Native Plants
Harry T. Cliffe Bexar Regional Herbarium
The Bexar Regional Herbarium was created by the San Antonio Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas in the 1990s. In support of the 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial Celebration, the chapter compiled “A Plant List for Bexar County, Texas,” from existing literature, combining lists and updating botanical names, which garnered a certificate of recognition from the governor of Texas. In the process, participants discussed verifying the presence of the listed plants by finding and identifying what actually existed in the Bexar and contiguous counties. Knowledgeable botanists advised the group to physically collect, press, identify, mount, and label specimens. During the period Sep 1990-July 2000, 1,137 specimens, representing over 800 species, were collected. For a decade, the herbarium was cared for primarily by Harry Cliffe, who led the project and is credited with its scientific quality.
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Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain | |
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain | |
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain | |
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata | Davis Mountains Mock Vervain Dakota Mock Vervain Wright's Verbena | |
Gomphrena serrata | Arrasa Con Todo | |
Grindelia lanceolata | Narrowleaf Gumweed Fall Gumweed | |
Grindelia papposa | Spanish Gold Clasping-leaved Haplopappus Saw-leaf Daisy | |
Gutierrezia sarothrae | Broom Snakeweed Kindlingweed Matchbrush Texas Snakeweed Broomweed Turpentine Weed Matchweed | |
Gutierrezia texana | Texas Snakeweed | |
Gutierrezia texana var. texana | Texas Snakeweed Texas Broomweed Kindling-weed Annual Broomweed | |
Gymnosperma glutinosum | Gumhead Tatalencho | |
Habranthus tubispathus | Rio Grande Copperlily Copper Lily Rio Grande Copper-lily | |
Hedeoma acinoides | Slender False Pennyroyal Annual Pennyroyal Slender Hedeoma | |
Helenium amarum | Yellow Sneezeweed Bitterweed Yellow Bitterweed Yellowdicks Slender-leaved Sneezeweed Fine-leaved Sneezweed Yellow Dog-fennel | |
Helenium amarum | Yellow Sneezeweed Bitterweed Yellow Bitterweed Yellowdicks Slender-leaved Sneezeweed Fine-leaved Sneezweed Yellow Dog-fennel | |
Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower Annual Sunflower | |
Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower Annual Sunflower | |
Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower Annual Sunflower | |
Heterotheca canescens | Hoary False Goldenaster Gray Golden-aster | |
Heterotheca canescens | Hoary False Goldenaster Gray Golden-aster | |
Heterotheca canescens | Hoary False Goldenaster Gray Golden-aster | |
Heterotheca canescens | Hoary False Goldenaster Gray Golden-aster | |
Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum | Salt Heliotrope | |
Helianthus debilis ssp. cucumerifolius | Cucumberleaf Sunflower | |
Helianthus debilis ssp. cucumerifolius | Cucumberleaf Sunflower | |
Helianthus hirsutus | Hairy Sunflower Rough Sunflower | |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
Helianthus petiolaris | Prairie Sunflower Plains Sunflower | |
Helianthus petiolaris | Prairie Sunflower Plains Sunflower | |
Helianthus petiolaris | Prairie Sunflower Plains Sunflower | |
Helenium quadridentatum | Longdisk Sneezeweed Sneezeweed | |
Hedeoma reverchonii var. reverchonii | Reverchon's False Pennyroyal Rock Hedeoma | |
Heterotheca subaxillaris | Camphorweed Camphor Weed | |
Heterotheca subaxillaris | Camphorweed Camphor Weed | |
Heterotheca subaxillaris | Camphorweed Camphor Weed | |
Heliotropium tenellum | Pasture Heliotrope White Heliotrope | |
Heliotropium tenellum | Pasture Heliotrope White Heliotrope | |
Heliotropium tenellum | Pasture Heliotrope White Heliotrope | |
Heliotropium tenellum | Pasture Heliotrope White Heliotrope | |
Hermannia texana | Texas Burstwort Mexican Mallow | |
Hermannia texana | Texas Burstwort Mexican Mallow | |
Hordeum jubatum | Foxtail Barley | |
Hordeum pusillum | Little Barley | |
Hordeum pusillum | Little Barley | |
Hymenopappus artemisiifolius var. artemisiifolius | Oldplainsman | |
Hymenopappus artemisiifolius var. artemisiifolius | Oldplainsman | |
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides | St. Andrew's-cross | |
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus | Carolina Woollywhite Woolly-white Old Plainsman | |
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus | Carolina Woollywhite Woolly-white Old Plainsman | |
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus var. corymbosus | Carolina Woollywhite Old Plainsman | |
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus var. corymbosus | Carolina Woollywhite Old Plainsman | |
Hydrocotyle umbellata | Manyflower Marsh-pennywort Many-flowered Marsh-pennywort Marsh Pennywort Water Pennywort Money Plant | |
Ibervillea lindheimeri | Balsam Gourd Lindheimer's Globeberry Globe Berry Snake-apple Balsam-apple | |
Ibervillea lindheimeri | Balsam Gourd Lindheimer's Globeberry Globe Berry Snake-apple Balsam-apple | |
Ibervillea lindheimeri | Balsam Gourd Lindheimer's Globeberry Globe Berry Snake-apple Balsam-apple | |
Ibervillea lindheimeri | Balsam Gourd Lindheimer's Globeberry Globe Berry Snake-apple Balsam-apple | |
Ibervillea lindheimeri | Balsam Gourd Lindheimer's Globeberry Globe Berry Snake-apple Balsam-apple | |
Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Meadow Holly Prairie Holly Swamp Holly Welk Holly Deciduous Yaupon Bearberry Winterberry | |
Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Meadow Holly Prairie Holly Swamp Holly Welk Holly Deciduous Yaupon Bearberry Winterberry | |
Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Meadow Holly Prairie Holly Swamp Holly Welk Holly Deciduous Yaupon Bearberry Winterberry | |
Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon Holly Cassina | |
Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon Holly Cassina | |
Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon Holly Cassina | |
Indigofera lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Indigo | |
Indigofera miniata | Scarlet Pea Coastal Indigo Texas Indigo Western Indigo | |
Indigofera miniata | Scarlet Pea Coastal Indigo Texas Indigo Western Indigo | |
Indigofera miniata | Scarlet Pea Coastal Indigo Texas Indigo Western Indigo | |
Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba | Tievine Sharp-pod Morning Glory Purple Bindweed Tie Vine | |
Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba | Tievine Sharp-pod Morning Glory Purple Bindweed Tie Vine | |
Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba | Tievine Sharp-pod Morning Glory Purple Bindweed Tie Vine | |
Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba | Tievine Sharp-pod Morning Glory Purple Bindweed Tie Vine | |
Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba | Tievine Sharp-pod Morning Glory Purple Bindweed Tie Vine | |
Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba | Tievine Sharp-pod Morning Glory Purple Bindweed Tie Vine | |
Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. torreyana | Torrey's Tievine | |
Ipomoea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Morning-glory Blue Morning Glory | |
Ipomoea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Morning-glory Blue Morning Glory | |
Ipomoea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Morning-glory Blue Morning Glory | |
Ipomoea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Morning-glory Blue Morning Glory | |
Iva annua | Annual Marshelder Marshelder Sumpweed Annual Marsh Elder Marsh Elder | |
Juniperus ashei | Ashe Juniper Ashe's Juniper Mountain Cedar Rock Cedar Post Cedar Texas Cedar Brake Cedar Mexican Juniper Blueberry Juniper Ozark White Cedar Sabino Enebro | |
Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue Gregg's Tube-tongue False Honeysuckle | |
Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue Gregg's Tube-tongue False Honeysuckle | |
Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue Gregg's Tube-tongue False Honeysuckle | |
Kallstroemia parviflora | Warty Caltrop Small-flowered Carpetweed | |
Kallstroemia parviflora | Warty Caltrop Small-flowered Carpetweed | |
Kallstroemia parviflora | Warty Caltrop Small-flowered Carpetweed | |
Krameria lanceolata | Trailing Krameria Ratany Crameria Prairie Sandbur Trailing Ratany | |
Krameria lanceolata | Trailing Krameria Ratany Crameria Prairie Sandbur Trailing Ratany | |
Krameria lanceolata | Trailing Krameria Ratany Crameria Prairie Sandbur Trailing Ratany | |
Lantana achyranthifolia | Brushland Shrubverbena Mexican Marjoram Veinyleaf Lantana | |
Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata | Flatspine Stickseed Western Stickseed | |
Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata | Flatspine Stickseed Western Stickseed | |
Lappula occidentalis var. occidentalis | Flatspine Stickseed | |
Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
Lepidium austrinum | Southern Peppergrass Southern Pepperwort | |
Lepidium austrinum | Southern Peppergrass Southern Pepperwort | |
Lepidium austrinum | Southern Peppergrass Southern Pepperwort | |
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