton, Lindheimer's Hogwort, Woolly Texas Goatweed, Woolly Doveweed | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Croton fruticulosus | Bush Croton, Encinilla, Hierba Loca | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Croton monanthogynus | Prairie Tea, One-seed Croton, Doveweed, Dove Weed, Prairie Goatweed | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Cryptotaenia canadensis | Canadian Honewort, Wild Chervil | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis | Tasajillo, Christmas Cactus, Pencil Cactus, Christmas Cholla, Desert Christmas Cactus | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Cynanchum barbigerum | Bearded Swallow-wort, Thicket Threadvine | Perennial | Vine | Sun | |
Cyperus articulatus | Jointed Flatsedge, Chintul | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | |
Cyperus ochraceus | Pond Flatsedge, Yellow Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | |
Cyperus odoratus | Fragrant Flatsedge, Fragrant Sedge | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Cyperus pseudovegetus | Marsh Flatsedge, Marsh Flat Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Dalea aurea | Golden Dalea, Golden Prairie Clover | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Dalea bicolor var. argyrea | Silver Prairie Clover, Silver Dalea, Silver Bush Dalea | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Dalea candida | White Prairie Clover | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Dry |
Dalea frutescens | Black Dalea, Black Prairie Clover | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Dalea greggii | Gregg Dalea, Gregg's Prairie Clover, Trailing Indigo Bush, Indigo Bush | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Dalea multiflora | Roundhead Prairie Clover, White Prairie Clover, Round Headed Dalea, Round Headed Clover | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Dalea purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover, Violet Prairie Clover | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Dasylirion texanum | Texas Sotol, Sotol | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Dasylirion wheeleri | Common Sotol, Sotol, Desert Spoon, Desert Candle | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Datura wrightii | Jimsonweed, Sacred Thorn-apple, Thorn-apple, Angel Trumpet, Sacred Datura, Western Jimson Weed | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower, Bundleflower, Prairie Bundle Flower, Prickleweed, Illinois Desmanthus, Prairie Mimosa | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb, Polkadots, Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Echinacea angustifolia | Black Samson, Black Samson Echinacea, Narrow-leaf Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Echinocactus texensis | Horse Crippler, Horse Crippler Cactus, Devil's Head, Chisos Hedgehog Cactus, Chisos Hedgehog | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Echinocereus reichenbachii | Lace Hedgehog Cactus, Lace Cactus, Lace Hedgehog, Purple Candle | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Echinodorus cordifolius | Creeping Burhead, Lance-leaf Burhead, Radican Sword, Burhead, Creeping Water-plantain | Annual | Herb | Shade | Wet |
Ehretia anacua | Anacua, Sugarberry Anacua, Anaqua, Anacahuita, Knockaway, Knackaway, Sandpaper Tree, Manzanita, Manzanillo, Tlalahuacate | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Eleocharis rostellata | Beaked Spikerush, Leap Frog Spike Rush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy, Engelmann Daisy, Cutleaf Daisy | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Ephedra antisyphilitica | Mormon Tea, Joint-fir, Clapweed, Popote | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Epipactis gigantea | Stream Orchid, Chatterbox Orchid, Giant Hellebore | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Equisetum hyemale var. affine | Scouring-rush Horsetail | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass, Plains Love Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple Lovegrass, Purple Love Grass, Purple Plains Lovegrass, Tumblegrass, Petticoat Climber | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Erigeron modestus | Plains Fleabane, Prairie Fleabane | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Eriochloa sericea | Texas Cupgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy Woollygrass, Hairy Tridens | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Erodium texanum | Texas Stork's Bill, Stork's Bill, Pine Needle, Fillaree | Annual, Biennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo, Eryngo, False Purple Thistle | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean, Cherokee Bean, Red Cardinal | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Eupatorium serotinum | White Boneset, Lateflowering Thoroughwort, Late Boneset, Late-flowering Boneset | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Euphorbia cyathophora | Wild Poinsettia, Poinsettia, Fire On The Mountain | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Euphorbia marginata | Snow On The Mountain, Snow-on-the-mountain | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Eustoma exaltatum ssp. exaltatum | Catchfly Prairie Gentian, Bluebell Gentian, Western Blue Gentian, Blue Marsh Lily, Small Bluebell | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells, Texas Bluebell, Bluebell, Showy Prairie Gentian, Prairie Gentian | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Evax prolifera | Bighead Pygmycudweed, Rabbit Tobacco | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | |
Evolvulus sericeus | Silver Dwarf Morning-glory, White Evolvulus | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood, Kidneywood, Bee Brush, Vara Dulce, Palo Dulce | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn, Carolina False Buckthorn, Yellow Buckthorn, Indian Cherry, Yellowwood | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Fraxinus albicans | Texas Ash, Mountain Ash | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash, Red Ash, Swamp Ash, River Ash, Water Ash, Darlington Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Girasol Rojo | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Gaillardia suavis | Pincushion Daisy, Fragrant Gaillardia, Rayless Gaillardia, Perfumeballs | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Galphimia angustifolia | Narrowleaf Goldshower, Thryallis, Narrow-leaf Goldshower | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Garrya ovata ssp. lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Silktassel, Lindheimer Silktassel, Lindheimer's Garrya, Lindheimer Garrya, Mexican Silktassel, Mexican Garrya, Eggleaf Silktassel, Eggleaf Garrya | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Geum canadense | White Avens | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Giliastrum rigidulum | Bluebowls, Blue Gilia | Annual | Subshrub | Sun | |
Glandularia bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena, Purple Prairie Verbena, Dakota Vervain, Dakota Mock Vervain, Moradilla, Alfombrilla | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Hedeoma drummondii | Drummond's False Pennyroyal, Limoncillo, Mock Pennyroyal | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Hesperaloe parviflora | Red Yucca, Coral Yucca, Red-flowered False Yucca, Redflower False Yucca, Yellow Yucca, Hummingbird Yucca, Samandoque | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Hibiscus laevis | Halberdleaf Rosemallow, Halberdleaf Hibiscus, Scarlet Rose Mallow, Halberd-leaved Hibiscus, Halberd-leaved Rose-mallow | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Hibiscus lasiocarpos | Woolly Rose-mallow, Woolly Mallow, Rose-mallow, False Cotton | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Wet |
Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf Rosemallow, Tulipan Del Monte, Heartleaf Hibiscus | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Hydrocotyle umbellata | Manyflower Marsh-pennywort, Many-flowered Marsh-pennywort, Marsh Pennywort, Water Pennywort, Money Plant | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata | Whorled Marshpennywort, Water-pennywort, Pennywort, Money-plant | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
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 |
Ibervillea lindheimeri | Balsam Gourd, Lindheimer's Globeberry, Globe Berry, Snake-apple, Balsam-apple | Perennial | Vine | Sun | Moist |
Ilex decidua | Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Meadow Holly, Prairie Holly, Swamp Holly, Welk Holly, Deciduous Yaupon, Bearberry, Winterberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon, Yaupon Holly, Cassina | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Indigofera miniata | Scarlet Pea, Coastal Indigo, Texas Indigo, Western Indigo | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba | Tievine, Sharp-pod Morning Glory, Purple Bindweed, Tie Vine | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | |
Ipomoea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Morning-glory, Blue Morning Glory | Perennial | Vine | Sun | Dry |
Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress, Texas Plume, Red Texas Star, Red Gilia | Biennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Iris brevicaulis | Zigzag Iris | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Iris virginica | Virginia Iris, Great Blue Flag, Southern Blue Flag | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Iris virginica var. shrevei | Shreve's Iris, Virginia Iris, Southern Blue Flag, Blue Flag | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Jatropha dioica | Leatherstem, Leather Stem, Rubber Plant | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
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 |
Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue, Gregg's Tube-tongue, False Honeysuckle | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow, Virginia Fen-rose, Saltmarsh Mallow, Seashore Mallow | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Moist |
Krameria lanceolata | Trailing Krameria, Ratany, Crameria, Prairie Sandbur, Trailing Ratany | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana, Calico Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Lespedeza texana | Texas Lespedeza, Texas Bush-clover | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Leucaena retusa | Goldenball Leadtree, Littleleaf Leadtree, Little Leucaena, Lemonball, Wahoo Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo, Purple Sage, Texas Ranger, Texas Barometer Bush, Texas Silverleaf, Texas Sage, Silverleaf | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush, Spicebush, Wild Allspice | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Lindheimera texana | Texas Yellowstar, Texas Star, Texas Yellow-star, Lindheimer Daisy | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, Woodbine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | 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 | |
Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas Lupine, Buffalo Clover, Wolf Flower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum | Carolina Wolfberry, Creeping Wolfberry, Carolina Desert-thorn | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Lygodesmia texana | Texas Skeleton Plant, Texas Skeleton Weed, Skeleton-plant, Purple Dandelion, Flowering Straw | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lythrum californicum | California Loosestrife | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy, Tansy-aster, Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster, Tansyleaf Tansyaster | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Mahonia swaseyi | Texas Barberry, Texas Oregon-grape | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita, Agarito, Algerita, Laredo Mahonia, Laredo Oregon-grape, Trifoliate Barberry, Wild Currant | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry, Wild Crapemyrtle, Acerola, Manzanita | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Malus ioensis var. texana | Texas Crabapple, Blanco Crabapple | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Malvastrum aurantiacum | Wright's False Mallow | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
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 |
Manfreda maculosa | False Aloe, Spice Lily, Spice-lily | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons, Puffballs, White Barbara's-buttons, Barbara's Buttons | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover, Water-clover, Clover-fern, Largefoot Pepperwort | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet |
Marsilea vestita | Hairy Water-clover, Hairy Waterclover, Hairy Water Clover, Clover Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Part-shade | Wet |
Matelea biflora | Star Milkvine, Purple Milkweed Vine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Matelea reticulata | Pearl Milkweed Vine, Netted Milkvine, Green Milkweed Vine, Net Vein Milkvine | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine , Roving Sailor, Climbing Snapdragon, Little Snapdragon Vine | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy, Rock Daisy, Plains Blackfoot, Arnica | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Menodora heterophylla | Low Menodora, Redbud, Twinpod | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine, Noyau Vine, Correhuela De Las Doce | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa, Pink Mimosa | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Mimosa dysocarpa | Velvetpod Mimosa, Velvet-pod Mimosa, Gatuno | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Mimosa roemeriana | Roemer's Mimosa, Sensitive Briar | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Mirabilis nyctaginea | Heartleaf Four O'Clock | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Mint, Plains Horsemint, Lemon Horsemint, Horsemint, Purple Lemon Mint | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot, Beebalm | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm, Spotted Horsemint, Horsemint | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle , Southern Wax Myrtle, Southern Bayberry, Eastern Bayberry, Bayberry, Candleberry, Tallow Shrub | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly, Hair-awn Muhly, Hairy-awn Muhly, Hair Grass, Pink Muhly | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Muhlenbergia dubia | Pine Muhly | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Muhly, Lindheimer Muhly, Big Muhly, Blue Muhly | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Muhlenbergia reverchonii | Seep Muhly | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Nassella tenuissima | Mexican Feathergrass, Mexican Wiregrass, Finestem Needlegrass, Ponytail Grass, Texas Tussock | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Nekemias arborea | Peppervine | Perennial | Shrub, Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus, Yellow Water Lotus, Yellow Lotus | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Nemastylis geminiflora | Prairie Celestials, Celestials, Prairie Pleatleaf | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes, Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes, Baby Blue-eyes, Flannel Breeches | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Nolina bigelovii | Bigelow's Nolina, Bigelow's Beargrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista, Texas Beargrass, Basket Grass, Sacahuista, Bunchgrass, Texas Bear-grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Nothoscordum bivalve | Crowpoison, False Garlic, Crow Poison | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily, Yellow Cow Lily, Cow Lily, Spatter Dock, Wakas | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet, Scarlet Muskflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
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 |
Oenothera calcicola | Texas Beeblossom, Limestone Gaura | Perennial | Subshrub | Part-shade | |
Oenothera jamesii | Trumpet Evening-primrose, Trumpet Evening Primrose, River Primrose | Biennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Oenothera laciniata | Cutleaf Evening-primrose, Cut-leaved Evening Primrose | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | |
Oenothera lindheimeri | White Gaura, Butterfly Gaura, Lindheimer's Beeblossom, Lindheimer's Gaura | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana | Bigfruit Evening-primrose, Silver Leaf Primrose , Bigfruit Evening Primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Oenothera rhombipetala | Fourpoint Evening-primrose, Four-point Evening Primrose, Diamond Petal Primrose, Greater Four-point Evening-primrose | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose, Showy Evening Primrose, Mexican Evening Primrose, Showy Primrose, Pink Ladies, Buttercups, Pink Buttercups | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Oenothera triloba | Stemless Evening-primrose, Stemless Evening Primrose | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Onosmodium bejariense var. bejariense | Soft-hair Marbleseed, False Gromwell | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Onosmodium helleri | Heller's Marbleseed, Marble-seed | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas Prickly Pear, Lindheimer's Prickly Pear, Lindheimer Prickly Pear | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Opuntia macrocentra | Purple Pricklypear, Purple Prickly Pear, Long-spined Prickly Pear, Black Spine Prickly Pear | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear, Twist-spine Prickly Pear, Common Prickly Pear, Plains Prickly Pear | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Orbexilum pedunculatum | Sampson's Snakeroot | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Oxalis drummondii | Drummond's Wood-sorrel, Large-leaf Wood-sorrel, Drummond's Woodsorrel | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Oxalis stricta | Common Yellow Oxalis, Yellow Wood-sorrel, Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel, Yellow Woodsorrel | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel, Roundleaf Groundsel, Roundleaf Ragwort | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama, Paloverde, Mexican Paloverde, Jerusalem Thorn, Horsebean, Lluvia De Oro | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Paronychia virginica | Whitlow-wort, Broom Nailwort, Yellow Nailwort, Park's Nailwort | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Sun | Dry |
Parthenocissus heptaphylla | Sevenleaf Creeper, Seven-leaf Creeper | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Passiflora affinis | Bracted Passionflower, Passion Flower | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Passiflora foetida | Corona De Cristo, Fetid Passionflower | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Passiflora incarnata | Maypop, Purple Passionflower, Purple Passion Vine, Apricot Vine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower, Yellow Passion Vine, Yellow Passion-flower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
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 |
Pellaea ovata | Ovateleaf Cliffbrake, Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun | |
Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon, Rock Beardtongue, Cut-leaf Penstemon, Cut-leaf Beardtongue, Baccharis-leaf Penstemon, Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon, Prairie Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Foxglove Beardtongue, False Foxglove, Large-flowered Penstemon, Large-flowered Beardtongue, Cobaea Penstemon, Cobaea Beardtongue, Wild Foxglove | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon laxiflorus | Nodding Penstemon, Nodding Beardtongue, Loose-flowered Penstemon, Loose-flowered Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon tenuis | Brazos Penstemon, Brazos Beardtongue, Gulf Penstemon, Gulf Beardtongue, Gulf Coast Penstemon, Gulf Coast Beardtongue, Sharp-sepal Penstemon, Sharp-sepal Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon, Hill Country Beardtongue, Scarlet Penstemon, Scarlet Beardtongue, Heller's Penstemon, Heller's Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars, Blue Curls, Fiddleneck | Annual, Biennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Phacelia patuliflora | Sand Phacelia, Sand Scorpionweed, Blue Phacelia | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Phemeranthus aurantiacus | Orange Flameflower, Flameflower, Fameflower, Talinum | Perennial | Subshrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Phemeranthus parviflorus | Sunbright, Dwarf Flameflower, Prairie Flameflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Philadelphus ernestii | Canyon Mock Orange, Canyon Mock-orange, Mock-orange | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Philadelphus texensis | Texas Mock Orange | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox, Drummond Phlox, Pride-of-Texas, Texas Pride | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox, Prairie Phlox, Fragrant Phlox | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Phlox roemeriana | Goldeneye Phlox, Golden-eye Phlox | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit, Turkey Tangle Fogfruit, Frogfruit | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Physostegia intermedia | Spring Obedient Plant, Marsh Obedient Plant, Slender False Dragonhead, Intermediate False Dragonhead | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead, Virginia Lions-heart | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Phytolacca americana | American Pokeweed, Great Pokeweed, Pokeweed, Pokeberry, Red Ink Plant, Pigeonberry | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Pistacia mexicana | Mexican Pistachio, Texas Pistachio, American Pistachio, Copal Pistachio, Wild Pistachio, Lentisco, Texas Pistache | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore, Eastern Sycamore, American Plane Tree, Plane Tree, Buttonwood, Buttonball Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Pluchea odorata var. odorata | Sweetscent, Marsh Fleabane, Southern Marsh Fleabane | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Plumbago scandens | Doctorbush, Summer Snow Plumbago, Mexican Plumbago | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma | Sandyseed Clammyweed, Clammy-weed, Clammyweed | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Polygala alba | White Milkwort | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed, Pickerel Rush | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood, Carolina Poplar, Necklace Poplar, Alamo | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Potamogeton nodosus | Longleaf Pondweed, Knotty Pondweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Proboscidea louisianica | Louisiana Devil's-claw, Devil's claw, Ram's-horn, Unicorn Plant, Proboscis Flower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata | Lanceleaf Selfheal, Self-heal | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | |
Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum, Bigtree Plum, Inch Plum | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Prunus minutiflora | Texas Almond, Texas Wild Almond, Dwarf Plum | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Prunus rivularis | River Plum, Creek Plum, Hog Plum | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Prunus serotina | Black Cherry, Wild Black Cherry, Rum Cherry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Prunus serotina var. eximia | Escarpment Black Cherry, Edwards Plateau Black Cherry, Escarpment Cherry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Prunus texana | Peachbush, Sand Plum, Peach Bush, Texas Plum, Texas Peach Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash, Common Hoptree, Hop Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory, Texas Dandelion, False Dandelion | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, 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 laceyi | Lacey Oak, Texas Blue Oak, Canyon Oak, Smoky Oak, Rock Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak, Burr Oak, Savanna Oak, Overcup Oak, Prairie Oak, Mossy-cup Oak, Mossy-overcup Oak, Blue Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak, Iron Oak, Cross Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus texana | Nuttall Oak, Texas Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Quercus vaseyana | Vasey Oak, Sandpaper Oak, Scrub Oak, Shin Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Ranunculus macranthus | Large Buttercup | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat, Red-spike Mexican Hat, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Long-headed Coneflower, Thimbleflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac, Aromatic Sumac, Lemon Sumac, Polecat Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Prairie Sumac, Lance-leaf Sumac, Lance-leaved Sumac, Texas Sumac, Tree Sumac, Limestone Sumac, Prairie Shining Sumac | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac, Tobacco Sumac, Lambrisco, Lentrisco | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge, White-topped Sedge, Starrush Whitetop, Star Sedge, Star Rush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry, Rouge Plant, Baby-peppers, Bloodberry | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Rosa setigera | Climbing Prairie Rose, Climbing Rose, Prairie Rose | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rubus trivialis | Southern Dewberry, Dewberry | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rudbeckia maxima | Giant Coneflower, Great Coneflower, Giant Brown-eyed Susan, Cabbage Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ruellia drummondiana | Drummond's Ruellia, Drummond's Wild Petunia | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Ruellia humilis | Prairie Petunia, Fringeleaf Wild Petunia, Hairy Ruellia, Low Wild Petunia, Low Ruellia, Fringeleaf Ruellia, Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia, Metz's Wild Petunia, Metz Wild Petunia, Wild White Petunia | Perennial | Herb | Sun | 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 |
Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Palmetto | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sabatia campestris | Texas Star, Rose Gentian, Meadow Pink, Prairie Rose-gentian, Prairie Sabatia | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media | Bulltongue Arrowhead, Scythe-fruit Arrowhead | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Sagittaria longiloba | Longbarb Arrowhead, Flecha De Agua, Long-lobe Arrowhead, Long-barb Arrowhead | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage, Blue Sage | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
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 |
Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's Sage, Engelmann's Salvia | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage, Mealy Sage, Mealycup Sage | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage, Cherry Sage, Gregg Salvia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage, Cancer Weed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Salvia pentstemonoides | Big Red Sage, Penstemon Sage | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Salvia regla | Mountain Sage, Royal Sage | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Salvia roemeriana | Cedar Sage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Salvia texana | Texas Sage, Blue Sage | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry, Black Elder, Mexican Elderberry, Common Elder, Elderberry, Tapiro, Sauco | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Samolus ebracteatus ssp. cuneatus | Limewater Brookweed, Limerock Brookweed | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus | Seaside Brookweed, Water Pimpernel, Thin-leaf Brookweed | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry, Soapberry, Wild China Tree, Wild Chinaberry, Indian Soap Plant, Jaboncillo | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail, Lizard Tail, Breastweed, Water Dragon | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem, Popotillo Azul | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Schoenocaulon texanum | Texas Feathershank, Green Lily, Texas Sabadilla | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Schoenoplectus californicus | California Bulrush, California Club-rush, Giant Bulrush | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Scutellaria drummondii | Drummond's Skullcap | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Scutellaria ovata | Heartleaf Skullcap, Heart-leaf Skullcap | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Scutellaria resinosa | Sticky Skullcap, Shrubby Skullcap, Resin-dot Skullcap, Resinous Skullcap | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Scutellaria wrightii | Wright's Skullcap, Bushy Skullcap, Shrubby Skullcap | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Senna, Velvet Leaf Senna, Velvetleaf Senna, Velvet-leaf Wild Sensitive-plant, Puppy-dog Ears | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Senna roemeriana | Twoleaf Senna, Two Leaved Senna | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Silphium albiflorum | White Rosinweed, White-flowered Rosinweed, Compass Plant | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Simsia calva | Awnless Bush Sunflower, Bush Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Sisyrinchium minus | Dwarf Blue-eyed-grass, Pink-eyed-grass, Pink Blue-eyed-grass | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade, Silver-leaf Nightshade, White Horse Nettle, Trompillo, Tomato Weed, Bull Nettle | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur, Buffalo Bur Nightshade, Buffalobur Nightshade | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod, Prairie Goldenrod, Oldfield Goldenrod, Grayleaf Goldenrod, Gray-leaved Goldenrod, Dyersweed Goldenrod, Dwarf Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Sophora secundiflora | Texas Mountain Laurel, Mountain Laurel, Mescal Bean, Mescal Bean Sophora, Frijolillo, Frijolito | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass, Yellow Indiangrass, Indian Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Stachys coccinea | Scarlet Betony, Texas Betony, Scarlet Hedgenettle, Scarlet Hedge-nettle | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Stemodia lanata | Woolly Stemodia, Gray-woolly Twintip | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Stillingia texana | Texas Queen's Delight, Queen's Delight, Texas Toothleaf | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Styphnolobium affine | Eve's Necklace, Eve's Necklacepod, Texas Sophora, Pink Sophora, Necklace Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster, Heath Aster, White Aster, White Prairie Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic Aster, Aromatic American Aster, Fall Aster, Wild Blue Aster, Shale Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress, Baldcypress, Common Bald Cypress, Southern Bald Cypress, Deciduous Cypress, Southern Cypress, Swamp Cypress, Red Cypress, White Cypress, Yellow Cypress, Gulf Cypress, Tidewater Red Cypress | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Taxodium mucronatum | Montezuma Bald Cypress, Montezuma Cypress, Mexican Cypress, Ahuehuete, Sabino | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
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 |
Tephrosia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Hoarypea, Hoary Pea, Lindheimer Tephrosia | Perennial | Subshrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Tetraneuris scaposa | Four-nerve Daisy, Hymenoxys, Stemmy Four-nerve Daisy, Yellow Daisy, Bitterweed | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Teucrium canadense | American Germander, Canada Germander, Canadian Germander, Germander, Hairy Germander, Wood Sage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Thalia dealbata | Powdery Alligator-flag, Powdery Thalia, Water Canna | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Thamnosma texana | Texas Desert-rue, Dutchman's Breeches, Rue Of The Mountains, Ruda Del Monte | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Thelesperma filifolium var. filifolium | Stiff Greenthread, Showy Navajo Tea, Greenthread | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Thelesperma simplicifolium | Slender Greenthread, Navajo Tea, Cota | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Thelypteris kunthii | Wood Fern, River Fern, Southern Shield Fern, Kunth's Maiden Fern, Normal Shield Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Thymophylla pentachaeta var. pentachaeta | Parralena, Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf, Dogweed, Dyssodia | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Sun | |
Tinantia anomala | False Dayflower, Widows Tears | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Toxicodendron radicans | Eastern Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy | Perennial | Shrub, Vine | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Tradescantia edwardsiana | Plateau Spiderwort, Edwards' Spiderwort | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie Spiderwort, Western Spiderwort, Spiderwort | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Tradescantia subacaulis | Stemless Spiderwort | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Tridens albescens | White Tridens, White Top | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Tridens flavus | Purpletop Tridens, Redtop Tridens, Tall Redtop Tridens, Purpletop, Redtop, Tall Redtop | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Triodanis perfoliata | Clasping Venus's Looking-glass | Annual | Herb | Shade | Dry |
Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern Gamagrass, Fakahatchee Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail, Common Cattail | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Ulmus alata | Winged Elm, Wahoo Elm, Cork Elm, Witch Elm | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar Elm, Fall Elm, Basket Elm, Scrub Elm, Lime Elm, Texas Elm, Southern Rock Elm, Olmo | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican Buckeye, Monilla | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Vallisneria americana | American Eelgrass, Water Celery, Eelgrass, Tapegrass | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Verbena halei | Texas Vervain, Slender Verbena, Texas Verbena, Slender Vervain | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Verbena xutha | Gulf Vervain | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Verbesina encelioides | Cowpen Daisy, Golden Crownbeard, Butter Daisy | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Verbesina virginica | Frostweed, White Crownbeard, Iceplant, Iceweed, Virginia Crownbeard, Indian Tobacco, Richweed, Squawweed | Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Vernonia baldwinii | Western Ironweed, Baldwin's Ironweed, Ironweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Vernonia lindheimeri | Woolly Ironweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum, Rusty Blackhaw, Southern Blackhaw, Blackhaw, Bluehaw, Downy Viburnum, Southern Nannyberry, Rusty Nannyberry, Nannyberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Viguiera dentata | Plateau Goldeneye, Sunflower Goldeneye, Toothleaf Goldeneye, Chimalacate, Golden-eye | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Viguiera stenoloba | Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye, Resinbush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Viola sororia | Missouri Violet, Common Blue Violet, Hooded Blue Violet, Florida Violet, Meadow Violet, Confederate Violet, Dooryard Violet, Purple Violet, Woolly Blue Violet, Wood Violet, Hooded Violet | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Vitis cinerea var. helleri | Winter Grape, Heller's Grape, Gray-leaf Grape, Smooth-leaf Grape, Sweet Grape, Spanish Grape | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Moist |
Vitis monticola | Sweet Mountain Grape, Champin Grape | Perennial | Vine | Sun | |
Vitis mustangensis | Mustang Grape | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Warnockia scutellarioides | Prairie Brazosmint, Prairie Brazoria | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Wisteria frutescens | American Wisteria, Texas Wisteria, Kentucky Wisteria | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Yeatesia platystegia | Montell Bractspike, Wild Shrimp Plant | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Yucca constricta | Buckley Yucca, Buckley's Yucca | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Yucca rupicola | Twistleaf Yucca, Twisted-leaf Yucca, Texas Yucca, Spanish Dagger | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Yucca ×schottii | Schott's Yucca, Arizona-soapwort | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Yucca treculeana | Spanish Dagger, Spanish Bayonet, Don Quixote's Lance, Palma Pita, Palma De Datil, Palmito | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Part-shade | Dry |
Zigadenus nuttallii | Nuttall's Death Camas, Death Camas, Poison-onion | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade |