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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 |
Drummond’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