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Images 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.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abutilon incanum | Indian mallow Pelotazo Shrubby Indian mallow | |
| Acer grandidentatum | Bigtooth maple Big-toothed maple Canyon maple | |
| Achnatherum hymenoides | Indian ricegrass Indian Millet Sandgrass | |
| Achillea millefolium | Common yarrow Yarrow Milfoil Western yarrow | |
| Acer negundo | Ash-leaf maple Ash-leaved maple Box elder Boxelder Fresno de guajuco | |
| Acalypha radians | Cardinal's feather Cardinal feather | |
| Aesculus pavia | Scarlet Buckeye Red buckeye Firecracker plant | |
| Agalinis edwardsiana | Plateau false foxglove Plateau agalinis Plateau gerardia Plateau false-foxglove | |
| Ageratina havanensis | Havana snakeroot Mistflower Shrubby boneset White mistflower White shrub mistflower | |
| Agalinis heterophylla | Prairie false foxglove Prairie agalinis Prairie false-foxglove | |
| Agave univittata | Maguey mezortillo Thorncrest century plant | |
| Allium canadense | Meadow garlic Wild garlic Wild onion | |
| Aloysia gratissima | Whitebrush Bee-brush White-brush Common bee-brush Beebrush Privet lippia | |
| Allowissadula holosericea | Chisos Mountain false Indianmallow Chisos Mtn. False Indian-mallow Velvet-leaf Mallow | |
| Aloysia macrostachya | Rio Grande beebrush Woolly Bee-brush | |
| Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Annual ragweed Short ragweed | |
| Ampelopsis arborea | Peppervine | |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo bush False indigo bush False indigo Desert false indigo | |
| Amyris madrensis | Mountain torchwood Shrub Amyris | |
| Amorpha roemeriana | Roemer's false indigo | |
| Anemone berlandieri | Tenpetal thimbleweed Ten-petaled anemone Wind-flower | |
| Anemone edwardsiana | Edwards Plateau thimbleweed Two-flowered Anemone | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy bluestem Brushy bluestem | |
| Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame acanthus Hummingbird bush Wright's desert honeysuckle Wright acanthus Mexican flame Wright's Mexican flame | |
| Aphanostephus riddellii | Lazy Daisy Riddell's dozedaisy | |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern red columbine Wild red columbine | |
| Argemone albiflora | Bluestem pricklypoppy White pricklypoppy | |
| Arenaria benthamii | Hilly sandwort | |
| Argyrochosma dealbata | False Cloak Fern Powdery Cloak Fern Powdery false cloak fern | |
| Arisaema dracontium | Green dragon Dragonroot Greendragon | |
| Aristida oligantha | Prairie threeawn Oldfield (Prairie) 3-awn Oldfield threeawn | |
| Arabis petiolaris | Brazos rockcress Rock-cress Brazos rock-cress | |
| Arnoglossum plantagineum | Groovestem Indian plaintain Indian plantain Prairie plantain Prairie Indian plantain | |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple three-awn Red threeawn | |
| Arbutus xalapensis | Texas madrone Madrone Naked indian Manzanita | |
| Asclepias asperula | Spider milkweed Antelope horns Green-flowered milkweed Spider antelope-horns | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
| Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes milkweed Hierba de Zizotes Longhorn milkweed Side-cluster milkweed Primrose milkweed Lindheimer's milkweed | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Asclepias viridis | Green antelopehorn Green milkweed | |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho orchid tree Anacacho bauhinia Orchid tree Texas plume | |
| Bacopa monnieri | Coastal Water-hyssop Herb-of-grace Water hyssop | |
| Baccharis neglecta | False Willow Jara dulce Poverty Weed Roosevelt Weed | |
| Berlandiera betonicifolia | Texas greeneyes Broochflower | |
| Berlandiera lyrata | Chocolate daisy Chocolate flower Lyreleaf greeneyes Green-Eyed lyre leaf | |
| Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | |
| Bidens laevis | Smooth beggartick Smooth bidens Smooth bur marigold Larger bur marigold | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo grass | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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