Texas Native Pond Plants Texas Native Pond Plants by Andrea DeLong-Amaya, Director of Horticulture, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. These plants are all native to the Texas region and are suitable for ponds and water gardens. If you live outside of Texas, these may or may not be native to your area.
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	Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed, Pink Milkweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Bacopa monnieri Coastal Water-hyssop, Herb-of-grace, Water hyssop	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Canna glauca Water Canna, Louisiana Canna, Maraca amarilla	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense Jamaica swamp sawgrass, Jamaican Saw-grass, Saw-grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Echinodorus berteroi Upright burrhead	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Water:
	Echinodorus cordifolius Creeping burrhead, Lance-leaf Burhead, Radican Sword "Giant Mother Plant"	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Shade Water: Wet
	Eleocharis quadrangulata Squarestem spikerush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water:
	Equisetum hyemale Canuela, Horsetail, Scouring rush, Scouringrush horsetail	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Fuirena simplex Umbrellagrass, Western umbrella-sedge	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Water:
	Heteranthera dubia Grassleaf mudplantain, Water Stargrass	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Water:
	Hibiscus laevis Halberdleaf rosemallow, Halberdleaf hibiscus, Scarlet rose mallow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Hibiscus moscheutos Crimsoneyed rosemallow, Crimson-eyed rose-mallow, Marshmallow hibiscus	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Hydrolea ovata Blue Water Leaf, Hairy Hydrolea, Ovate false fiddleleaf	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Hymenocallis liriosme Spider Lily, Spring Spider Lily, Spring spiderlily	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Iris virginica Virginia iris, Great Blue Flag, Southern blueflag	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet
	Juncus effusus var. solutus Lamp rush, Soft Rush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Justicia americana American water-willow, Water-willow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Kosteletzkya virginica Virginia saltmarsh mallow, Virginia fen-rose, Seashore mallow, Salt Marsh-mallow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal flower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Ludwigia octovalvis Mexican primrose-willow, Narrow-leaf Water Primrose, Seedbox, Mexican Primrose Willow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Ludwigia peploides Creeping water-primrose, Floating primrose-willow, Water-primrose	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Marsilea macropoda Bigfoot water clover, Water clover, Clover-fern	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet
	Najas guadalupensis Common Water Nymph, Najas, Southern waternymph	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet
	Nelumbo lutea American lotus, Yellow water lotus, Yellow lotus	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet
	Nuphar lutea Yellow pond-lily, Cow lily, Spatter dock, Yellow cow lily	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Nymphaea odorata American white waterlily, American white water-lily, Fragrant white water lily, White water lily, Fragrant water lily, White water lily	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet
	Physostegia intermedia Intermediate false dragonhead, Marsh obedient-plant, Obedient-plant, Slender false dragonhead, Spring obedient plant	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Pluchea odorata var. odorata Marsh Fleabane, Sweetscent	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Pontederia cordata Pickerelweed, Pickerel Weed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Potamogeton diversifolius Threadleaf Pondweed, Waterthread pondweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Potamogeton nodosus Knotty Pondweed, Longleaf pondweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet
	Rhynchospora colorata Starrush whitetop, Star sedge, White-topped sedge, Whitetop sedge	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet
	Rhynchospora corniculata Shortbristle horned beaksedge, Horned Beakrush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water:
	Sagittaria platyphylla Delta arrowhead	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Saururus cernuus Lizard's tail, Lizard's-tail, Breast weed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Schoenoplectus americanus Chairmaker's bulrush, Olney three-square	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Water:
	Schoenoplectus californicus California bulrush, California club-rush, Giant Bulrush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Thalia dealbata Powdery alligator-flag, Powdery thalia, Water canna	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Vallisneria americana American eelgrass, Water celery, Eelgrass, Tapegrass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet

Texas Native Pond Plants