Native range

Native plants of Texas

174 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Texas, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 103 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 120 of 192 plants

How this list is made

Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Texas is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 192 plants, 173 have been checked against outside sources (4 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.

Foliage
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Full sunZones 3–940 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Cenizo
Leucophyllum frutescens
Full sunZones 8–108 ftLow
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Black Gum
Nyssa sylvatica
Full sunZones 4–940 ftModerate
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
American Linden
Tilia americana
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Foliage
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Possumhaw Viburnum
Viburnum nudum
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Full sunZones 5–969 ftModerate
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow
Seep Muhly
Muhlenbergia reverchonii
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Full sunZones 6–1015 ftModerate
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
Full sunZones 5–957 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Crossvine
Bignonia capreolata
Full sunZones 5–943 ftModerate
Lindheimer's Muhly
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri
Full sunZones 7–94 ftModerate
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Full sunZones 8–1060 ftModerate
Foliage
River Birch
Betula nigra
Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh
Virginia Sweetspire
Itea virginica
Part sunZones 5–94.5 ftModerate
White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Full sunZones 3–917 ftModerate
White Oak
Quercus alba
Full sunZones 3–965 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus montanus
Full sunZones 5–108.5 ftLow
American Hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
Part shadeZones 3–925 ftModerate
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Leadplant
Amorpha canescens
Full sunZones 2–92.5 ftLow
American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Part shadeZones 3–932 ftModerate
Southern Blue Flag
Iris virginica
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Part shadeZones 4–99.5 ftModerate
Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
Part shadeZones 5–912 inLow
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Full sunZones 5–750 ftModerate
White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
Full sunZones 4–105 ftLow
Apricot Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Blue Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Cedar Sage
Salvia roemeriana
Part shadeZones 7–101.5 ftLow
Cream Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Gaura
Oenothera lindheimeri
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
Lisianthus
Eustoma
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Picotee Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Pink Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Rose Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Swamp Azalea
Rhododendron viscosum
Part shadeZones 4–95 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
White Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Golden Currant
Ribes aureum
Part shadeZones 3–76 ftModerate
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
Full sunZones 7–1059 ftModerate
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii
Full sunZones 7–92.5 ftModerate
Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Full sunZones 5–817 ftModerate
Common Witch Hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
Full sunZones 3–817 ftModerate
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Part shadeZones 3–84.5 ftModerate
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate
Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Full sunZones 2–957 ftModerate

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