Edible Native Texas Plants Edible Native Texas Plants on display at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Warning: Before consuming any wild food, be absolutely certain of its proper identity! Many plants have look a like. When in doubt, do not eat it!
Scientific Name	Common Name	Duration	Habit	Sun	Water
Allium canadense	Meadow garlic, Wild garlic, Wild onion	Perennial	Grass/Grass-like	Sun	Moist
Berlandiera lyrata	Chocolate daisy, Chocolate flower, Lyreleaf greeneyes, Green-Eyed lyre leaf	Perennial	Herb	Sun, Part-shade	Moist
Capsicum annuum	Chile pequin, Chile petin, Bird pepper, Turkey pepper , Cayenne pepper	Annual, Perennial	Herb	Sun, Shade, Part-shade	Moist
Carya illinoinensis	Pecan	Perennial	Tree	Sun	Moist
Diospyros texana	Texas persimmon, Mexican persimmon, Black persimmon, Chapote, Chapote prieto	Perennial	Tree	Sun, Part-shade	Dry
Diospyros virginiana	Common persimmon, Eastern persimmon	Perennial	Tree	Part-shade	Dry
Ehretia anacua	Anacua, Sugarberry Anacua, Anaqua, Knockaway, Sandpaper tree	Perennial	Tree	Sun, Part-shade	Dry
Hedeoma drummondii	Drummond's false pennyroyal, Limoncillo, Mock Pennyroyal	Annual	Herb	Part-shade	Dry
Juglans microcarpa	Little walnut, Nogalito, Texas walnut, Texas black walnut, River walnut	Perennial	Tree	Part-shade	Dry
Mahonia trifoliolata	Agarita, Agarito, Algerita, Laredo mahonia, Laredo Oregon-grape, Trifoliate barberry	Perennial	Shrub	Sun, Part-shade	Moist, Dry
Malpighia glabra	Acerola, Barbados Cherry, Manzanita, Wild crapemyrtle	Perennial	Shrub	Part-shade	Dry
Malus ioensis	Prairie crabapple, Iowa crabapple	Perennial	Tree	Sun	Moist
Malvaviscus arboreus	Turkscap, Wax mallow, Bleeding hearts, Mexican apple, Manzanilla	Perennial	Shrub
Monarda citriodora	Lemon beebalm, Horsemint, Purple horsemint, Lemon mint, Plains horsemint, Lemon horsemint	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
Opuntia ellisiana	Spineless prickly pear, Tigertongue, South Texas pricklypear	Perennial	Cactus/Succulent	Sun, Part-shade	Dry
Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri	Texas pricklypear, Prickly Pear, Texas Prickly Pear	Perennial	Cactus/Succulent	Sun, Part-shade	Dry
Oxalis drummondii	Drummond's woodsorrel, Wood-sorrel	Perennial	Herb	Sun, Part-shade	Moist, Dry
Passiflora foetida	Corona de Cristo, Scarlet-fruit passion flower, Fetid passionflower	Annual	Vine	Sun, Part-shade	Dry
Passiflora incarnata	Purple passionflower, Purple passion vine, Maypop, Apricot vine	Perennial	Vine	Sun, Part-shade	Moist, Dry
Passiflora lutea	Yellow passion vine, Yellow passion-flower, Yellow passionflower	Perennial	Herb	Part-shade	Moist
Prunus mexicana	Mexican plum, Bigtree plum	Perennial	Tree	Sun, Part-shade	Moist, Dry
Tradescantia gigantea	Giant spiderwort	Perennial	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