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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

Cattail 1
Typha latifolia
Ball Moss 2
Tillandsia recurvata
Spanish Moss 3
Tillandsia usneoides
Yellow-eyed Grass 4
Xyris ambigua
Texas Ladies' Tresses 5
Spiranthes brevilabris
Lace-lip Ladies' Tresses 2
Spiranthes laciniata
Spring Ladies' Tresses 6
Spiranthes vernalis
Redflower False Yucca 7
Hesperaloe parviflora
Louisiana Yucca 8
Yucca louisianensis
False Aloe 9
Manfreda virginica
Sacahuista 10
Nolina texana
Purple Pleat-leaf 11
Alophia drummondii
Prairie Nymph 12
Herbertia lahue
Herbertia 13
Herbertia lahue caerulea
Short Stem Iris 14
Iris brevicaulis
Yellow-flag Iris (!) 15
Iris pseudacorus
Blue Flag Iris 16
Iris virginica
Spreading Blue Eyed Grass 17
Sisyrinchium rosulatum
Spearbract 18
Sisyrinchium sagittiferum
White Rain Lily (!) 8
Zephyranthes candida
Rain Lily 19
Zephyranthes chlorosolen
Rain Lily 20
Zephyranthes drummondii
Spider-lily 21
Hymenocallis liriosme
Copper Rain Lily 22
Habranthus tubispathus
Wild Onion 23
Allium canadense
Crow-poison 24
Nothoscordum bivalve
Southern Swamp-lily 25
Crinum americanum
Common Goldstar 26
Hypoxis hirsuta
Yellow Stargrass 8
Hypoxis sessilis
Trillium 8
Trillium gracile
Grassy Arrowhead 27
Sagittaria graminea
Arrowhead 26
Sagittaria latifolia
Nipplebract Arrowhead 28
Sagittaria papillosa
Burhead 29
Echinodorus cordifolius
Green Dragon 30
Arisaema dracontium
Tuckahoe 31
Peltandra virginica
Duckweed 32
Landoltia punctata
Powdery Thalia 33
Thalia dealbata
Alligator Flag 34
Thalia geniculata
Hairy-flower Spiderwort 35
Tradescantia hirsutiflora
Spiderwort 36
Tradescantia ohiensis
Climbing Dayflower 37
Commelina diffusa
Whitemouth Dayflower 38
Commelina erecta
Virginia Dayflower 29
Commelina virginica
Pickerel Weed 39
Pontederia cordata
Blue Mud Plantain 29
Heteranthera limosa
Yam 40
Dioscorea villosa

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