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Hummingbird Plants for Central Texas
A list of central Texas native plants that will attract hummingbirds to your garden. Reprinted with permission from Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden by Noreen Damude, Copyright Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 1999. This publication is available at the Texas State Library: TXDOC No. P400.5 H883 1999.Visit Texas Parks and Wildlife Texas Hummingbird Roundup to learn more about Texas hummingbirds.
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| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Aesculus pavia | Scarlet Buckeye Red buckeye Firecracker plant | |
| Amorpha canescens | Leadplant Leadplant amorpha Prairie shoestring | |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo bush False indigo bush False indigo Desert false indigo | |
| Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame acanthus Hummingbird bush Wright's desert honeysuckle Wright acanthus Mexican flame Wright's Mexican flame | |
| Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | |
| Castilleja indivisa | Entireleaf indian paintbrush Texas paintbrush Indian paintbrush Scarlet paintbrush Entire-leaf indian-paintbrush | |
| Campsis radicans | Trumpet creeper Trumpet vine Common trumpet creeper Cow vine | |
| Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee bean Red cardinal | |
| Hesperaloe parviflora | Red yucca Coral yucca Red flowered false yucca Redflower false yucca Samandoque Yellow yucca | |
| Hibiscus coccineus | Scarlet rose-mallow Scarlet rosemallow Texas star hibiscus Wild red mallow | |
| Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf rosemallow Tulipan del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing cypress Texas plume Red Texas star Red gilia | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas lantana Calico bush West Indian shrub-verbena | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple sage Texas ranger Texas barometer bush Texas silverleaf Texas sage | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral honeysuckle Trumpet honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine Roving sailor Climbing snapdragon Little snapdragon vine | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's cap or Turkscap Drummond's turkscap Wax mallow Drummond wax-mallow Red mallow Texas mallow Mexican apple Manzanilla Sleeping hibiscus Bleeding hearts | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon beebalm Horsemint Purple horsemint Lemon mint Plains horsemint Lemon horsemint | |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's bouquet Scarlet muskflower | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock penstemon Cut-Leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf beardtongue Beard Tongue | |
| Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon Scarlet Penstemon Heller's beardtongue | |
| Phlox drummondii | Annual phlox Phlox Drummond phlox | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood sage | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn sage Cherry sage Gregg salvia | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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