Erythrina herbacea, commonly known as the coral bean, Cherokee bean, Mamou plant in South Louisiana, red cardinal or cardinal spear, is a flowering shrub or small tree found throughout the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico; it has also been reported from parts of Central America and, as an introduced species, from Pakistan. Various other systematic names have been used for this plant in the past, including Erythrina arborea, Erythrina hederifolia, Erythrina humilis, Erythrina rubicunda, Corallodendron herbaceum and Xyphanthus hederifolius.
Vitis cinerea, the graybark grape, is a variety of grape. It has small black berries that are mildly unpleasant to eat. Plentiful in Missouri and Louisiana, it is also found throughout the eastern half of the US as far west as Texas, north to Illinois, and south to Florida. It is also known by the name winter grape or possum grape.
Calopogon tuberosus, the tuberous grass pink, is an orchid native to eastern North America. In the United States, it occurs from as far southwest as Texas and Oklahoma and southeast to the Florida Everglades to as far northeast as Maine and as far northwest as Minnesota. In Canada, it is found in all provinces from Newfoundland to Manitoba. It also is found in St. Pierre & Miquelon, Cuba and the Bahamas.
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin is the state botanical garden and arboretum of Texas. The center features more than 900 species of native Texas plants in both garden and natural settings and is home to a breadth of educational programs and events. The center is 284 acres and located 10 miles southwest of downtown Austin, Texas just inside the edge of the distinctive Texas hill country. It straddles both Edwards Plateau and Texas Blackland Prairies ecosystems.
Dicliptera is a genus of flowering plants in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. Dactylostegium is sometimes included herein.
Salvia coccinea, the blood sage, scarlet sage, Texas sage, or tropical sage, is a herbaceous perennial in the family Lamiaceae that is widespread throughout the Southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. At one time Brazil was considered to be where it originated, but its diploid chromosome count now points to Mexico as its place of origin.
Chiococca alba is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) native to Florida and the extreme southern tip of Texas in the United States, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Galápagos, and tropical South America. Common names include David's milkberry, West Indian milkberry, cahinca and West Indian snowberry. The specific epithet, alba, means "white" in Latin and refers to the color of its fruits.
Anthanassa frisia, the Cuban crescentspot, Cuban checkerspot or Cuban crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Subspecies tulcis is known by the common names pale-banded crescent or Tulcis crescent; it is treated as a species by some authors. The nominate subspecies is found in the West Indies and southern Florida, with strays to northern Florida. Subspecies tulcis is found from Argentina north through Central America and Mexico to southern Texas, strays to west Texas and southern Arizona. Other subspecies are resident to South America.
Palafoxia integrifolia, commonly known as the coastalplain palafox and coastal plain palafox, is a species of palafox native to the southeastern United States.
Dicliptera resupinata, the Arizona foldwing, is a perennial plant in the family (Acanthaceae) native to higher areas of southeastern Arizona into Mexico. Host to the Texas crescentspot.
Smilax tamnoides, common name bristly greenbrier, is a North American species of plants native to the United States and Canada. It is widespread from Ontario and New York State south to Texas and Florida.
Arnoglossum ovatum is a Florida species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States from southern North Carolina to eastern Texas.
Berlandiera subacaulis is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is found only in Florida. The common name is Florida greeneyes.
Helianthus hirsutus is a North American species of sunflower known by the common name hairy sunflower. It is widespread across south-central Canada, the eastern and central United States, and northeastern Mexico. It ranges from Ontario south to Florida, Coahuila, and Nuevo León, and west as far as Minnesota, Nebraska, and Texas.
Asclepias pedicellata is a type of milkweed. A perennial herb, it has yellow or green flowers. Its common name is savannah milkweed.
Penstemon multiflorus is a species of plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is native to the United States. It is commonly referred to as many-flower penstemon or many-flower beardtongue, is a flowering plant. It is a perennial between 1.5 and 2.5 feet high that blooms with white tubular shaped flowers. Its range includes parts of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. It is widespread in Florida in well drained upland habitat. The flowers can have a slightly rose colored overcast.
Rhexia alifanus, commonly referred to as savannah meadowbeauty, is a flowering plant in the Rhexia genus. A perennial, it has pink blossoms. It is indigenous to areas of the southeastern United States west to Texas.
Euphorbia discoidalis, commonly known as summer spurge, is a flowering plant. A dicot, it grows across parts of the southern United States. It reaches about 18 inches (460 mm) in height and has white flowers in the late summer and early fall. It is part of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge) family and the genus Euphorbia.
Sabatia grandiflora is a flowering plant in the genus Sabatia. Commonly known as marsh-pink or largeflower rose gentian, the annual has pink flowers. It grows in parts of Florida and Alabama. The flowers have five pink petals and a yellow center.
Verbesina chapmanii, commonly known as Chapman's crownbeard, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and the genus Verbesina. It is a perennial dicot.
