Plants (Forbs) of the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

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

Oppositeleaf Spotflower 1
Acmella oppositifolia
Hairy Wedelia 2
Wedelia hispida
Clasping Coneflower 3
Dracopis amplexicaulis
Pale Purple Coneflower 4
Echinacea pallida
Purple Coneflower 5
Echinacea purpurea
Annual Ragweed 6
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Giant Ragweed 7
Ambrosia trifida
Narrowleaf Marshelder 8
Iva angustifolia
Sump Weed 9
Iva annua
Slender Rosinweed 10
Silphium gracile
Rosinweed 11
Silphium radula
Swamp Sunflower 12
Helianthus angustifolius
Common Sunflower 13
Helianthus annuus
Maximillian Sunflower 14
Helianthus maximiliani
Rough Cockleburr 15
Xanthium strumarium
Giant Coneflower 16
Rudbeckia grandiflora
Black-eyed Susan 17
Rudbeckia hirta
Giant Coneflower 18
Rudbeckia maxima
Yerba de Tajo 19
Eclipta prostrata
Mexican Hat 20
Ratibida columnifera
Frostweed 21
Verbesina virginica
False Ragweed (!) 22
Parthenium hysterophorus
Lawn Flower (!) 23
Calyptocarpus vialis

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