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Abutilon hypoleucumRio Grande abutilon, Whiteleaf indianmallow,Whiteleaf Indian mallow
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Acacia farnesianaHuisache, Texas huisache, Sweet acacia,Perfume acacia, Mealy acacia, Mealy wattle,Cassie
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: SunWater: Dry
Acacia greggii var. wrightiiWright acacia, Wright's acacia, Catclawacacia, Catclaw
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Acacia rigidulaBlackbrush acacia, Blackbrush, Chaparroprieto, Gavia
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Agave americanaAmerican century plant, Century plant
Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: SunWater: Dry
Amblyolepis setigeraHuisache Daisy, Butterfly Daisy, Honey Daisy
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Andropogon gerardiiBig bluestem, Tall bluestem, Turkeyfoot
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grasslike Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist
Andropogon glomeratusBushy bluestem, Brushy bluestem
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grasslike
Light: SunWater: Wet, Moist
Atriplex canescensChamiso, Fourwing saltbush, Wingscale
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Bignonia capreolataCrossvine
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Bouteloua curtipendulaSideoats grama, Banderilla, Banderita,Navajita
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grasslike Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Callicarpa americanaAmerican beautyberry , French mulberry
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: PartshadeWater: Moist
Callirhoe involucrataWinecup, Purple poppy mallow
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Campsis radicansTrumpet creeper, Trumpet vine, Commontrumpet creeper, Cow vine, Foxglove vine,Hellvine, Devil's shoestring
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: SunWater: Moist, Dry
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculumChile Pequin, Chile Tepin, Bird Pepper, TurkeyPepper, Cayenne Pepper
Duration: Annual Habit: Subshrub Light: Water:
Carya illinoinensisPecan
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: SunWater: Moist
Castilleja indivisaTexas Indian Paintbrush, Entireleaf Indian
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb
Paintbrush, Texas Paintbrush, IndianPaintbrush, Scarlet Paintbrush
Light: SunWater: Dry
Centaurea americanaAmerican basketflower, American starthistle,BasketFlower, Star thistle, Shaving brush
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Chamaecrista fasciculataPartridge pea, Sleepingplant, Sensitive plant
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Chromolaena odorataBlue mistflower, Fragrant mistflower, Blueboneset, Fragrant boneset, Jack in the bush,Crucita, Siam weed, Common flossflower,Christmas bush, Devilweed
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Clematis pitcheriPurple Leatherflower, Purple Clematis,Leatherflower, Bluebill, Bellflower Clematis,Pitcher's Clematis
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist
Colubrina texensisHogplum, Texan hogplum, Texas colubrina,Texas snakewood
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Condalia hookeriBluewood condalia, Brasil, Brasilwood,Bluewood, Logwood, Purple haw, Capulnegro
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Conoclinium coelestinumBlue mistflower, Wild ageratum, Blue boneset,Mistflower
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist
Cooperia drummondiiEvening rain lily, Evening star rain lily
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Cooperia pedunculataHill Country rain lily, Prairie lily, Rain lily, Florde mayo
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: SunWater: Moist
Cordia boissieriMexican olive, Texas wild olive, Anacahuita,Anacahuite
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoriaGolden tickseed, Goldenwave
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist
Cornus drummondiiRoughleaf dogwood, Drummond's dogwood,Roughleaf dogwood
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. vimineumCarolina larkspur, Prairie larkspur
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescensCarolina larkspur, Prairie larkspur, Plainslarkspur
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: SunWater: Moist
Desmanthus illinoensisIllinois bundleflower, Bundleflower, Prairiebundle flower, Prickleweed, IllinoisDesmanthus, Prairie mimosa
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: SunWater: Moist
Ebenopsis ebanoTexas ebony, Blackbead ebony, Ebony ape'searring, Ebano
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: SunWater: Moist, Dry
Ehretia anacuaAnacua, Sugarberry Anacua, Anaqua,Anacahuita, Knockaway, Knackaway,Sandpaper tree, Manzanita, Manzanillo,
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Tlalahuacate
Eragrostis spectabilisPurple lovegrass, Purple love grass, Purpleplains lovegrass, Tumblegrass, Petticoatclimber
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grasslike Light: SunWater: Moist
Eryngium yuccifoliumRattlesnake master, Button eryngo, Buttonsnakeroot, Beargrass, Bear's grass
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: SunWater: Moist
Erythrina herbaceaCoralbean, Cherokee bean, Red cardinal
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Euphorbia antisyphiliticaCandelilla, Wax plant
Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: SunWater: Dry
Eysenhardtia texanaTexas kidneywood, Kidneywood, BeeBrush,Vara dulce
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: SunWater: Dry
Fraxinus berlandierianaMexican ash, Berlandier ash, Berlandier's ash,Plumero
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Gaillardia pulchellaIndian Blanket, Firewheel, Girasol rojo
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifidaPrairie verbena, Purple prairie verbena,Dakota mock vervain, Dakota vervain
Duration: Annual, Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliataDavis Mountains Mock Vervain, Dakota MockVervain, Wright's Verbena
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Water:
Guaiacum angustifoliumTexas lignumvitae, Soapbush, Guayacan
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Havardia pallensTenaza, Huajillo, Ape's earring
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Helianthus maximilianiMaximilian sunflower, Max sunflower
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: SunWater: Moist, Dry
Hesperaloe parvifloraRed yucca, Coral yucca, Redflowered falseyucca, Redflower false yucca, Yellow yucca,Hummingbird yucca, Samandoque
Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: SunWater: Dry
Heuchera richardsoniiRichardson's alumroot, Prairie alumroot
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Hibiscus martianusHeartleaf rosemallow, Tulipan del Monte,Heartleaf Hibiscus
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Ilex deciduaPossumhaw, Possumhaw holly, Deciduousholly, Meadow holly, Prairie holly, Swamp holly,Welk holly, Deciduous yaupon, Bearberry,Winterberry
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist
Ilex vomitoriaYaupon, Yaupon Holly, Cassina
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Partshade
Water: Moist, Dry
Ipomoea imperatiBeach morningglory, Beach morning glory
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Water:
Karwinskia humboldtianaCoyotillo, Humboldt coyotillo
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Kosteletzkya virginicaVirginia saltmarsh mallow, Virginia fenrose,Saltmarsh mallow, Seashore mallow
Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: SunWater: Moist
Lantana urticoidesTexas lantana, Calico bush
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: SunWater: Dry
Larrea tridentataCreosote bush, Greasewood, Hediondilla,Governadora, Guamis
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Leucophyllum frutescensCenizo, Purple sage, Texas ranger, Texasbarometer bush, Texas silverleaf, Texas sage,Silverleaf
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Lindheimera texanaTexas Yellowstar, Texas Star, Texas Yellowstar, Lindheimer daisy
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: SunWater: Dry
Lonicera sempervirensCoral honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle,Woodbine
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Partshade
Water: Moist
Lupinus subcarnosusSandyland bluebonnet, Texas bluebonnet
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: SunWater:
Lupinus texensisTexas bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas lupine,Buffalo clover, Wolf flower
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: SunWater: Dry
Mahonia trifoliolataAgarita, Agarito, Algerita, Laredo mahonia,Laredo Oregongrape, Trifoliate barberry, Wildcurrant
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Malpighia glabraBarbados Cherry, Wild Crapemyrtle, Acerola,Manzanita
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Malvaviscus arboreusTurkscap, Wax mallow, Bleeding hearts,Mexican apple, Manzanilla
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Water:
Mimosa texanaTexas mimosa, Wherry mimosa
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Monarda citriodoraLemon beebalm, Purple horsemint, Lemonmint, Plains horsemint, Lemon horsemint,Horsemint, Purple lemon mint
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Monarda fistulosaWild bergamot, Beebalm
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Monarda punctataSpotted beebalm, Spotted horsemint,Horsemint
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: SunWater: Dry
Monarda punctata ssp. punctata var.lasiodontaSpotted beebalm
Duration: Annual Habit: Subshrub Light: Water:
Nolina texanaTexas sacahuista, Texas beargrass, Basketgrass, Sacahuista, Bunchgrass
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grasslike Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Oenothera speciosaPink evening primrose, Showy eveningprimrose, Mexican evening primrose, Showyprimrose, Pink ladies, Buttercups, Pinkbuttercups
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: SunWater: Moist, Dry
Opuntia ellisianaSpineless prickly pear, Tigertongue, SouthTexas pricklypear
Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmanniiCactus apple, Prickly pear
Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: SunWater: Dry
Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeriTexas prickly pear, Lindheimer's prickly pear,Lindheimer prickly pear
Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Opuntia macrocentra var. macrocentraPurple pricklypear
Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: SunWater: Dry
Opuntia macrorhizaBigroot Prickly Pear, Twistspine Prickly Pear,Common Prickly Pear, Plains Prickly Pear
Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: Sun
Water: Dry
Opuntia phaeacanthaTulip prickly pear, Brownspine prickly pearcactus, Purplefruited prickly pear, Brownspined prickly pear, New mexico prickly pear,Desert prickly pear
Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Panicum virgatum var. virgatumSwitchgrass
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grasslike Light: Water:
Parkinsonia aculeataRetama, Paloverde, Mexican paloverde,Jerusalem thorn, Horsebean, Lluvia de Oro
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: SunWater: Moist, Dry
Parkinsonia texana var. macraTexas paloverde, Border paloverde
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Parthenocissus quinquefoliaVirginia creeper
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, PartshadeWater: Moist
Pavonia lasiopetalaRock rose, Rose pavonia, Rose mallow,Pavonia
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Penstemon cobaeaPrairie penstemon, Prairie beardtongue,Foxglove penstemon, Foxglove beardtongue,False foxglove, Largeflowered penstemon,Largeflowered beardtongue, Cobaeapenstemon, Cobaea beardtongue, Wildfoxglove
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Phlox drummondii ssp. drummondiiAnnual phlox
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Water:
Phlox drummondii ssp. mcallisteriMcAllister's phlox, Drummond phlox
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Water:
Phlox drummondii ssp. wilcoxianaWilcox's phlox, Drummond phlox
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Water:
Pistacia mexicanaMexican pistachio, Texas pistachio, Americanpistachio, Copal pistachio, Wild pistachio,Lentisco
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: SunWater: Dry
Platanus occidentalisAmerican sycamore, Eastern sycamore,American plane tree, Plane tree, Buttonwood,Buttonball tree
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, PartshadeWater: Moist
Prosopis glandulosaHoney mesquite, Glandular mesquite,Algarroba
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: SunWater: Dry
Pycnanthemum virginianumVirginia mountain mint
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: PartshadeWater: Moist
Quercus hemisphaericaCoast laurel oak, Darlington oak, Laurel oak
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: SunWater: Dry
Quercus macrocarpaBur oak, Burr oak, Savannah oak, Overcupoak, Prairie oak, Mossycup oak, Mossyovercup oak, Blue oak
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, PartshadeWater: Wet, Moist, Dry
Quercus marilandicaBlackjack oak, Barren oak, Black oak, Jackoak
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Quercus virginianaCoastal live oak, Southern live oak, Virginia
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree
live oak, Live oak, Encino Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist
Ratibida columniferaMexican hat, Redspike Mexican hat, Uprightprairie coneflower, Prairie coneflower, Longheaded coneflower, Thimbleflower
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: SunWater: Moist, Dry
Rudbeckia hirta var. angustifoliaBlackeyed Susan
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Water:
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrimaBlackeyed Susan, Pinewoods coneflower
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: SunWater: Dry
Sabal mexicanaTexas palm, Texas palmetto, Mexican palm,Mexican palmetto, Rio Grande palmetto,Victoria palmetto, Palma de micharos,Apachite
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Sabal minorDwarf palmetto, Bush palmetto, Palmetto
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Salvia coccineaScarlet Sage, Tropical Sage, Blood sage, RedSage, Indian Fire
Duration: Annual, Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Salvia farinaceaMealy blue sage, Mealy sage, Mealycup sage
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: SunWater: Moist
Salvia greggiiAutumn sage, Cherry sage, Gregg salvia
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: SunWater: Dry
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii Duration: Perennial
Western soapberry, Soapberry, Wild chinatree, Wild chinaberry, Indian soap plant,Jaboncillo
Habit: Tree Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Schaefferia cuneifoliaDesert yaupon
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Schizachyrium scoparium var. scopariumLittle bluestem
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grasslike Light: Water:
Sophora secundifloraTexas mountain laurel, Mountain laurel,Mescal bean, Mescal bean sophora, Frijolillo,Frijolito
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Sophora tomentosaYellow necklacepod, Yellow sophora,Necklace pod, Tambalisa
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Sorghastrum nutansIndiangrass, Yellow indiangrass
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grasslike Light: Sun, Shade, PartshadeWater: Moist, Dry
Ulmus crassifoliaCedar elm, Fall elm, Basket elm, Scrub elm,Lime elm, Texas elm, Southern rock elm, Olmo
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: PartshadeWater: Moist
Ungnadia speciosaMexican buckeye, Monilla
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Dry
Vernonia baldwiniiBaldwin's ironweed, Western Ironweed,Ironweed
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: SunWater: Moist
Wisteria frutescensAmerican wisteria, Texas wisteria, Kentuckywisteria
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, PartshadeWater: Moist
Yucca constrictaBuckley yucca, Buckley's yucca
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: SunWater: Dry
Yucca treculeanaSpanish Dagger, Spanish Bayonet, DonQuixote's Lance, Palma Pita, Palma de Datil,Palmito
Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: PartshadeWater: Dry
Zizia aureaGolden zizia, Golden Alexanders
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, PartshadeWater: Moist
Ziziphus obtusifolia var. obtusifoliaLotebush
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Water: