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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

Beefsteak Plant (!) 1
Perilla frutescens
Ironwort (!) 2
Sideritis lanata
Catmint (!) 3
Nepeta cataria
Clustered Bushmint 4
Hyptis alata
Shrubby Blue Salvia 5
Salvia ballotiflora
Tropical Sage 6
Salvia coccinea
Mealycup Sage 7
Salvia farinacea
Autumn Sage 8
Salvia greggii
Mexican Sage 9
Salvia leucantha
Lyre-leaf Sage 10
Salvia lyrata
Mexican Salvia 11
Salvia mexicana
Hot Lips (!) 12
Salvia microphylla
Shade Betony 13
Stachys crenata
Pink Mint 14
Stachys drummondii
Betony 15
Stachys floridana
Hedge-nettle 16
Stachys tenuifolia
Lemon Beebalm 17
Monarda citriodora
Wild Bergamot 18
Monarda fistulosa
Lindheimer's Beebalm 19
Monarda lindheimeri
Plains Beebalm 20
Monarda pectinata
Spotted Beebalm 21
Monarda punctata
Self-heal 22
Prunella vulgaris
Brown's Savory 23
Clinopodium brownei
Heart-leaf Skullcap 24
Scutellaria cardiophylla
Rough Skullcap 25
Scutellaria integrifolia
Heart-leaf Skullcap 19
Scutellaria ovata
Egg-leaf Skullcap 26
Scutellaria parvula
Forked Blue-curls 27
Trichostema dichotomum
Henbit deadnettle (!) 28
Lamium amplexicaule
American Germander 29
Teucrium canadense
Coastal Germander 30
Teucrium cubense
Mock Pennyroyal 31
Hedeoma hispida
Mountain Mint 32
Pycnanthemum albescens
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint 33
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
False Dragonhead 34
Physostegia digitalis
False Dragonhead 29
Physostegia intermedia
Showy False Dragonhead 24
Physostegia pulchella
Obedient Plant 26
Physostegia virginiana

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