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TEXAS WILDFLOWERS

PREFACE

CONTENTS

REFERENCE BOOKS ON TEXAS FLOWERS

PLANT PARTS AND PLANT NAMES

PLANT DISTRIBUTION

DESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIES

WATER-PLANTAIN FAMILY (Alismaceae)

PINEAPPLE FAMILY (Bromeliaceae)

SPIDERWORT FAMILY (Commelinaceae)

PICKEREL-WEED FAMILY (Pontederiaceae)

LILY FAMILY (Liliaceae)

AMARYLLIS FAMILY (Amaryllidaceae)

IRIS FAMILY (Iridaceae)

ORCHID FAMILY (Orchidaceae)

BUCKWHEAT FAMILY (Polygonaceae)

FOUR-O’CLOCK FAMILY (Nyctaginaceae)

POKEWEED FAMILY (Phytolaccaceae)

PURSLANE FAMILY (Portulacaceae)

PINK FAMILY (Caryophyllaceae)

WATER-LILY FAMILY (Nymphaeaceae)

CROWFOOT FAMILY (Ranunculaceae)

BARBERRY FAMILY (Berberidaceae)

MOONSEED FAMILY (Menispermaceae)

POPPY FAMILY (Papaveraceae)

FUMITORY FAMILY (Fumariaceae)

MUSTARD FAMILY (Cruciferae)

PITCHER-PLANT FAMILY (Sarraceniaceae)

ORPINE FAMILY (Crassulaceae)

ROSE FAMILY (Rosaceae)

MIMOSA FAMILY (Mimosaceae)

SENNA FAMILY (Cassiaceae)

KRAMERIA FAMILY (Krameriaceae)

PEA FAMILY (Fabaceae)

GERANIUM FAMILY (Geraniaceae)

FLAX FAMILY (Linaceae)

WOOD-SORREL FAMILY (Oxalidaceae)

MILKWORT FAMILY (Polygalaceae)

SPURGE FAMILY (Euphorbiaceae)

HOLLY FAMILY (Aquifoliaceae)

BUCKEYE FAMILY (Aesculaceae)

MALLOW FAMILY (Malvaceae)

VIOLET FAMILY (Violaceae)

LOASA FAMILY (Loasaceae)

CACTUS FAMILY (Cactaceae)

LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY (Lythraceae)

EVENING-PRIMROSE FAMILY (Epilobiaceae)

DOGWOOD FAMILY (Cornaceae)

CARROT FAMILY (Umbelliferae)

HEATH FAMILY (Ericaceae)

PRIMROSE FAMILY (Primulaceae)

EBONY FAMILY (Ebenaceae)

GENTIAN FAMILY (Gentianaceae)

DOGBANE FAMILY (Apocynaceae)

MILKWEED FAMILY (Asclepiadaceae)

DICHONDRA FAMILY (Dichondraceae)

DODDER FAMILY (Cuscutaceae)

MORNING-GLORY FAMILY (Convolvulaceae)

PHLOX FAMILY (Polemoniaceae)

WATER-LEAF FAMILY (Hydrophyllaceae)

BORAGE FAMILY (Borraginaceae)

VERBENA FAMILY (Verbenaceae)

MINT FAMILY (Labiatae)

POTATO FAMILY (Solanaceae)

FIGWORT FAMILY (Scrophulariaceae)

TRUMPET-CREEPER FAMILY (Bignoniaceae)

ACANTHUS FAMILY (Acanthaceae)

PLANTAIN FAMILY (Plantaginaceae)

MADDER FAMILY (Rubiaceae)

HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY (Caprifoliaceae)

VALERIAN FAMILY (Valerianaceae)

GOURD FAMILY (Cucurbitaceae)

BELL-FLOWER FAMILY (Campanulaceae)

LOBELIA FAMILY (Lobeliaceae)

COMPOSITE FAMILY (Compositae)

CHICORY FAMILY (Cichoriaceae)

FINDING LISTS

FINDING LISTS

WATER PLANTS

SHRUBS OR SMALL TREES

EARLY SPRING

SPRING

LATE SPRING AND SUMMER

SUMMER

LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL

FALL

INDEX

FOOTNOTES

Transcriber’s Notes