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Plants (Forbs) of the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

Forbs/Herbs and Subshrubs found at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center in Houston, TX

Spreading Blue Eyed Grass 1
Sisyrinchium rosulatum
Spearbract 2
Sisyrinchium sagittiferum
White Rain Lily (!) 3
Zephyranthes candida
Rain Lily 4
Zephyranthes chlorosolen
Rain Lily 5
Zephyranthes drummondii
Spider-lily 6
Hymenocallis liriosme
Copper Rain Lily 7
Habranthus tubispathus
Wild Onion 8
Allium canadense
Crow-poison 9
Nothoscordum bivalve
Southern Swamp-lily 10
Crinum americanum
Common Goldstar 11
Hypoxis hirsuta
Yellow Stargrass 3
Hypoxis sessilis
Trillium 3
Trillium gracile
Grassy Arrowhead 12
Sagittaria graminea
Arrowhead 11
Sagittaria latifolia
Nipplebract Arrowhead 13
Sagittaria papillosa
Burhead 14
Echinodorus cordifolius
Green Dragon 15
Arisaema dracontium
Tuckahoe 16
Peltandra virginica
Duckweed 17
Landoltia punctata
Powdery Thalia 18
Thalia dealbata
Alligator Flag 19
Thalia geniculata
Hairy-flower Spiderwort 20
Tradescantia hirsutiflora
Spiderwort 21
Tradescantia ohiensis
Climbing Dayflower 22
Commelina diffusa
Whitemouth Dayflower 23
Commelina erecta
Virginia Dayflower 14
Commelina virginica
Pickerel Weed 24
Pontederia cordata
Blue Mud Plantain 14
Heteranthera limosa
Yam 25
Dioscorea villosa

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