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Below are a selection of common wildflowers of (west) Texas - follow the links for full descriptions, and more photographs.
Snowball sand verbena
Abronia fragrans
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Angel's trumpets
Acleisanthes longiflora
Spanish clover
Acmispon americanus
Foothill deerweed
Acmispon brachycarpus
New mexico bird's-foot trefoil
Acmispon oroboides
Desert holly
Acourtia nana
Brownfoot
Acourtia wrightii
New mexico giant hyssop
Agastache pallidiflora
American agave
Agave americana
Rough agave
Agave asperrima
Slim-footed agave
Agave gracilipes
Havard agave
Agave havardiana
Lechuguilla
Agave lechuguilla
Parry's agave
Agave parryi
Mckelvey's agave
Agave univittata
Trailing four o'clock
Allionia incarnata
Nodding onion
Allium cernuum
Geyer's onion
Allium geyeri
Largeflower onion
Allium macropetalum
Fringed amaranth
Amaranthus fimbriatus
Ragleaf bahia
Amauriopsis dissecta
Palmer's bluestar
Amsonia palmeri
Woolly bluestar
Amsonia tomentosa
Scarlet pimpernel
Anagallis arvensis
Western pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
Rock jasmine
Androsace septentrionalis
Tuber anemone
Anemone tuberosa
Yerba mansa
Anemopsis californica
Rocky mountain pussytoes
Antennaria media
Small-leaved pussytoes
Antennaria parvifolia
Stinking chamomile
Anthemis cotula
Elegant death camas
Anticlea elegans
Bitter dogbane
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Indian hemp
Apocynum cannabinum
Golden columbine
Aquilegia chrysantha
Longspur columbine
Aquilegia longissima
Pointleaf manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens
Spreading sandwort
Arenaria lanuginosa
Crested prickly poppy
Argemone polyanthemos
Living rock cactus
Ariocarpus fissuratus
Wild tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
White sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana
Spider milkweed
Asclepias asperula
Dwarf milkweed
Asclepias involucrata
Tufted milkweed
Asclepias nummularia
Showy milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
Horsetail milkweed
Asclepias subverticillata
Butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Wheel milkweed
Asclepias uncialis
Halfmoon milkvetch
Astragalus allochrous
Crescent milkvetch
Astragalus amphioxys
Painted milkvetch
Astragalus ceramicus
Emory's milkvetch
Astragalus emoryanus
Freckled milkvetch
Astragalus lentiginosus
Missouri milkvetch
Astragalus missouriensis
Woolly locoweed
Astragalus mollissimus
Small-flowered milkvetch
Astragalus nuttallianus
Stinking milkvetch
Astragalus praelongus
Shadescale
Atriplex confertifolia
Water wally
Baccharis salicifolia
Hairy-seed bahia
Bahia absinthifolia
Desert marigold
Baileya multiradiata
Chocolate flower
Berlandiera lyrata
Wild cabbage
Brassica oleracea
Field mustard
Brassica rapa
Tasselflower brickellbush
Brickellia grandiflora
Yellow tack stem
Calycoseris parryi
White tackstem
Calycoseris wrightii
Lavender-leaf sundrop
Calylophus lavandulifolius
Harebell
Campanula rotundifolia
Trumpet creeper
Campsis radicans
Musk thistle
Carduus nutans
Bigelow's bristlehead
Carphochaete bigelovii
Wholeleaf indian paintbrush
Castilleja integra
Sierra woolly indian paintbrush
Castilleja lanata
Rigid indian paintbrush
Castilleja rigida
Maltese star-thistle
Centaurea melitensis
Arizona centaury
Centaurium calycosum
Stinging serpent
Cevallia sinuata
Rose heath
Chaetopappa ericoides
Grey five eyes
Chamaesaracha coniodes
Hairy five eyes
Chamaesaracha sordida
Pinyon goosefoot
Chenopodium atrovirens
Desert willow
Chilopsis linearis
Mexican orange
Choisya dumosa
Purple mustard
Chorispora tenella
Chicory
Cichorium intybus
Wavy-leaf thistle
Cirsium undulatum
Bull thistle
Cirsium vulgare
Western white clematis
Clematis ligusticifolia
Purple clematis
Clematis pitcheri
Rocky mountain bee-plant
Cleome serrulata
Longleaf cologania
Cologania angustifolia
Bastard toadflax
Comandra umbellata
Alpine cancer-root
Conopholis alpina
Field bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis
Texas bindweed
Convolvulus equitans
Spotted coralroot
Corallorhiza maculata
Wright's bird's beak
Cordylanthus wrightii
Golden tickseed
Coreopsis tinctoria
Red osier dogwood
Cornus sericea
Golden smoke
Corydalis aurea
Meadow hawksbeard
Crepis runcinata
Montbretia
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Narrow leaved cryptantha
Cryptantha angustifolia
Bearded cryptantha
Cryptantha barbigera
James' cryptantha
Cryptantha cinerea
Thicksepal cryptantha
Cryptantha crassisepala
Red-root cryptantha
Cryptantha micrantha
Wingnut cryptantha
Cryptantha pterocarya
Carelessweed
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia
Tree cholla
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Christmas cholla
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Mountain parsley
Cymopterus lemmonii
Purplenerve springparsley
Cymopterus multinervatus
White prairie clover
Dalea candida
Feather peabush
Dalea formosa
Wright's prairie clover
Dalea wrightii
Green sotol
Dasylirion leiophyllum
Common sotol
Dasylirion wheeleri
Sacred datura
Datura wrightii
Queen anne's lace
Daucus carota
American wild carrot
Daucus pusillus
Texas mountain laurel
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum
Mountain tansymustard
Descurainia incisa
Western tansy mustard
Descurainia pinnata
Deptford pink
Dianthus armeria
Spring pygmy cudweed
Diaperia verna
Hoary tansy aster
Dieteria canescens
Spectacle pod
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni
Wedgeleaf draba
Draba cuneifolia
Eagle claws
Echinocactus horizonthalonius
Horse crippler
Echinocactus texensis
Brown flowered cactus
Echinocereus chloranthus
Scarlet hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus coccineus
Texas rainbow cactus
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
Green strawberry hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus enneacanthus
Fendler's hedgehog
Echinocereus fendleri
Ladyfinger cactus
Echinocereus pentalophus
Lace hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus reichenbachii
Strawberry hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus stramineus
Nylon hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Warnock's fishhook cactus
Echinomastus warnockii
Fringed willowherb
Epilobium ciliatum
Stream orchid
Epipactis gigantea
Button cactus
Epithelantha micromeris
Fendler's sandwort
Eremogone fendleri
Miniature woolly star
Eriastrum diffusum
Turpentine bush
Ericameria laricifolia
Rubber rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa
Canadian horseweed
Erigeron canadensis
Spreading fleabane
Erigeron divergens
Splendid daisy
Erigeron eximius
Running fleabane
Erigeron tracyi
Abert's wild buckwheat
Eriogonum abertianum
Winged buckwheat
Eriogonum alatum
James' buckwheat
Eriogonum jamesii
Bastardsage
Eriogonum wrightii
Filaree
Erodium cicutarium
Texas stork bill
Erodium texanum
Sanddune wallflower
Erysimum capitatum
Spreading wallflower
Erysimum repandum
California poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Cob beehive cactus
Escobaria tuberculosa
Common beehive cactus
Escobaria vivipara
Yellow rock nettle
Eucnide bartonioides
Rattlesnake weed
Euphorbia albomarginata
Candelilla
Euphorbia antisyphilitica
Horned spurge
Euphorbia brachycera
Head sandmat
Euphorbia capitellata
Fendler's spurge
Euphorbia fendleri
Parry's sandmat
Euphorbia parryi
Thyme-leaf sandmat
Euphorbia serpyllifolia
Slender dwarf morning-glory
Evolvulus alsinoides
Apache plume
Fallugia paradoxa
Cliff fendler bush
Fendlera rupicola
Texas barrel cactus
Ferocactus hamatacanthus
Arizona barrel cactus
Ferocactus wislizeni
Sweet fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
Ocotillo
Fouquieria splendens
Virginia strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Monument plant
Frasera speciosa
Climbing milkweed
Funastrum cynanchoides
Red dome blanketflower
Gaillardia pinnatifida
Indian blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
Scarlet beeblossom
Gaura coccinea
Pleated gentian
Gentiana affinis
Stewart's gily-flower
Gilia stewartii
Bluebowls
Giliastrum acerosum
Purple prairie verbena
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Moss verbena
Glandularia pulchella
Davis mountain mock vervain
Glandularia wrightii
Chihuahuan fishhook cactus
Glandulicactus uncinatus
American licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Curly cup gumweed
Grindelia squarrosa
Big bend prickly pear
Grusonia aggeria
Devil cholla
Grusonia emoryi
Graham's club cholla
Grusonia grahamii
Texas lignum-vitae
Guajacum angustifolium
Broom snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
False forget-me-not
Hackelia floribunda
Texas false agave
Hechtia texensis
Dwarf false pennyroyal
Hedeoma nana
Cretanweed
Hedypnois cretica
Common sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Prairie sunflower
Helianthus petiolaris
Leafy heliotrope
Heliotropium confertifolium
Salt heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
Curly bladder mallow
Herissantia crispa
Red yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora
Rockyscree false goldenaster
Heterotheca fulcrata
Camphorweed
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Golden aster
Heterotheca villosa
Pink alumroot
Heuchera rubescens
Desert rosemallow
Hibiscus coulteri
Paleface rock hibiscus
Hibiscus denudatus
Mountain spray
Holodiscus dumosus
Pygmy bluet
Houstonia wrightii
Fineleaf hymenopappus
Hymenopappus filifolius
Skyrocket
Ipomopsis aggregata
Flaxflowered gilia
Ipomopsis longiflora
Dwarf gilia
Ipomopsis pumila
Desert vine
Janusia gracilis
Dwarf white honeysuckle
Justicia longii
Gregg's tubetongue
Justicia pilosella
White ratany
Krameria bicolor
Littleleaf ratany
Krameria erecta
Prickly lettuce
Lactuca serriola
Brushland shrub verbena
Lantana achyranthifolia
Wild sage
Lantana camara
Western stickseed
Lappula redowskii
Creosote bush
Larrea tridentata
Mountain pea
Lathyrus lanszwertii
Everlasting pea
Lathyrus latifolius
Lesser hawkbit
Leontodon saxatilis
Motherwort
Leonurus cardiaca
Mountain pepperweed
Lepidium montanum
Thurber's pepperweed
Lepidium thurberi
Virginia pepperweed
Lepidium virginicum
Oxeye daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Texas barometer bush
Leucophyllum frutescens
Dalmatian toadflax
Linaria dalmatica
Common toadflax
Linaria vulgaris
Berlandier's yellow flax
Linum berlandieri
Blue flax
Linum lewisii
Smooth pucoon
Lithospermum cobrense
Fringed gromwell
Lithospermum incisum
Manyflowered stoneseed
Lithospermum multiflorum
Parks' stoneseed
Lithospermum parksii
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Sweet alison
Lobularia maritima
Carrot-leaf desert-parsley
Lomatium foeniculaceum
White honeysuckle
Lonicera albiflora
Garden bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
Silvery lupine
Lupinus argenteus
Tailcup lupine
Lupinus caudatus
Bajada lupine
Lupinus concinnus
Big bend bluebonnet
Lupinus havardii
Rush skeletonplant
Lygodesmia juncea
Tansyleaf aster
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Creeping barberry
Mahonia repens
Large false solomon's-seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Graham's nipple cactus
Mammillaria grahamii
Lacespine piincushion cactus
Mammillaria lasiacantha
Little pincushion cactus
Mammillaria meiacantha
Rat-tail pincushion cactus
Mammillaria pottsii
Snapdragonvine
Maurandella antirrhiniflora
Alfalfa
Medicago sativa
Blackfoot daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
Annual yellow sweetclover
Melilotus indicus
Yellow sweet clover
Melilotus officinalis
Rough mendora
Menodora scabra
Field mint
Mentha arvensis
White-stemmed blazing star
Mentzelia albicaulis
Ten-petal blazing star
Mentzelia decapetala
Adonis blazingstar
Mentzelia multiflora
Common monkeyflower
Mimulus guttatus
Narrowleaf four o'clock
Mirabilis linearis
Desert four o'clock
Mirabilis multiflora
Smooth spreading four o'clock
Mirabilis oxybaphoides
Wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Pony beebalm
Monarda pectinata
Indian pipe
Monotropa uniflora
Blue lettuce
Mulgedium oblongifolium
Havard's fiddleleaf
Nama havardii
Watercress
Nasturtium officinale
Bicolored fan-mustard
Nerisyrenia camporum
Desert tobacco
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Alpine pennycress
Noccaea fendleri
Texas sacahuista
Nolina texana
Crowpoison
Nothoscordum bivalve
Texas toadflax
Nuttallanthus texanus
American waterlily
Nymphaea odorata
Common evening primrose
Oenothera biennis
Tufted evening primrose
Oenothera caespitosa
Hooker's evening primrose
Oenothera elata
Hartweg's sundrops
Oenothera hartwegii
Harlequinbush
Oenothera hexandra
Kunth's evening primrose
Oenothera kunthiana
Lindheimer's beeblossom
Oenothera lindheimeri
Pale evening primrose
Oenothera pallida
Yellow-flower desert evening-primrose
Oenothera primiveris
Silky evening primrose
Oenothera pubescens
Pinkladies
Oenothera speciosa
Hairy evening primrose
Oenothera villosa
Chenille prickly pear
Opuntia aciculata
Rio grande prickly pear
Opuntia aureispina
Purple prickly pear
Opuntia azurea
Engelmann prickly pear
Opuntia engelmannii
Barbary fig
Opuntia ficus indica
Brittle prickly pear
Opuntia fragilis
Texas prickly pear
Opuntia lindheimeri
Purple prickly pear
Opuntia macrocentra
Tulip prickly pear
Opuntia phaeacantha
Tulip prickly pear
Opuntia phaeacantha
Plains prickly pear
Opuntia polyacantha
Blind prickly pear
Opuntia rufida
Spiny fruit prickly pear
Opuntia spinosibacca
Marble fruit prickly pear
Opuntia strigil
Rooney's prickly pear
Opuntia x rooneyi
Palmer's perennial cat's-eye
Oreocarya palmeri
Desert broomrape
Orobanche cooperi
Clustered broomrape
Orobanche fasciculata
Creeping woodsorrel
Oxalis corniculata
Common yellow woodsorrel
Oxalis stricta
Mountain sorrel
Oxyria digyna
Purple locoweed
Oxytropis lambertii
Fendler's ragwort
Packera fendleri
New mexico groundsel
Packera neomexicana
Yellow glandweed
Parentucellia viscosa
Mariola
Parthenium incanum
Chinchweed
Pectis papposa
Night blooming cereus
Peniocereus greggii
Beardlip penstemon
Penstemon barbatus
Cochise penstemon
Penstemon dasyphyllus
Wright's penstemon
Penstemon wrightii
Vasey's rockdaisy
Perityle vaseyi
Water smartweed
Persicaria amphibia
Mat rockspirea
Petrophyton caespitosum
Notch-leaved phacelia
Phacelia crenulata
Gypsum scorpionweed
Phacelia integrifolia
Tepary bean
Phaseolus acutifolius
Slim jim bean
Phaseolus filiformis
Littleleaf mock orange
Philadelphus microphyllus
Long leaved phlox
Phlox longifolia
Threadleaf phlox
Phlox mesoleuca
Cold-desert phlox
Phlox stansburyi
Fendler's bladderpod
Physaria fendleri
Gordons bladderpod
Physaria gordonii
White bladderpod
Physaria purpurea
Common plantain
Plantago major
Desert plantain
Plantago ovata
Arrow weed
Pluchea sericea
Wild leadwort
Plumbago zeylanica
Redwhisker clammyweed
Polanisia dodecandra
Grey mint
Poliomintha incana
Prostrate knotweed
Polygonum aviculare
Odora
Porophyllum gracile
Honey mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa
Common self-heal
Prunella vulgaris
Peach
Prunus persica
Naked brittle-stem
Psathyrotopsis scaposa
Cotton-batting-plant
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
Sticky starwort
Pseudostellaria jamesiana
Woolly paperflower
Psilostrophe tagetina
Woodland pinedrops
Pterospora andromedea
Green-flowered wintergreen
Pyrola chlorantha
Chinese lantern
Quincula lobata
Desert chicory
Rafinesquia neomexicana
White water buttercup
Ranunculus aquatilis
Cultivated radish
Raphanus sativus
Upright prairie coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Russian knapweed
Rhaponticum repens
Golden currant
Ribes aureum
Blunt-leaved yellowcress
Rorippa curvipes
Woods' rose
Rosa woodsii
Delicious rasberry
Rubus deliciosus
Black-eyed susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Cutleaf coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Parry's wild petunia
Ruellia parryi
Sharp dock
Rumex conglomeratus
Curly dock
Rumex crispus
Wild rhubarb
Rumex hymenosepalus
Arumleaf arrowhead
Sagittaria cuneata
Paper bag bush
Salazaria mexicana
Prickly russian thistle
Salsola tragus
Autumn sage
Salvia greggii
Cedar sage
Salvia roemeriana
Abert's creeping zinnia
Sanvitalia abertii
Common soapwort
Saponaria officinalis
Marsh skullcap
Scutellaria galericulata
Mexican skullcap
Scutellaria platyphylla
Threadleaf ragwort
Senecio flaccidus
Broom-like ragwort
Senecio spartioides
Durango wild sensitive-plant
Senna durangensis
Western sea-purslane
Sesuvium verrucosum
Tall mustard
Sisymbrium altissimum
London rocket
Sisymbrium irio
Stiff blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium demissum
Common blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium montanum
Greenspot nightshade
Solanum douglasii
White horsenettle
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Wild potato
Solanum jamesii
Canada goldenrod
Solidago canadensis
Giant goldenrod
Solidago gigantea
Missouri goldenrod
Solidago missouriensis
Sticky goldenrod
Solidago simplex
Threenerve goldenrod
Solidago velutina
Prickly cow thistle
Sonchus asper
Common sow thistle
Sonchus oleraceus
Copper globemallow
Sphaeralcea angustifolia
Scarlet globemallow
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Fendler's globemallow
Sphaeralcea fendleri
Separateleaf chickensage
Sphaeromeria diversifolia
Desert plume
Stanleya pinnata
Early shaggytuft
Stenandrium barbatum
Small wirelettuce
Stephanomeria exigua
Brownplume wirelettuce
Stephanomeria pauciflora
Narrowleaf wire-lettuce
Stephanomeria tenuifolia
Bird of paradise
Strelitzia reginae
Lyreleaf jewelflower
Streptanthus carinatus
Woollyhead neststraw
Stylocline micropoides
Mountain snowberry
Symphoricarpos oreophilus
White prairie aster
Symphyotrichum falcatum
Smooth aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Panicled aster
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
Common dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
Yellow trumpetbush
Tecoma stans
Stemless four-nerve daisy
Tetraneuris acaulis
Stemmed four-nerve daisy
Tetraneuris scaposa
Fendler's meadow-rue
Thalictrum fendleri
Stiff greenthread
Thelesperma filifolium
Longstalk greenthread
Thelesperma longipes
Hopi tea greenthread
Thelesperma megapotamicum
Glory of texas
Thelocactus bicolor
Pricklyleaf dogweed
Thymophylla acerosa
Five-needled prickly leaf
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Shrubby honeysweet
Tidestromia suffruticosa
Mexican crinklemat
Tiquilia mexicana
Annual townsend daisy
Townsendia annua
Stemless townsend daisy
Townsendia exscapa
Western spiderwort
Tradescantia occidentalis
Yellow salsify
Tragopogon dubius
Puncture vine
Tribulus terrestris
Red clover
Trifolium pratense
White clover
Trifolium repens
Cow clover
Trifolium wormskioldii
Holzinger's venus' looking glass
Triodanis holzingeri
American threefold
Trixis californica
Silver puffs
Uropappus lindleyi
Sweet acacia
Vachellia farnesiana
Arizona valerian
Valeriana arizonica
Common mullein
Verbascum thapsus
Bigbract verbena
Verbena bracteata
Gray vervain
Verbena canescens
Swamp vervain
Verbena hastata
Mint vervain
Verbena menthifolia
Pin-leaf vervain
Verbena perennis
Fan-leaf vervain
Verbena plicata
Golden crownbeard
Verbesina encelioides
Water speedwell
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
American vetch
Vicia americana
Louisiana vetch
Vicia ludoviciana
Common vetch
Vicia sativa
Bigleaf periwinkle
Vinca major
Slender goldenweed
Xanthisma gracile
Spiny goldenbush
Xanthisma spinulosum
Big bend woody aster
Xylorhiza wrightii
Banana yucca
Yucca baccata
Soaptree yucca
Yucca elata
Spanish dagger
Yucca faxoniana
Twistleaf yucca
Yucca pallida
Thompson's yucca
Yucca thompsoniana
Torrey's yucca
Yucca torreyi
Don quixote's lace
Yucca treculeana
Desert zinnia
Zinnia acerosa
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