Wildflowers and Forbs at LLELA

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Common Name Scientific Name Observed Abundance
Yarrow Achillea millefolium

C

Prairie Agalinis Agalinis heterophylla

C

Mud Plaintain Alisma subcordatum

U

Wild Onion Allium canadense

A

Amaranth Amaranthus rudis

U

Western Ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya

C

Giant Ragweed Ambrosia trifida

A

Valley Redstem Ammannia coccinea

C

Broomweed Amphiachyris dracunculoides

C

Texas Bluestar Amsonia tabernaemontana

U

Tenpetal Thimbleweed Anemone berlandieri

C

Prickly Poppy Argemone polyanthemos

R

Green-Dragon Arisaema dracontium

R

Texas Milkweed Asclepias texana

C

Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberose

R

Green Milkweed Asclepias viridis

C

Dummond’s Aster Aster drummondii

U

Heath Aster Aster ericoides

C

Annual Aster Aster subulatus

C

Western Daisy Astranthium integrifolium

R

Water Fern Azolla caroliniana

C

Water Hyssop Bacopa monnieri

U

India Mustard Brassica juncea

U*

False Boneset Brickellia eupatorioides

U

Corn Gromwell Buglossoides arvensis

C*

Wine Cup Callirheo involucrate

C

Square-bud Sundrops Calylophus berlandieri

R

Shepherd’s Purse Capsella bursa-pastoris

U*

Nodding Thistle Carduus nutans

U*

Indian Paintbrush Castilleja indivisa

C

Basket Flower Centaurea americana

C

Sticky Chickweed Cerastium glomeratum

C

Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata

A

Spotted Sandmat Chamaescyce maculata

R

Small Matted Sandmat Chamaesyce serpens

U

Hairy Golden Aster Chrysopsis pilosa

U

Horrid Thistle Cirsium horridulum

U

Texas Thistle Cirsium texanum

C

Bull Nettle Cnidoscolus texanus

C

Dayflower Commelina erecta

C

Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis

C*

Canada Horseweed Conyza ramosissimum

R

Rain Lily Cooperia drummondii

C

Plains Coreopsis Coreopsis tinctoria

C

Smallflower Hawksbeard Crepis pulchra

U*

Woolly Croton Croton capitatus

C

Prairie Tea Croton monanthogynus

C

Texas Croton Croton texensis

C

Cuspidate Dodder Cuscuta cuspidate

U

Showy Dodder Cuscuta indecora

U

Queen Anne’s Lace Daucus carota

C*

Illinois Bundleflower Desmanthus illinoensis

C

Slenderlobe Bundleflower Desmanthus leptolobus

U

Clasping Coneflower Dracopis amplexicaulis

C

Tall Burhead Echinodorus beteroi

U

Creeping Burhead Echinodorus cordifolius

U

False Daisy Eclipta prostrata

U

Egeria Egeria densa

U*

Elodea Elodea canadensis

U*

Engelmann’s Daisy Engelmannia peristenia

U

Scouring Rush Equisetum hyemale

U

Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus

U

Daisy Fleabane Erigeron strigosus

C

Redstem Stork’s Bill Erodium cicutarium

C*

Hooker’s Eryngo Eryngium hookeri

C

Leavenworth’s Eryngo Eryngium leavenworthii

C

Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium

U

Mistflower Eupatorium coelestinum

U

Fall Boneset Eupatorium serotinum

U

Snow-on-the-Prairie Euphorbia bicolor

C

Toothed Spurge Euphorbia dentata

C

Six-angle Spurge Euphorbia hexagona

U

Texas Bluebell Eustoma russellianum

U

Snake Cotton Froelichia gracilis

U

Indian Blanket Gaillardia pulchella

U

Bedstraw Galium aparine

C

Velvetweed Gaura parviflora

C

Roadside Gaura Gaura suffulta

C

Carolina Geranium Geranium carolinianum

U

Avens Geum canadense

U

Prairie Verbena Glandularia bipinnatifida

C

Little-head Gumweed Grindelia adenodonta

C

Wax Goldenweed Grindelia papposa

C

Drummond’s False Pennyroyal Hedeoma drummondii

R

Prairie Bluets Hedyotis nigricans

C

Yellowdicks Helenium amarum

R

Common Sunflower Helianthus annuus

A

Maximilian Sunflower Helianthus maximiliani

C

Water Star-grass Heteranthera dubia

U

Blue Mud-plantain Heteranthera limosa

C

Camphorweed Heterotheca subaxillaris

U

Halberd-leaf Hibiscus Hibiscus laevis

U

Water Pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellate

C

Carolina Woolly White Hymenopappus scabiosaeus

U

Tievine Ipomoea cordatotrilboa

C

Whitestar Ipomoea lacunosa

U

Standing Cypress Ipomopsis rubra

U

Sumpweed Iva annuua

A

Waterwillow Justicia americana

U

Warty Caltrop Kallstroemia parviflora

U

Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola

C*

Henbit Lamium amplexicaule

C*

Rough Pea Lathyrus hirsutus

C*

Duckweed Lemna minor

C

Virginia Peppergrass Lepidium virginicum

C

Lax Bladderpod Lesquerella gracilis

R

Gayfeather Liatris mucronata

C

Texas Yellowstar Lindheimera texana

U

Fringed Puccoon Lithospermum incisum

R

Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis

R

Water-primrose Ludwigia peploides

C

Texas Bluebonnet Lupinus texenis

U

Winged Lythrum Lythrum alatum

R

Spotted Medic Medicago Arabica

U*

Button Medic Medicago orbicularis

C*

White Sweetclover Melilotus alba

U*

Yellow Sweetclover Melilotus officinalis

C*

Monarch Vine Mikania scandens

C

Catclaw Sensitive Briar Mimosa nuttallii

C

Four-o’Clock Mirabilis linearis

U

Heart-leaf Four-o’Clock Mirabilis nyctaginea

C

Lemon Mint Monarda citriodora

C

Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata

U

Large-seed Forget-me-not Myostis macrosperma

U

Parrotfeather Myriophyllum aquaticum

U*

Eurasian Watermilfoil Myriophyllum spicatum

U*

Southern Naiad Najas guadalupensis

A

Water Lotus Nelumbo lutea

C

Prairie Celestial Nemastylis geminiflora

R

Yellow Puff Neptunia lutea

U

Crow-Poison Nothoscordum bivalve

C

Spatterdock Nuphar luteum

U

White Water Lily Nymphaea odorata

U

Cutleaf Evening Primrose Oenothera laciniata

U

Fourpoint Evening Primrose Oenothera rhombipetala

U

Showy Evening Primrose Oenothera speciosa

C

Prickly Pear Opuntia phaeacantha

C

Yellow Wood Sorrel Oxalis stricta

C

Great Plains Ragwort Packera tampicana

U

Santa Maria Feverfew Parthenium hysterophorus

U

Passionflower Passiflora incarnate

C

Blue-curls Phaclia congesta

U

Mistletoe Phoradendron tomentosum

C

Texas Frog Fruit

Phyla nodiflora

C

Cutleaf Ground Cherry

Physalis angulata

C

Common Ground Cherry

Physalis longifolia

U

Showy False Dragonhead

Physostegia pulchella

U

Bottle-brush Indian Wheat

Plantago aristata

U

Plantain

Plantago heterophylla

C

Woolly Plantain

Plantago patagonica

C

Redseed Plantain

Plantago rhodosperma

C

Marsh Fleabane

Pluchea odorata

C

Pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

U

Little Hogweed

Porulaca oleracea

U*

Curlyleaf Pondweed

Potamogeton crispus

U*

American Pondweed

Potamogeton nodosus

C

Illinois Pondweed

Potamogeton illinoensis

C

Slender Pondweed

Potamogeton pusillus

C

Mock Bishop’s Weed

Ptilimnium nuttalli

C

Texas Dandelion

Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus

A

Little-leaf Buttercup

Ranunculus abortivus

U

Annual Bastard-cabbage

Rapistrum rugosum

C*

Mexican Hat

Ratibida columnifera

C

Pigeonberry

Ravina humilis

A

Watercress

Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum

U*

Wild Rose

Rosa micrantha

C*

Dewberry

Rubus aboriginum

C

Brown-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

C

Limestone Wild Petunia

Ruellia strepens

U

Curly Dock

Rumex crispus

C*

Prairie Gentian

Sabatia campestris

U

Hooded Arrowhead

Sagittaria calycina

U

Arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

U

Bulltongue Sagittaria graminea

A

Hudson Sagittaria Sagittaria subulata

U

Blue Sage Salvia azurea

U

Scarlet Sage Salvia coccinea

U

Mealy Blue Sage Salvia farinacea

U

Lizard’s Tail Saururus cernuus

U

Shepherd’s Needle Scandix pectin-veneris

C*

Common Groundsel Senecio vulgaris

U

Rattlebox Sesbania herbacea

C

Blue Field Madder Sherardia arvensis

C*

Spreading Sida Sida abutifolia

R

Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum

U

Charlock Mustard Sinapis arvensis

U*

Blue Eyed-Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium

C

Horse-nettle Solanum carolinense

C

Nightshade Solanum dimidiatum

C

Silverleaf Nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium

C

Buffalo Bur Solanum rostratum

U

Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadensis

A

Prickly Sow Thistle Sonchus asper

C*

Common Sow Thistle Sonchus oleraceus

U*

Scarlet Globe Mallow Sphaeralcea coccinea

U

Lady’s Tresses Orchid Spiranthes cernua

U

Duckmeat Spirodela polyrhiza

U

Shade Betony Stachys crenata

U

Common Chickweed Stellaria media

C*

False Gaura Stenosiphon linifolius

C

Trailing Wild Bean Strophostyles helvula

C

Sago Pondweed Stuckenia pectinatus

C

Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale

C*

Fine-leaf Greenthread Thelesperma filifolium

U

Hedge Parsley Torilis arvensis

C*

Knotted Hedge Parsley Torilis nodosa

C*

Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis

C

Goatsbeard Tragopogon dubius

C*

Goat Head Tribulus terrestris

U*

Large Hop-clover Trifolium campestre

C*

Clasping Venus’ Looking-glass Triodanis perfoliata

C

Southern Cattail Typha domingensis

C

Broad-leaf Cattail Typha latifolia

C

Bladderwort Utricularia gibba

U

Beaked Cornsalad Valerianella radiata

C

Eel-grass Vallisneria Americana

U

Big Bract Verbena Verbana bracteata

U

Texas Vervain Verbena halei

C

Woolly Vervain Verbena stricta

C

White Crownbeard Verbesina virginica

U

Ironweed Vernonia baldwinii

C

Persian Speedwell Veronica persica

C*

Garden Vetch Vicia sativa

C*

Johnny Jump-up Viola bicolor

U

Cocklebur Xanthium strumarium

C

Arkansas Yucca Yucca arkansana

U

Horned Pondweed Zannichellia palustris

C

Ladybird's Centaury Zeltnera texensis

C

Abundance Codes Key
  • A - abundant
  • C - common
  • U - uncommon
  • R - rare
  • X - accidental
  • * - Non-native, introduced species