Texas Ecoregion
Edwards Plateau (Texas Hill Country)
20 native plants suited to the Edwards Plateau of Texas.
The Edwards Plateau, also known as the Texas Hill Country, runs from west of Austin and San Antonio to the eastern edge of the Trans-Pecos. It is defined by alkaline limestone bedrock, thin rocky soils, and live oak savannas. Native plants here have adapted to handling rocky, alkaline conditions and pulses of summer drought punctuated by intense rain.
Conditions: Alkaline limestone soil, thin and rocky in places, 25–35 inches annual rainfall, hot summers with mild winters.
Cities and areas: Austin, San Antonio, Fredericksburg, Kerrville, Boerne, New Braunfels, Wimberley.
20 Native Plants for the Edwards Plateau
All non-toxic per the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center plant database. Click a plant for full ecoregion-specific maintenance and HOA-friendly notes.
Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii
Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
Cedar Sage
Salvia roemeriana
Damianita
Chrysactinia mexicana
Desert Willow
Chilopsis linearis
Flame Acanthus
Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii
Frogfruit
Phyla nodiflora
Gregg's Mistflower
Conoclinium greggii
Horseherb
Calyptocarpus vialis
Inland Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Lindheimer's Muhly
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Mexican Plum
Prunus mexicana
Plateau Goldeneye
Viguiera dentata
Prairie Verbena
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Rain Lily
Zephyranthes drummondii
Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
Texas Ranger
Leucophyllum frutescens
Turk's Cap
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii
Winecup
Callirhoe involucrata
723 More Natives for the Edwards Plateau
From our full plant database, HOA-friendly picks first. Pet-safety status varies by species; each plant page shows its sourced ASPCA status.
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
New Jersey-tea
Ceanothus americanus
Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Tall Grama Grass
Bouteloua curtipendula
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Soft rush
Juncus effusus
Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Wild Allspice
Lindera benzoin
Aromatic Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
Red Juniper
Juniperus virginiana
Lyre-leaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Longhead-coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Fringe-leaf Ruellia
Ruellia humilis
Prairie Phlox
Phlox pilosa
Scarlet Sage
Salvia coccinea
Missouri Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Wafer-ash
Ptelea trifoliata
Red buckeye
Aesculus pavia
American Basswood
Tilia americana
Virginia Wild Rye
Elymus virginicus
Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
Firewheel
Gaillardia pulchella
Narrow-leaf Coneflower
Echinacea angustifolia
Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
American Germander
Teucrium canadense
Dotted Gayfeather
Liatris punctata
Horsemint
Monarda citriodora
White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Mealy Blue Sage
Salvia farinacea
Angled Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum alatum
Standing Cypress
Ipomopsis rubra
Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus glabra
Foxglove Penstemon
Penstemon cobaea
Lyreleaf Greeneyes
Berlandiera lyrata
Pigeonberry
Rivina humilis
Western silver aster
Symphyotrichum sericeum
Chile Pequin
Capsicum annuum
Wood Fern
Thelypteris kunthii
Large-flower Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Eastern Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
Buffalo Grass
Bouteloua dactyloides
Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum
Viburnum rufidulum
Engelmann's Daisy
Engelmannia peristenia
Powderpuff
Mimosa strigillosa
Prairie Spiderwort
Tradescantia occidentalis
Cherry Laurel
Prunus caroliniana
Texas Bluebonnet
Lupinus texensis
Heartleaf Skullcap
Scutellaria ovata
Antelope Horn Milkweed
Asclepias asperula
Pine Muhly
Muhlenbergia dubia
Four-nerve Daisy
Tetraneuris scaposa
Golden Groundsel
Packera obovata
Seep Muhly
Muhlenbergia reverchonii
Berlandier's sundrops
Calylophus berlandieri
Whitetop Sedge
Rhynchospora colorata
Black Dalea
Dalea frutescens
Fringed Bluestar
Amsonia ciliata
Western Ironweed
Vernonia baldwinii
Rock Penstemon
Penstemon baccharifolius
Four-wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
Wright's Skullcap
Scutellaria wrightii
Texas lantana
Lantana urticoides
Mexican Buckeye
Ungnadia speciosa
Bigfoot Waterclover
Marsilea macropoda
Three-thorn-acacia
Gleditsia triacanthos
Rock Rose
Pavonia lasiopetala
Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
Snakeherb
Dyschoriste linearis
Zizotes Milkweed
Asclepias oenotheroides
Zexmenia
Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida
Barbara's Buttons
Marshallia caespitosa
Heavy Sedge
Carex gravida
Blue Curls
Phacelia congesta
Twistleaf Yucca
Yucca rupicola
False Nettle
Boehmeria cylindrica
False Boneset
Brickellia eupatorioides
Green Comet Milkweed
Asclepias viridiflora
Water Hyssop
Bacopa monnieri
Prairie-Gentian
Eustoma exaltatum
Texas Persimmon
Diospyros texana
Flame acanthus
Anisacanthus quadrifidus
Pitcher's Clematis
Clematis pitcheri
Prairie flameleaf sumac
Rhus lanceolata
Bush Sunflower
Simsia calva
Pale Yucca
Yucca pallida
Water Willow
Justicia americana
Woolly Ironweed
Vernonia lindheimeri
Chittamwood
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Cowpen Daisy
Verbesina encelioides
Roundhead prairie clover
Dalea multiflora
Sugar Hackberry
Celtis laevigata
Compact Prairie Clover
Dalea compacta
Texas Aster
Symphyotrichum drummondii var. texanum
Slimflower scurfpea
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Goldenball Leadtree
Leucaena retusa
Oval-leaf Sedge
Carex cephalophora
Drummond's Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Carolina Buckthorn
Rhamnus caroliniana
Western soapberry
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii
Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
Leavenworth Eryngo
Eryngium leavenworthii
Blackjack Oak
Quercus marilandica
Post Oak
Quercus stellata
Golden Tickseed
Coreopsis basalis
Greenthread
Thelesperma filifolium
Fragrant Gaillardia
Gaillardia suavis
White Rosinweed
Silphium albiflorum
Texas Milkweed
Asclepias texana
Hooded Arrowhead
Sagittaria calycina
Platte River Groundsel
Packera plattensis
Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Nuttall Oak
Quercus texana
Pink fairy duster
Calliandra eriophylla
Texas bluegrass
Poa arachnifera
Sanddune Wallflower
Erysimum capitatum
Golden Prairie-clover
Dalea aurea
Texas Redbud
Cercis canadensis var. texensis
Clasping Coneflower
Rudbeckia amplexicaulis
Smooth Beggarticks
Bidens laevis
Lindheimer's Crownbeard
Verbesina lindheimeri
Texas Walnut
Juglans microcarpa
Stemless Four-nerve Daisy
Tetraneuris acaulis
Purple Cliffbrake
Pellaea atropurpurea
Gregg Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia greggii
Bitter Sneezeweed
Helenium amarum
Carolina Ponyfoot
Dichondra carolinensis
White Avens
Geum canadense
Hairy woollygrass
Erioneuron pilosum
Camphorweed
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Coast Germander
Teucrium cubense
Texas Hercules Club
Zanthoxylum hirsutum
Southern Dewberry
Rubus trivialis
Hill Country Penstemon
Penstemon triflorus
Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi
Texas bluebells
Eustoma grandiflorum
Texas Spiderwort
Tradescantia humilis
Huisache Daisy
Amblyolepis setigera
Texas cupgrass
Eriochloa sericea
Hairy Sunflower
Helianthus hirsutus
Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis
Wild Petunia
Ruellia nudiflora
Fraser's onion
Allium fraseri
American Basketflower
Plectocephalus americanus
Texas Prairie Parsley
Polytaenia texana
Prairie Grass
Sphenopholis obtusata
Engelmann's prickly pear
Opuntia engelmannii
Light Poppymallow
Callirhoe alcaeoides
Texas Yellowstar
Lindheimera texana
Texas Blue Sage
Salvia texana
Big Buttercup
Ranunculus macranthus
Mountain Pinks
Zeltnera beyrichii
Nine-Anther Prairie Clover
Dalea enneandra
Evening Rain Lily
Zephyranthes chlorosolen
Texas Grama
Bouteloua rigidiseta
Big red sage
Salvia pentstemonoides
Missouri violet
Viola missouriensis
Plains Zinnia
Zinnia grandiflora
Skeleton-leaf goldeneye
Sidneya tenuifolia
Texas Snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Longleaf buckwheat
Eriogonum longifolium var. longifolium
Engelmann's sage
Salvia engelmannii
Wright acacia
Senegalia wrightii
Texas Thistle
Cirsium texanum
False Dayflower
Tinantia anomala
Roughstem rosinweed
Silphium radula
Pinyon Pine
Pinus cembroides
Coyotillo
Karwinskia humboldtiana
Wild Shrimp Plant
Yeatesia platystegia
Grass-leaf Rush
Juncus marginatus
Mohr's Oak
Quercus mohriana
Arizona Cottontop
Digitaria californica
Texas Feathershank
Schoenocaulon texanum
White Milkwort
Polygala alba
Stiffleaf False Goldenaster
Heterotheca stenophylla
Berlandier's Yellow Flax
Linum berlandieri
Prairie Celestials
Nemastylis geminiflora
Texas Silverpuff
Chaptalia texana
Burro Grass
Scleropogon brevifolius
Slim-Spike Three-Awn Grass
Aristida longespica
Tall Poppymallow
Callirhoe leiocarpa
California Loosestrife
Lythrum californicum
Showy Whitetop
Rhynchospora nivea
Trailing Ratany
Krameria lanceolata
Greeneyes
Berlandiera betonicifolia
Silver Bluestem
Bothriochloa laguroides var. torreyana
Devil's Bouquet
Nyctaginia capitata
Pink Pappusgrass
Pappophorum bicolor
Blackbrush Acacia
Vachellia rigidula
Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
Edwards Plateau Five Eyes
Chamaesaracha edwardsiana
Prairie Fleabane
Erigeron modestus
New Mexico Pennyroyal
Hedeoma drummondii
Pretty Sneezeweed
Helenium elegans
Basil Beebalm
Monarda clinopodioides
Scarlet Beeblossom
Gaura coccinea
Southwestern Bristlegrass
Setaria scheelei
Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila phacelioides
Sleepy Daisy
Xanthisma texanum
Blackstem Spleenwort
Asplenium resiliens
Texas Almond
Prunus minutiflora
Pinyon Pine
Pinus edulis
Baby Jump-up
Mecardonia procumbens
Narrowleaf Puccoon
Lithospermum incisum
Interior Rush
Juncus interior
James' Caesalpinia
Pomaria jamesii
Prairie Paintbrush
Castilleja purpurea
Heartleaf Nettle
Urtica chamaedryoides
Green Sprangletop
Leptochloa dubia
Parralena
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Lindheimer Panicgrass
Dichanthelium lindheimeri
Barrens Silky Aster
Symphyotrichum pratense
Sundrops
Oenothera berlandieri
Red Lovegrass
Eragrostis secundiflora
Annual Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium rosulatum
Hooded Windmill Grass
Chloris cucullata
Carolina Woollywhite
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
Hoary False Goldenaster
Heterotheca canescens
Drummond's Wild Petunia
Ruellia drummondiana
Bush Croton
Croton fruticulosus
Drummond's Woodsorrel
Oxalis drummondii
White Tridens
Tridens albescens
False Pennyroyal
Trichostema brachiatum
Texas Verbena
Verbena halei
Chisme
Portulaca pilosa
Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja indivisa
Fee's Lipfern
Cheilanthes feei
Tenpetal Thimbleweed
Anemone berlandieri
James' Beardtongue
Penstemon jamesii
Fendler's Euphorbia
Euphorbia fendleri
Horsetail
Equisetum hyemale spp. affine
Mat Spurge
Euphorbia stictospora
Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus clandestinus
Narrowleaf Witchgrass
Dichanthelium linearifolium
Bush Morning Glory
Ipomoea leptophylla
Cut-Leaf Ironplant
Xanthisma spinulosum
Roundfruit Panicgrass
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon
Feather Pennisetum
Setaria parviflora
Torrey's Rush
Juncus torreyi
Two-flower Melic
Melica mutica
Common Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Small Palafox
Palafoxia callosa
Purple Groundcherry
Quincula lobata
Forked Panic Grass
Dichanthelium dichotomum
Lazy Daisy
Aphanostephus skirrhobasis
Showy Fanpetals
Sida lindheimeri
White Four O'clock
Mirabilis albida
Painted Leaf Poinsettia
Euphorbia cyathophora
Western Primrose
Oenothera hartwegii
Scarlet Pea
Indigofera miniata
Lotebush
Ziziphus obtusifolia
Scarlet Globemallow
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Hairy Tube-tongue
Justicia pilosella
Cedar Sedge
Carex planostachys
Texas Wintergrass
Nassella leucotricha
Two Leaved Senna
Senna roemeriana
Wood Amaranth
Iresine rhizomatosa
Texas Nightshade
Solanum triquetrum
Featherleaf Desertpeony
Acourtia runcinata
Silky Sophora
Sophora nuttalliana
Showy Menodora
Menodora longiflora
Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
Limestone Wild Basil
Clinopodium arkansanum
Low Menodora
Menodora heterophylla
Smallhead Sneezeweed
Helenium microcephalum
Prairie False Foxglove
Agalinis heterophylla
Navajo Tea
Thelesperma simplicifolium
Narrowleaf False Dragonhead
Physostegia angustifolia
Slimpod Rush
Juncus diffusissimus
Plains Love Grass
Eragrostis intermedia
Squarebud Daisy
Tetragonotheca texana
Texas Skeleton Plant
Lygodesmia texana
Rosy Palafox
Palafoxia rosea
Curly Mesquite
Hilaria belangeri
Silver Bluestem
Bothriochloa saccharoides
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
Common Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Obedience
Physostegia virginiana
Canadian Elder
Sambucus canadensis
Judastree
Cercis canadensis
Horse-mint
Monarda punctata
Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Old-field Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Bastard Indigo-bush
Amorpha fruticosa
Compass Plant
Silphium laciniatum
American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
Buttonball
Platanus occidentalis
Rum Cherry
Prunus serotina
Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Woodbine
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Green Antelopehorns
Asclepias viridis
Path Rush
Juncus tenuis
Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
Pickerel-weed
Pontederia cordata
Maximilian's Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
Possom-haw Holly
Ilex decidua
Illinois Bundleflower
Desmanthus illinoensis
Calliopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
Louisiana Sagewort
Artemisia ludoviciana
Black Willow
Salix nigra
Indian-currant
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Chickasaw Plum
Prunus angustifolia
Red Mulberry
Morus rubra
Eastern Gama Grass
Tripsacum dactyloides
Frostweed
Verbesina virginica
White Evening-primrose
Oenothera speciosa
Great Scouring-rush
Equisetum hyemale
Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria
Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
American Elm
Ulmus americana
Elbowbush
Forestiera pubescens
Ash-leaf Maple
Acer negundo
Nogal Morado
Carya illinoinensis
White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Red Yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora
Drummond's Dogwood
Cornus drummondii
Huisache
Vachellia farnesiana
Texas Sotol
Dasylirion texanum
Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
Hemp Dogbane
Apocynum cannabinum
Black Walnut
Juglans nigra
Hairy Thorn-apple
Datura wrightii
Cedar Elm
Ulmus crassifolia
Trumpet Creeper
Campsis radicans
Catfoot
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
White Mistflower
Ageratina havanensis
Eve's Necklace
Styphnolobium affine
Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Kidneywood
Eysenhardtia texana
Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Ground-plum
Astragalus crassicarpus
Esperanza
Tecoma stans
American Smoketree
Cotinus obovatus
Lindheimer's Senna
Senna lindheimeriana
Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
Fowl Manna Grass
Glyceria striata
Saltmarsh Fleabane
Pluchea odorata
Fragrant Mimosa
Mimosa borealis
Groovestem Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum plantagineum
Clammyweed
Polanisia dodecandra
Yellow Passionflower
Passiflora lutea
Carolina Larkspur
Delphinium carolinianum
Tall Aster
Symphyotrichum praealtum
Canada Onion
Allium canadense
Plains Yellow Primrose
Oenothera serrulata
Stream Orchid
Epipactis gigantea
Hercules Club
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
Snapdragon Vine
Maurandella antirrhiniflora
Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Turk's Cap
Malvaviscus arboreus
Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
Late Goldenrod
Solidago altissima
Devil's Shoestring
Nolina lindheimeriana
Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus montanus
Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
Fall Boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
Buckley's Yucca
Yucca constricta
Tansy-aster
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Creeping Spike-rush
Eleocharis palustris
Texas Virgin's Bower
Clematis drummondii
Black Sumac
Rhus copallina
Early Goldenrod
Solidago gigantea
Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
White Honeysuckle
Lonicera albiflora
Arkansas Yucca
Yucca arkansana
Dragon-arum
Arisaema dracontium
Osage Orange
Maclura pomifera
Yellow Parilla
Menispermum canadense
Purple Milkweed Vine
Matelea biflora
American Bugleweed
Lycopus americanus
Cooper's-reed
Typha latifolia
Curly-cup Gumweed
Grindelia squarrosa
Chairmaker's-rush
Schoenoplectus pungens
Violet Wood-sorrel
Oxalis violacea
Redroot
Ceanothus herbaceus
Agarita
Berberis trifoliolata
Texas Mountain Laurel
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum
Evergreen Sumac
Rhus virens
Coontail
Ceratophyllum demersum
Spanish Dagger
Yucca treculeana
Chickenweed
Euphorbia hypericifolia
Texas Beargrass
Nolina texana
Catclaw Briar
Mimosa nuttallii
Dudley's Rush
Juncus dudleyi
Fringed Twinevine
Funastrum cynanchoides
Escarpment Black Cherry
Prunus serotina var. eximia
Lindheimer's Morning Glory
Ipomoea lindheimeri
Bigtooth Maple
Acer grandidentatum
Sandpaper Tree
Ehretia anacua
Netleaf Hackberry
Celtis reticulata
Lacey Oak
Quercus laceyi
Cut-leaf Evening-primrose
Oenothera laciniata
Lance-leaf Fogfruit
Phyla lanceolata
Old-witch Grass
Panicum capillare
Torrey Yucca
Yucca torreyi
Beebrush
Aloysia gratissima
Western Prickly-pear
Opuntia macrorhiza
Ram's Horn
Proboscidea louisianica
Classen's Cactus
Echinocereus reichenbachii
Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus
Copper Globe-mallow
Sphaeralcea angustifolia
Pink Thoroughwort
Fleischmannia incarnata
Slick-seed Fuzzy Bean
Strophostyles leiosperma
American Brooklime
Veronica americana
Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
Prairie Gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima
White Prickly Poppy
Argemone albiflora
Clasping Venus's-looking-glass
Triodanis perfoliata
Longleaf Pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus
Fragrant Mimosa
Mimosa texana
Branched Foldwing
Dicliptera brachiata
Panicled Tick-clover
Desmodium paniculatum
Carolina Moonseed
Cocculus carolinus
Pearl Milkweed Vine
Matelea reticulata
Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia roemeriana
Shrubby Blue Sage
Salvia ballotiflora
Smooth Scouring-rush
Equisetum laevigatum
Fourvalve Mimosa
Mimosa quadrivalvis
Downy Ragged Goldenrod
Solidago petiolaris
Hairy Clover Fern
Marsilea vestita
Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
Roman-wormwood
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Beggar-ticks
Bidens frondosa
Pasture Thistle
Cirsium undulatum
Michaelmas Daisy
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
Mexican Primrose Willow
Ludwigia octovalvis
Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli
Emory's Sedge
Carex emoryi
Spatter-dock
Nuphar advena
Rattlesnake-weed
Daucus pusillus
Little Leaf Sumac
Rhus microphylla
American Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
Giant hesperaloe
Hesperaloe funifera
Bottlebrush Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
Muhlenberg's Sedge
Carex muehlenbergii
Golden Corydalis
Corydalis aurea
Christmas Cactus
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Variegated Spurge
Euphorbia marginata
Blue Mud-plantain
Heteranthera limosa
Erect Dayflower
Commelina erecta
Hairy Rosette Panicgrass
Dichanthelium acuminatum
Vahl's Fimbry
Fimbristylis vahlii
Tropic Croton
Croton glandulosus
Smallflower Groundcherry
Physalis cinerascens
Tansy Dogshade
Limnosciadium pinnatum
Texas Croton
Croton texensis
Southern Cattail
Typha domingensis
Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel
Oxalis dillenii
Prairie Bluets
Stenaria nigricans
Wavyleaf Twinevine
Funastrum crispum
Purple Bindweed
Ipomoea cordatotriloba
Western Horsenettle
Solanum dimidiatum
Horseweed
Conyza canadensis
Littletooth Sedge
Carex microdonta
Rustweed
Polypremum procumbens
Narrowleaf Four O'clock
Mirabilis linearis
Forked Rush
Juncus dichotomus
Climbing Hempvine
Mikania scandens
Bagpod
Sesbania vesicaria
Thicket Creeper
Parthenocissus vitacea
Babyslippers
Hybanthus verticillatus
Heartleaf Four O'clock
Mirabilis nyctaginea
Guayacan
Guaiacum angustifolium
Clammy Ground-cherry
Physalis heterophylla
Wedgeleaf Draba
Draba cuneifolia
Smooth Dock
Rumex altissimus
Tansy Mustard
Descurainia pinnata
Various-leaf Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum heterophyllum
Narrowleaf Gumweed
Grindelia lanceolata
Whiteroot Rush
Juncus brachycarpus
Talayote
Cynanchum racemosum
Broadleaf Spurge
Euphorbia lata
Lindheimer's Indigo
Indigofera lindheimeriana
Cory's Dutchman's-pipe
Aristolochia coryi
Pyramid Flower
Melochia pyramidata
Warty Caltrop
Kallstroemia parviflora
Bracted Passionflower
Passiflora affinis
Guajillo
Senegalia berlandieri
Texas Barberry
Berberis swaseyi
Lowland Rotala
Rotala ramosior
Bristly Greenbrier
Smilax tamnoides
Balsam Gourd
Ibervillea lindheimeri
Balloon-cherry
Physalis angulata
Bractpod Chickweed
Cerastium brachypodum
Spiny Hackberry
Celtis pallida
Moist-bank-pimpernel
Lindernia dubia
Engelmann's Spike-rush
Eleocharis engelmannii
Largeseed Forget-me-not
Myosotis macrosperma
Birdwing Passionflower
Passiflora tenuiloba
Texas Madrone
Arbutus xalapensis
Texas Ragwort
Senecio ampullaceus
Slender Copperleaf
Acalypha gracilens
Sessile-flowered Yellow Cress
Rorippa sessiliflora
Golden Corydalis
Corydalis micrantha
Slender Plantain
Plantago heterophylla
Sand Bittercress
Cardamine parviflora
Hoary Bowlesia
Bowlesia incana
Southern Marsh Yellowcress
Rorippa teres
Hampshire-purslane
Ludwigia palustris
Wright's Rabbit-tobacco
Pseudognaphalium canescens
Bluewood Condalia
Condalia hookeri
Heart-leaf Ampelopsis
Ampelopsis cordata
Hairy Pinweed
Lechea mucronata
Beaked-sandbur
Solanum rostratum
Berlandier's Wolfberry
Lycium berlandieri
Needleleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium aciculare
Great Plains Ragwort
Packera tampicana
Downy Milkpea
Galactia volubilis
Bearded Flat Sedge
Cyperus squarrosus
Upright Burhead
Echinodorus berteroi
Dodder
Cuscuta campestris
Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
Florida Bluehearts
Buchnera floridana
Horseweed
Ambrosia trifida
Poorjoe
Diodia teres
Narrow-leaf Paleseed
Leucospora multifida
Broad-leaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla
Trailing Fuzzybean
Strophostyles helvola
California-bur
Xanthium strumarium
Sleepy Catchfly
Silene antirrhina
Stiff-stem Flax
Linum rigidum
Carolina Geranium
Geranium carolinianum
Lesser Pondweed
Potamogeton pusillus
Poison-ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
Black Bogrush
Schoenus nigricans
Spurred Butterfly Pea
Centrosema virginianum
Tufted Lovegrass
Eragrostis pectinacea
Creek Plum
Prunus rivularis
Louisiana Lettuce
Lactuca ludoviciana
Common Ground-cherry
Physalis longifolia
Desert Goosefoot
Chenopodium pratericola
Texas-pea
Astragalus nuttallianus
Densetuft Hairsedge
Bulbostylis capillaris
Least Pepperwort
Lepidium virginicum
Beach Pearlwort
Sagina decumbens
Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa
Whorled Marsh Pennywort
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Old-Field Three-Awn
Aristida oligantha
Cherry-stone Juniper
Juniperus monosperma
Grooved Flax
Linum sulcatum
Yellow-spine Thistle
Cirsium ochrocentrum
Great Plains Flatsedge
Cyperus lupulinus
Feather Dalea
Dalea formosa
Ground-cherry
Physalis pubescens
Ashe Juniper
Juniperus ashei
Prostrate Sandmat
Euphorbia prostrata
Slender Snakecotton
Froelichia gracilis
Glossy Nightshade
Solanum ptychanthum
Annual Dropseed
Sporobolus neglectus
Purple Locoweed
Astragalus mollissimus
American Cudweed
Gamochaeta purpurea
Stiff Tumbleweed
Amaranthus albus
Spotted Sandmat
Euphorbia maculata
Matted Sandmat
Euphorbia serpens
Water Star-grass
Heteranthera dubia
Carolina Crabgrass
Digitaria cognata
Poison-bean
Sesbania drummondii
Bigtop Lovegrass
Eragrostis hirsuta
Japanese Poinsettia
Euphorbia heterophylla
Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
Low Spearwort
Ranunculus pusillus
Bitter Rubberweed
Hymenoxys odorata
Creeping-cucumber
Melothria pendula
Texas Star
Sabatia campestris
Crow-poison
Nothoscordum bivalve
Scarlet Spiderling
Boerhavia coccinea
Emory's Baccharis
Baccharis salicina
Carolina Fimbry
Fimbristylis puberula
Redroot
Amaranthus retroflexus
Annual Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum annuum
Keeled Bulrush
Isolepis carinata
Cynthiana Grape
Vitis aestivalis
Bur-cucumber
Sicyos angulatus
Bractless Blazingstar
Mentzelia nuda
Disk Waterhyssop
Bacopa rotundifolia
Texas Bull-nettle
Cnidoscolus texanus
False Water-pepper
Persicaria hydropiperoides
Prairie-berry
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
Lace Grass
Eragrostis capillaris
Mustang Grape
Vitis mustangensis
Gulf Vervain
Verbena xutha
Four-points Evening-primrose
Oenothera rhombipetala
Annual Saltmarsh Aster
Symphyotrichum subulatum
Dotted Smartweed
Persicaria punctata
Lotus Milk-vetch
Astragalus lotiflorus
Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa
Small Venus' Looking-glass
Triodanis biflora
Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
Twoheaded Water-starwort
Callitriche heterophylla
Wright's Plantain
Plantago wrightiana
Texas Red Oak
Quercus buckleyi
Swamp Sawgrass
Cladium mariscus
Mousetail
Myosurus minimus
Hairy Umbrella-sedge
Fuirena squarrosa
Narrowleaf Indian Breadroot
Pediomelum linearifolium
Scarlet Leatherflower
Clematis texensis
Musquashroot
Cicuta maculata
Spiny Sheepbur
Lappula occidentalis
Green Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis
False Nut Sedge
Cyperus strigosus
Poverty Weed
Baccharis neglecta
Tropical Amaranth
Amaranthus polygonoides
Dunbible-weed
Ambrosia psilostachya
Bristleleaf Pricklyleaf
Thymophylla tenuiloba
Woolly Croton
Croton capitatus
Desert Yaupon
Schaefferia cuneifolia
Annual-bristle Grass
Aristida adscensionis
Crested Pricklypoppy
Argemone polyanthemos
Flat-stem Spike-rush
Eleocharis compressa
Mucronate Sprangletop
Leptochloa panicea
Eyebane
Euphorbia nutans
Canada Spikesedge
Eleocharis geniculata
Arkansas Leastdaisy
Chaetopappa asteroides
Field Sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex
Mexican Silktassel
Garrya ovata
Forest Bedstraw
Galium circaezans
Toothed Spurge
Euphorbia dentata
Little Scullcap
Scutellaria parvula
Roughpod Spurge
Euphorbia spathulata
Broomweed
Amphiachyris dracunculoides
Woolly Plantain
Plantago patagonica
Longleaf Plantain
Plantago elongata
Anglepod
Gonolobus suberosus
Tiny Bluet
Houstonia pusilla
Downy Paintbrush
Castilleja sessiliflora
Needle Grama
Bouteloua aristidoides
Beaked Spikerush
Eleocharis rostellata
Lemon Cinchweed
Pectis angustifolia
Toothcup
Ammannia coccinea
Rattan Vine
Berchemia scandens
Canada Sanicle
Sanicula canadensis
Stinging Serpent
Cevallia sinuata
Pine Barren Flatsedge
Cyperus retrorsus
Necklaceweed
Veronica peregrina
Bedstraw
Galium tinctorium
Celery Buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus
Small-flowered Gaura
Oenothera curtiflora
Texas Hog Plum
Colubrina texensis
Mexican Ash
Fraxinus berlandieriana
Wingpod Purslane
Portulaca umbraticola
Escarpment Live Oak
Quercus fusiformis
Chisos Mountain False Indian Mallow
Allowissadula holosericea
American Pillwort
Pilularia americana
Puerto Rico Fimbristylis
Fimbristylis autumnalis
Trumpet Evening Primrose
Oenothera jamesii
Clammy Hedgehyssop
Gratiola neglecta
Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
Nuttall's Monolepis
Monolepis nuttalliana
Seaside Brookweed
Samolus parviflorus
Largebract Indian Breadroot
Pediomelum cuspidatum
Chalk Hill Hymenopappus
Hymenopappus tenuifolius
Horned Spurge
Euphorbia brachycera
Short-point Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
Dwarf St. Johnswort
Hypericum mutilum
Carelessweed
Amaranthus palmeri
Tumble Grass
Schedonnardus paniculatus
Ridge-seed Spurge
Euphorbia glyptosperma
Slimlobe Globeberry
Ibervillea tenuisecta
Velvet Lantana
Lantana achyranthifolia
Earth-almond
Cyperus esculentus
James' Nailwort
Paronychia jamesii
Slender Scratchdaisy
Croptilon divaricatum
Redseed Plantain
Plantago rhodosperma
Heller's Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
Calingale
Cyperus odoratus
Virginia Dwarf-dandelion
Krigia virginica
Hoary Plantain
Plantago virginica
Pennsylvania Pellitory
Parietaria pensylvanica
Hairy-pod Pepperwort
Lepidium lasiocarpum
Marsh-elder
Iva annua
Dutchman's britches
Thamnosma texana
Rough False Pennyroyal
Hedeoma hispida
Narrowleaf Pinweed
Lechea tenuifolia
Blackfoot Quillwort
Isoetes melanopoda
Pale Knotweed
Persicaria lapathifolia
Rocky Mountain Sage
Salvia reflexa
White Twinheads
Eclipta prostrata
Sessile Evening-primrose
Oenothera triloba
Curvepod
Corydalis curvisiliqua
Six-weeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
Tracy's Hawthorn
Crataegus tracyi
Limestone Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum engelmannii
Pigweed
Chenopodium berlandieri
Humped Bladderwort
Utricularia gibba
Heartwing Sorrel
Rumex hastatulus
Texas Ash
Fraxinus texensis
Wild hyacinth
Camassia scilloides
Blunt-lobe woodsia
Woodsia obtusa
American deerweed
Acmispon americanus
Goodding's black willow
Salix gooddingii
Tall scouring rush
Equisetum praealtum
Mexican flowering fern
Anemia mexicana
Sixweeks fescue
Festuca octoflora
May grass
Phalaris caroliniana
Prairie-parsley
Polytaenia nuttallii
Slippery elm
Ulmus rubra
Texas green eyes
Berlandiera texana
Texas fescue
Festuca versuta
Carolina willow
Salix caroliniana
Great Plains milkvetch
Astragalus plattensis
Prairie skullcap
Scutellaria resinosa
Opuntia gomei
Opuntia gomei
Bracted plantain
Plantago aristata
Fall care in the Edwards Plateau
What to do right now for plants commonly grown here. Each links to the full regional care guide for that species, with sources.
- Aromatic sumac
Fall color is the payoff.
- Crape myrtle
Wait on pruning until leaves have fallen.
- Golden columbine
Blooms can last into September.
- Golden zizia
Fall is the time to sow seed. The plant germinates best in cool soil, and seed planted in fall gets its cold period naturally.
- Prairie phlox
Fall is the best time to plant in San Antonio, so roots grow before next spring.
- Prairie junegrass
Fall is the best time to sow seed. The grass is a cool-season grower and starts again when weather cools.
- Soft rush
Fall is easy. Cooler weather eases the water demand, but the plant still likes moist ground.
- Shooting star
Fall is the time to plant or add compost. Cooler weather lets you prepare the shady bed for spring.
- Seep muhly
Fall, roughly September through November, is the main show. Airy pink to purplish bloom plumes appear from around August into November, peaking as nights cool.
- Blackfoot daisy
Fall brings a second bloom push for blackfoot daisy in San Antonio as the heat breaks, and it keeps flowering later into the year than a lot of other perennials.
Build a plan for the Edwards Plateau
Pollinator Patch turns plants like these into a front-yard plan tuned for the soil, climate, and HOA expectations of the Austin area.