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 121 to 180 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.

Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Full sunZones 3–84 ftHigh
Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
Full sunZones 4–99 ftModerate
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Full sunZones 3–939 ftModerate
Smooth Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Part sunZones 5–1030 ftHigh
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Eastern Red Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Hardy Hibiscus
Hibiscus moscheutos
Full sunZones 5–94 ftHigh
False Sunflower
Heliopsis
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Hollow Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Full sunZones 4–86 ftModerate
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Full sunZones 3–102.5 ftModerate
Showy Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
American Smoketree
Cotinus obovatus
Full sunZones 4–817 ftModerate
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago caesia
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Boston Fern
Nephrolepis exaltata
Part shadeZones 9–112 ftHigh
Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
Full sunZones 6–115 ftLow
Desert Four O'Clock
Mirabilis multiflora
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftLow
Summersweet
Clethra alnifolia
Part shadeZones 3–96 ftHigh
Indian Pink
Spigelia marilandica
Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate
Mexican Feather Grass
Nassella tenuissima
Full sunZones 7–101.5 ftModerate
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Red Yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora
Full sunZones 5–105 ftLow
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa
Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Golden Columbine
Aquilegia chrysantha
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
California Poppy
Eschscholzia
Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Parry's Agave
Agave parryi
Full sunZones 7–102 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate
Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Yellow California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
Full sunZones 3–869 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate
Clustered Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Creeping Oregon Grape
Berberis repens
Part shadeZones 5–812 inModerate
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Foliage
Douglas Fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Full sunZones 4–659 ftModerate
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow
Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Part sunZones 4–920 ftModerate
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Splitbeard Bluestem
Anatherum ternarium
Full sunZones 6–103 ftLow
Foliage
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Texas Turk's Cap
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii
Part shadeZones 7–104.5 ftModerate
Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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