Wildflowers of Central Texas Central Texas, also known as the Hill Country, encompasses a marvelous diversity of wildflowers. Comprising portions of the Edwards Plateau and Blackland Prairie, this region contains flora representing north, south, east, and west sections of the state. The plant life corresponds directly to the variety of soil types. Shallow, well-drained limestone soils are typical of the rugged hills and canyons of the Edwards Plateau; while dark, calcareous clays and gray, sandy loams characterize prairie soils. The diverse topography and varying amounts of rainfall create many habitats for plants. The species in this collection include some of the most common spring wildflowers in the area.
QR Tag	Name	Characteristics
	Allium drummondii Drummond's onion, Wild Garlic, Drummond wild onion	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Anemone berlandieri Tenpetal thimbleweed, Ten-petaled anemone, Wind-flower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water:
	Aquilegia canadensis Eastern red columbine, Wild red columbine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Argemone albiflora Bluestem pricklypoppy, White pricklypoppy	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Asclepias asperula Spider milkweed, Antelope horns, Green-flowered milkweed, Spider antelope-horns	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Callirhoe involucrata Winecup, Purple poppy mallow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Calylophus berlandieri Berlandier's sundrops, Square-bud primrose, Sundrops	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Castilleja indivisa Entireleaf indian paintbrush, Texas paintbrush, Indian paintbrush, Scarlet paintbrush, Entire-leaf indian-paintbrush	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Centaurea americana American star-thistle, Basket-Flower, Star thistle, Shaving brush, American basket-flower	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Commelina erecta Whitemouth dayflower, Widow's tears, Day flower, White-mouth dayflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Cooperia pedunculata Hill Country rain lily, Prairie lily, Rain lily	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Coreopsis tinctoria Plains coreopsis, Golden tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Engelmannia peristenia Engelmann's daisy, Engelmann Daisy, Cutleaf Daisy	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Eustoma exaltatum Catchfly prairie gentian, Bluebell gentian, Western blue gentian, Blue marsh lily, Small bluebell, Catchfly gentian, Seaside gentian	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Gaillardia pulchella Firewheel, Indian Blanket	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Glandularia bipinnatifida Purple prairie verbena, Prairie verbena, Dacota vervain, Dakota mock vervain, Moradilla	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Subshrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Lindheimera texana Texas yellowstar, Texas star, Lindheimer daisy, Texas yellow star	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal flower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Lupinus texensis Texas bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas lupine, Buffalo clover, Wolf-flower	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Melampodium leucanthum Blackfoot Daisy, Rock daisy, Plains blackfoot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Monarda citriodora Lemon beebalm, Horsemint, Purple horsemint, Lemon mint, Plains horsemint, Lemon horsemint	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Oenothera speciosa Pink evening primrose, Showy evening primrose, Mexican evening primrose, Showy primrose, Pink ladies, Buttercups, Pink buttercups	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri Texas pricklypear, Prickly Pear, Texas Prickly Pear	Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Penstemon cobaea Wild foxglove, Prairie penstemon, Foxglove penstemon, False foxglove, Large-flowered beardtongue, Large-flowered penstemon, Prairie beardtongue, Cobaea penstemon	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Phlox drummondii Annual phlox, Phlox, Drummond phlox	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Ratibida columnifera Mexican hat, Prairie coneflower, Upright prairie coneflower, Red-spike mexican-hat, Long-headed coneflower, Thimbleflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan, Common black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Salvia farinacea Mealy blue sage, Mealy sage, Mealycup sage	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Sisyrinchium minus Dwarf blue-eyed grass, Pink-Eyed Grass	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Tradescantia gigantea Giant spiderwort	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Verbena halei Slender verbena, Texas verbena, Texas vervain	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry

Wildflowers of Central Texas