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Wildflowers and Forbs at LLELA
| 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 |
- A - abundant
- C - common
- U - uncommon
- R - rare
- X - accidental
- * - Non-native, introduced species
