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NATIVE WILDFLOWERS USED BY THE BUTTERFLIES of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas-Volume-1
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Wildflowers with Common Names: A through M

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All of the wildflowers shown below are used by the butterflies of the LRGV as host plants or nectar sources.  Go to our "Rio Grande Valley Native Plants Links" page, via "Home" above or search on the Scientific Names of these plants for more information.

NOTE:  Use of Common Names for native plants can be a real problem, since every region of the U.S. may use many and diverse Common Names, and these names often differ from one region of the nation to another.  This is particularly true in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, where the use of Common Names for Valley natives varies so much, both in English and in Spanish.  It is ALWAYS best to copy the Scientific Name of any of the plants shown on our webpage and do an Internet Search (google) on the Scientific Name.  We ALL need to learn and get used to using the Scientific Names of native plants.

GO NATIVE!
USE ONLY NATIVE PLANTS!

All photos on this site are by Jan Dauphin and are copyright protected and may not be used or published elsewhere without the permission of Jan Dauphin
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American Snoutbean - Rhynchosia americana

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American Wild Carrot - Daucus pusillus

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Arrowhead - Sagittaria longiloba

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Awnless Bush Sunflower - Simsia calva

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Basket Flower - Plectocephalus americanus

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Beach Evening Primrose - Oenothera drummondii

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Beaked Vervain - Verbena quadrangulata

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Bearded Dalea - Dalea pogonathera

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Berlandier's Indian Mallow - Abutilon berlandieri

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Berlandier's Lobelia - Lobelia berlandieri

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Blackfoot Daisy - Melampodium cinereum

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Bladderpod - Lesquerella lasiocarpa

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Bladdermallow - Herissantia crispa

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Bracted Fanpetals - Sida diliaris

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Buffpetal - Rynchosida physocalyx

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Butler's Sand Parsley - Ammoselinum butleri

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California Plantain - Plantago hookeriana

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Camphor Daisy - Rayjacksonia phyllocephala

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Cardinal Feather (female) - Acalypha radians

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Cardinal Feather (male) - Acalypha radians

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Chaffweed - Anagallis minima

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Clammy Weed - Polanisia dodecandra

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Chisme - Portula capilosa

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Clappia - Clappia suaedifolia

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Coastal Searocket - Cakile lanceolata

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Common Frogfruit - Lippia strigulosa

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Narrow-leaf Frogfruit - Lippia nodiflora

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Common Sow Thistle - Sonchus oleraceus

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Coulter's Wrinklefruit - Tetralclea coulteri

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Cowpen Daisy - Verbesina enceliodes

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Crotolaria - Crotolaria retusa

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Cudweed - Gamochaeta pensylvanica

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Cutleaf Groundsel - Senecio tampicanus

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Cut-leaved Evening Primrose - Oenothera laciniata

17-DakotaVervain-VerbenaBipinnatifida-2.jpg

Dakota Vervain - Glandularia bipinnatifida

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Desert Horsepurslane - Trianthema portulacastrum

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Desert Zinnia - Zinnia acerosa

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Devil's Claw or Ram's Horn- Proboscidea louisianica

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Devil's Backbone - Kalanchoe xhoughtonii

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Dicliptera or Sixangle Foldwing - Dicliptera sexangularis (formerly D. vahliana)

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Dodder - Cuscuta cuspidata

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Drummonds Snakecotton - Froelichia drummondii

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Dutchman's Breeches - Thamnosma texana

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Dwarf Morning Glory - Evolvus alsinoides

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Dwarf Prairie Clover - Dalea nana

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Erect Spiderling - Boerhavia erecta

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Pink Evening Primrose - Oenothera speciosa

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Showy Evening Primrose - Oenothera grandis

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Eyebane - Chamaesyce nutans

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False Dandelion - Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus

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False Daisy or Yerba de Tago - Eclipta prostata

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False Ragweed - Parthenium hysterophorus

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False Nightshade - Chamaessaracha coronopus

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Hairy False Nightshade - Chamaesaracha sordida

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Silverleaf Nightshade - Solanum eleagnifolium

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Silverleaf Nightshade - Solanum eleagnifolium

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Eastern Black Nightshade - Solanum ptycanthum

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Texas Nightshade - Solanum triquetrum

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Fiddleleaf Tobacco - Nicotiana repanda

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Stiffstem Flax - Linum rigidum

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Winged Flax - Linum alatum

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Frostweed - Verbesina microptera

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Garlic Weed or Garlic Guinea Weed or Henweed - Petiveria alliacea

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Germander - Teucrium cubense

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Globemallow - Sphaeralcea pedatifida

26-GoldenWave-CoreopsisTinctoria-3.jpg

Golden Tickseed or Plains Coreopsis - Coreopsis tinctoria

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Gracefull Sandmat - Chamaesyce hypericifolia

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Grassleaf Mudplantain or Water Stargrass - Heteranthera dubia (liebmannii)

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Green Thread - Thelesperma nuecense

28-GroundCherry-PhysalisCinerascens-1.jpg

Ground Cherry - Physalis cinerascens

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Sweet Guara - Guara drummondii

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Butterfly Gaura - Guara lindheimeri

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Gulf Indian Breadroot - Pediomelum rhombifolium

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Gulf Croton - Croton punctatus

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Hairy Beggarticks - Bidens pilosa

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Heart-leaf Hibiscus - Hibiscus martianus

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Heartleaf Stinging Nettle - Urtica chamaedryoides

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Heliotrope:    Scorpion's Tail - Heliotropium angiospermum

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Indian Heliotrope - Heliotropium indicum

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Hierba del Sapo - Eryngium nasturtifolium

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Hierba de Zizotes - Asclepias oenotheroides

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Mexican Milkweed - Asclepias curassavica

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Huisache Daisy - Amblyolepsis setigera

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Indian Blanket - Gaillardia pulchella

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Jimsonweed or Sacred Thorn-apple - Datura wrightii

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Juniper Leaf - Polypremum procumbens

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Lazy Daisy - Aphanostephus skirrhobasis

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Lemon Beebalm - Monarda ctriodora

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Lily of the Lomas - Echeandia chandleri

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Lindheimer's Globeberry - Ibervillea lindheimeri

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Locoweed - Astragalus nuttallianus

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Louisiana Vetch - Vicia ludoviciana

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Low or Tropical Amaranth - Amaranthus polygonoides

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Low Menodora or Redbud - Menodora heterophylla

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Lundell's Nailwort - Paronychia lundelliorum

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Marsh Fleabane - Pluchea odorata

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Mexican Hat - Ratibida peduncularis

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Mexican Prairie Clover - Richardia tricocca

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Mexican Primrose-willow - Ludwigia octovalvis

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