LADY BIRD JOHNSON WILDFLOWER CENTER
OCTOBER 2019 PAGE THREE


   
Texas green-eyes
Berlandiera betonicifolia
Asteraceae

[Named for Jean Louis Berlandier, 1803-1851]
 
Scorpion's tail
Heliotropium angiospermum
Boraginaceae
 
Shrubby water-primrose
Ludwigia octovalvis
Onagraceae

[Named for Christian Gottlieb Ludwig, 1709-1773]


 
Texas lantana
Lantana urticoides
Verbenaceae

  Texas beargrass, Bunchgrass
Nolina texana
Liliaceae
*
* Apparently in Texas Nolina is still in the Liliaceae, whereas in California it is placed in the Ruscaceae, and others put it in the Asparagaceae.


 
Woolly stemodia
Stemodia lanata
Scrophulariaceae
 
 
 
Apache plume
Fallugia paradoxa
Rosaceae

[Named after Filippo Fallugi, 1627-1707]


 
Prairie fleabane
Erigeron modestus
Asteraceae


Silver ponyfoot
Dichondra argentea
Convolvulaceae
 
 
     
Tahoka daisy
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Asteraceae


   
Texas ash
Fraxinus albicans
Oleaceae



 
 
Texas sotol
Dasylirion texanum
Liliaceae

 
 
 
 
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Poaceae

Red gilia, Texas plume
Ipomopsis rubra
Polemoniaceae
 
 


 
White gaura
Oenothera lindheimeri
Onagraceae

[Named for Ferdinand Jakob Lindheimer, 1801 - 1879]
  Showy palafoxia
Palafoxia hookeriana
Asteraceae

[Named for José Rebolledo de Palafox, 1776-1847]


 
Mexican-buckeye, Monillo
Ungnadia speciosa
Sapindaceae
[Named for David Ungnad von Sonnegg, 1535-1600]
   
Lyre-leaf sage
Salvia lyrata
Lamiaceae
 


 
 
Rough horsetail
Equisetum hyemale
Equisetaceae
Mexican feathergrass
Nassella tenuissima
Poaceae
 


   
Meadow sedge
Carex perdentata
Cyperaceae
 
Rough-leaf dogwood
Cornus drummondii
Cornaceae
  Rattlebush
Sesbania drummondii
Fabaceae
  [Named for Scottish-born naturalist Thomas Drummond, 1793-1835]

 
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