Central Texas Blackland Prairie Plants

Taken from "Home Grown Prairies"

by Mickey and Bob Burleson

GRASSES LIST

Eastern gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides

Switchgrass Panicum virgatum

Indiangrass Sorgastrum nutans

Little bluestem Andropogon gerardii

Big bluestem Bouteloua curtipendula

Sideoats grama Eragrostis trichodes

Two-flower trichloris Trichloris crinita

Arizona cottontop Digitaria californica

Green spangletop Leptochloa dubia

Hairy grama Bouteloua hirsuta

Texas cupgrass Eriochloa sericea

Texas wintergrass Stipa leucotricha

Texas bluegrass Poa arachnifera

Prairie cordgrass Spartina pectinata

Tall dropseed Sporobolus asper

Buffalo grass Buchloe dactyloides

Florida paspalum Paspalum floridanum

Vine mesquite Panicum obtusum

False switchgrass Panicum plenum

Common reed Phragmites communis

Schizachriom scoparium

WILDFLOWER (FORBS AND LEGUMES) LIST

Pitcher's sage Salvia pltcheri

Prairie celestial Nemastylis geminiflora

Wild hyacinth Camassil scilloides

Catclaw sensitivebriar Schrankia uncinata

Western indigo Indigofera miniata

Winecup Callirhoe leiocarpa

Penstemon Penstemon cobaea

Blue flax Linum rigidum

Fleabane Erigeron species

Heath aster Aster ericoides

Plains larkspur Delphinium virescens

Tenpetal anemone Anemone decapetala

Bush sunflower Simsia calva

Texas blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium pruinosum

Bluecurls Phacelia stricti~lora

Bluebonnet Lupinus texensis

Engelmann daisy Engelmannia pinnatifida

Bluet Houstonia species

Spiderwort Tradescantia occidentalis

Texas skeletonplant Lygodesmia texana

Halfshrub sundrop Oenathera serrulata

Prairie gentian or bluebells Eustoma grandiflorum

Partridge pea Cassia fasciculata

Puccoon Lithospermum incisum

Jerseytea Ceanothus americanus

Wild petunia Ruellia species

Mealy blue sage Salvia farniacea

Standing cypress Ipomopsis rubra

False guara Stenosiphon linifolium

Gaura Gaura species

Basketflower Centaurea americana

White Flowered compass plant Silphium albiflorum

Yellow-flowered compass plant Silphium laciniatum

Rosin weed Silphium asperrimum

Coneflower Rudbeckia amplexicaulis

Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosus

Wild buckwheat Erigonum species

Gayfeather Liatris mucronata

Prairie bundleflower Desmanthus leptolobis

Illinois bundleflower Desmanthus illinoisnsis

Prairie alfalfa Psorealia tenuilflora

Gondenmane coreopsis Coreopsis basilis

Texas star Lindheirmera texana

Seep Marshallia Marshallia caespitosa

Prairie parsley Polytaenia nuttalii

Groundplum milkvetch Astragalus crassicarpus

Astragalus annual species

Stickleaf mentzelia Mentzelia oligosperma

Tickclover Desmodium species

Lionsheart Physostegia species

Indian plantain Cacalia tuberosa

Skullcap Scutellaria drummondii

Mirabilis Mirabilis linearis

Scurfpea Psoralea cuspidata

Trailing ratany Krameria lanceolata

Fluttermill Oenothera missouriensis

Purple prairie clover Petalostemum purpureum

White-flowered prairie clover Petalostemum multiflorium

Prairie acacia Acacia angustissima

Purple dalea Dalea lasiathera

Golden dalea Dalea aurea

Yellow Neptunia Neptunia lutea

Least snoutbean vine Rhynchosia minima

Trailing wildbean Strophostyles helvola

Yuccaleaf eryngo Eryngium yuccifolium

Black sampson Echinacea angustifolia

Black sampson Echinacea pallida

Maxmillian sunflower Helianthus maximilliani

Mist flower Eupatorium coelestinum

Snakeroot Eupatorium species

Poppy mallow Callirhoe species

Dayflower Commenlina erecta

Wild onion Allium drummondi

Rain lily Zephyranthes brazosensis

Copper lily Zephyranthes longifolia

Prairie coneflower Ratibida columnaris

Indian paintbrush Castilleja indivisa

Indian blanket Gaillardia pulchella

Prairie Gerardia Gerardia heterophylla

Waterprimrose Jussiaea species

Goldaster Heterotheca canescens

Cudweed Gnaphalium species

Curlycup gumweed Grindelia squarrosa

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