Native Plants
Schwartzman, Steven
Long-time photographer Steven Schwartzman became interested in native plants in 1999, and since then he has striven to portray them artistically. That has often meant kneeling down or lying on the ground in order to see them in new ways. In addition to photographing flowers, he has focused on other features and stages in a plant’s development, including buds, new growth, tendrils, and leaves or stems changing color. He has been fascinated by some of the forms that plants take on as they go to seed and even after they dry out.The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is committed to developing the premier resource for native plant images in North America through continued growth of the Plant Image Gallery. You can help us achieve our mission ...to increase the sustainable use and conservation of native wildflowers, plants, and landscapes... by becoming a contributor.
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Acalypha radians | Cardinal's Feather Cardinal Feather | |
Acourtia runcinata | Featherleaf Desertpeony Peonia | |
Aesculus glabra var. arguta | Ohio Buckeye White Buckeye Texas Buckeye | |
Aesculus pavia var. pavia | Scarlet Buckeye Red Buckeye Southern Buckeye Firecracker Plant | |
Aesculus pavia var. pavia | Scarlet Buckeye Red Buckeye Southern Buckeye Firecracker Plant | |
Agalinis heterophylla | Prairie Agalinis Prairie False-foxglove | |
Ambrosia trifida | Great Ragweed Giant Ragweed | |
Anemone berlandieri | Tenpetal Anemone Tenpetal Thimbleweed Windflower Southern Anemone Granny's Nightcap | |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem Brushy Bluestem | |
Argemone albiflora ssp. texana | Texas Bluestem Pricklypoppy Bluestem Pricklypoppy White Pricklypoppy White Prickly Poppy | |
Argemone albiflora ssp. texana | Texas Bluestem Pricklypoppy Bluestem Pricklypoppy White Pricklypoppy White Prickly Poppy | |
Arabis petiolaris | Brazos Rockcress Rock-cress Brazos Rock-cress | |
Arabis petiolaris | Brazos Rockcress Rock-cress Brazos Rock-cress | |
Arabis petiolaris | Brazos Rockcress Rock-cress Brazos Rock-cress | |
Arabis petiolaris | Brazos Rockcress Rock-cress Brazos Rock-cress | |
Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple Three-awn Red Threeawn | |
Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns Spider Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Spider Antelope-horns Antelope Horns | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias viridis | Green Milkweed Spider Milkweed | |
Baccharis neglecta | False Willow Jara Dulce Poverty Weed Roosevelt Weed | |
Berchemia scandens | Alabama Supplejack Alabama Supple-jack Rattan-vine | |
Berchemia scandens | Alabama Supplejack Alabama Supple-jack Rattan-vine | |
Bifora americana | Prairie Bishop Prairie Bishop's Weed | |
Brickellia dentata | Leafy Brickellbush | |
Buddleja racemosa ssp. racemosa | Wand Butterflybush | |
Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops | |
Callirhoe pedata | Palmleaf Poppymallow Standing Winecup Finger Poppymallow Palmleaf Poppy Mallow | |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper Trumpet Vine Common Trumpet Creeper Cow Vine Foxglove Vine Hellvine Devil's Shoestring | |
Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower | |
Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower | |
Centaurium beyrichii | Mountain Pink Meadow Pink Catchfly Quinineweed | |
Centaurium beyrichii | Mountain Pink Meadow Pink Catchfly Quinineweed | |
Chrysopsis pilosa | Soft Goldenaster Soft Golden-aster | |
Chrysopsis pilosa | Soft Goldenaster Soft Golden-aster | |
Chrysopsis pilosa | Soft Goldenaster Soft Golden-aster | |
Chrysopsis pilosa | Soft Goldenaster Soft Golden-aster | |
Chrysopsis pilosa | Soft Goldenaster Soft Golden-aster | |
Chrysopsis pilosa | Soft Goldenaster Soft Golden-aster | |
Chrysopsis pilosa | Soft Goldenaster Soft Golden-aster | |
Chrysopsis pilosa | Soft Goldenaster Soft Golden-aster | |
Chaptalia texana | Texas Silverpuff Silverpuff Nodding Lettuce Silver Puff | |
Chaptalia texana | Texas Silverpuff Silverpuff Nodding Lettuce Silver Puff | |
Chaptalia texana | Texas Silverpuff Silverpuff Nodding Lettuce Silver Puff | |
Chamaesaracha villosa | Transpecos Five Eyes Woolly False Nightshade | |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard Drummond's Clematis Texas Virgin's Bower Goat's Beard | |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard Drummond's Clematis Texas Virgin's Bower Goat's Beard | |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard Drummond's Clematis Texas Virgin's Bower Goat's Beard | |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard Drummond's Clematis Texas Virgin's Bower Goat's Beard | |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard Drummond's Clematis Texas Virgin's Bower Goat's Beard | |
Cnidoscolus texanus | Texas Bullnettle Bull Nettle Tread-softly Spurge Nettle | |
Cnidoscolus texanus | Texas Bullnettle Bull Nettle Tread-softly Spurge Nettle | |
Cordia boissieri | Mexican Olive Texas Wild Olive Anacahuita Anacahuite | |
Conyza canadensis | Horseweed Canadian Horseweed | |
Convolvulus equitans | Texas Bindweed Bindweed | |
Cotinus obovatus | American Smoke Tree Texas Smoke Tree Wild Smoke Tree Smoke Tree Smokebush Chittamwood | |
Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis Golden Tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis Golden Tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
Croton capitatus | Hogwort Texas Goatweed | |
Croton monanthogynus | Prairie Tea One-seed Croton Doveweed Dove Weed Prairie Goatweed | |
Cucurbita foetidissima | Stinking Gourd Buffalo Gourd Missouri Gourd Stink Gourd Wild Gourd | |
Cucurbita foetidissima | Stinking Gourd Buffalo Gourd Missouri Gourd Stink Gourd Wild Gourd | |
Cynanchum barbigerum | Bearded Swallow-wort Thicket Threadvine | |
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis | Tasajillo Christmas Cactus Pencil Cactus Christmas Cholla Desert Christmas Cactus | |
Dalea enneandra | Nine-anther Prairie Clover | |
Daucus pusillus | American Wild Carrot Rattlesnake-weed Wild Carrot | |
Dasyochloa pulchella | Desert Fluffgrass Low Woollygrass Low Tridens Fluff Grass Fluffgrass Desert Fluff-grass | |
Descurainia pinnata | Western Tansymustard Tansy-mustard | |
Descurainia pinnata | Western Tansymustard Tansy-mustard | |
Descurainia pinnata | Western Tansymustard Tansy-mustard | |
Dracopis amplexicaulis | Clasping Coneflower Clasping-leaf Coneflower | |
Dracopis amplexicaulis | Clasping Coneflower Clasping-leaf Coneflower | |
Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngo False Purple Thistle | |
Erigeron modestus | Plains Fleabane Prairie Fleabane | |
Erigeron philadelphicus | Philadelphia Fleabane Fleabane Daisy | |
Eriogonum wrightii | Wright's Buckwheat Bastard-sage Wild Buckwheat Perennial Buckwheat Shrubby Buckwheat Shrubby Bastard-sage | |
Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii | Wright's Buckwheat Wright's Bastard-sage Bastard-sage Shrubby Buckwheat | |
Euphorbia bicolor | Snow On The Prairie Snow-on-the-prairie | |
Euphorbia bicolor | Snow On The Prairie Snow-on-the-prairie | |
Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian | |
Euphorbia marginata | Snow On The Mountain Snow-on-the-mountain | |
Euphorbia roemeriana | Roemer's Spurge | |
Eupatorium serotinum | White Boneset Lateflowering Thoroughwort Late Boneset Late-flowering Boneset | |
Evax verna | Spring Pygmycudweed | |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
Gaillardia suavis | Pincushion Daisy Fragrant Gaillardia Rayless Gaillardia Perfumeballs | |
Gaillardia suavis | Pincushion Daisy Fragrant Gaillardia Rayless Gaillardia Perfumeballs | |
Geum canadense | White Avens | |
Giliastrum incisum | Splitleaf Gilia Split-leaf Gilia Cut-leaf Gilia | |
Giliastrum incisum | Splitleaf Gilia Split-leaf Gilia Cut-leaf Gilia | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |