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Sun Garden Plants for Central Texas
The plants in this list will provide a visually dramatic display of native plants appropriate for a full sun garden in Central Texas.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Abronia ameliae | Amelia's sand verbena Heart’s delight Amelia's sand-verbena Sand verbena | |
| Agave havardiana | Havard's century plant Havard agave | |
| Ageratina havanensis | Havana snakeroot Mistflower Shrubby boneset White mistflower White shrub mistflower | |
| Agave parryi | Parry's agave Century plant Parry agave | |
| Agave parryi ssp. neomexicana | Parry's agave New Mexico agave | |
| Alophia drummondii | Propeller flower Purple pleat-leaf Pinewoods lily Prairie iris Pleatleaf iris | |
| Allowissadula holosericea | Chisos Mountain false Indianmallow Chisos Mtn. False Indian-mallow Velvet-leaf Mallow | |
| Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern bluestar Blue dogbane Willow amsonia Woodland bluestar | |
| Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame acanthus Hummingbird bush Wright's desert honeysuckle Wright acanthus Mexican flame Wright's Mexican flame | |
| Aphanostephus skirrhobasis | Lazy daisy Arkansas lazy daisy Arkansas dozedaisy | |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern red columbine Wild red columbine | |
| Asclepias asperula | Spider milkweed Antelope horns Green-flowered milkweed Spider antelope-horns | |
| Baileya multiradiata | Desert marigold Showy desert marigold Paper daisy Desert baileya | |
| Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's sundrops Square-bud primrose Sundrops | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple poppy mallow | |
| Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
| Conoclinium greggii | Gregg's mistflower Palmleaf thoroughwort Palm-leaf mistflower Palm-leaf thoroughwort Purple palmleaf mistflower Purple palmleaf eupatorium | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains coreopsis Golden tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
| Dalea compacta var. pubescens | Compact prairie clover | |
| Dalea wrightii | Wright's prairie clover | |
| Datura wrightii | Sacred thorn-apple Jimsonweed Thorn apple Datura Angel Trumpet Sacred datura | |
| Dyschoriste linearis | Snake herb Polkadots Narrowleaf dyschoriste | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern purple coneflower Purple coneflower | |
| Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's eryngo Eryngo | |
| Erigeron modestus | Plains fleabane Prairie fleabane | |
| Euphorbia marginata | Snow on the mountain Snow-on-the-mountain | |
| Froelichia floridana | Plains snakecotton Snake-cotton | |
| Gaura lindheimeri | Lindheimer's beeblossom White gaura Butterfly gaura | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie verbena Purple prairie verbena Dakota mock vervain Dakota vervain | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian sunflower Max sunflower | |
| 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 | |
| Lesquerella fendleri | Fendler's bladderpod Fendler’s bladderpod Popweed | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple sage Texas ranger Texas barometer bush Texas silverleaf Texas sage | |
| Lithospermum incisum | Narrowleaf stoneseed Puccoon Fringed puccoon Narrowleaf gromwell Fringed gromwell Narrow-leaved puccoon | |
| Liatris mucronata | Cusp gayfeather Gayfeather Blazing star Narrow-leaf gayfeather Texas gayfeather Cusp blazing star | |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara’s-buttons | |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tanseyleaf tansyaster Tahoka Daisy Tansy Aster | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock daisy Plains blackfoot | |
| Menodora longiflora | Showy menodora Twin-pod | |
| Melochia tomentosa | Teabush Pyramid Bush | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild bergamot Beebalm | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf muhly Hair-awn muhly Hairy-awn muhly Hair grass Pink muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia dubia | Pine muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia emersleyi | Bullgrass Bull muhly | |
| Nemastylis geminiflora | Prairie celestials Celestials Prairie pleatleaf | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit evening-primrose Missouri evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit evening-primrose Missouri Primrose | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas pricklypear Prickly Pear Texas Prickly Pear | |
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