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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

These are common native plants as well as landscape and invasive plants which are commonly found in the wild at Benbrook Lake, Tarrant County, Texas (including the cities of Fort Worth and Benbrook). Park areas included are Pecan Valley, Dutch Branch, Holiday , Longhorn, Bear Creek, Mustang ...more ↓

henbit deadnettle ¹
Lamium amplexicaule

American germander ²
Teucrium canadense

Reverchon's false pennyroyal ³
Hedeoma reverchonii

Texas Vervain ⁴
Verbena halei

Whitebrush ⁵
Aloysia gratissima

turkey tangle frogfruit ⁶
Phyla nodiflora

Dakota mock vervain ⁷
Glandularia bipinnatifida

Snakeherb ⁸
Dyschoriste linearis

American water-willow ⁹
Justicia americana

hairy petunia ¹⁰
Ruellia humilis

Smooth Ruellia ¹¹
Ruellia strepens

corn speedwell ¹²
Veronica arvensis

blue water-speedwell ¹³
Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Purslane Speedwell ¹⁴
Veronica peregrina

Ivy-leaved Speedwell ¹⁵
Veronica hederifolia

bird's-eye speedwell ¹⁶
Veronica persica

Grey Field-speedwell ¹⁷
Veronica polita

Heller's Plantain ¹⁸
Plantago helleri

cobaea beardtongue ¹⁹
Penstemon cobaea

Obi-Wan-conobea
Leucospora multifida

white prickly poppy ²⁰
Argemone albiflora

Wild Blue Larkspur ¹⁷
Delphinium carolinianum

Prairie Larkspur ²¹
Delphinium carolinianum virescens

leatherflower ⁵
Clematis pitcheri

Tenpetal Anemone ²²
Anemone berlandieri

Heavenly bamboo ²³
Nandina domestica

Carolina snailseed ²⁴
Cocculus carolinus

cutleaf groundcherry ²⁵
Physalis angulata

smallflower groundcherry ²⁶
Physalis cinerascens

Carolina horse-nettle ²⁷
Solanum carolinense

western horsenettle ²⁸
Solanum dimidiatum

silverleaf nightshade ²⁹
Solanum elaeagnifolium

eastern black nightshade ¹⁷
Solanum ptychanthum

buffalo bur ³⁰
Solanum rostratum

Tievine ²¹
Ipomoea cordatotriloba

White Morning-glory ³¹
Ipomoea lacunosa

field bindweed ³²
Convolvulus arvensis

Texas bindweed ²
Convolvulus equitans

Carolina ponysfoot ³³
Dichondra carolinensis

Shaggy dwarf morning-glory ¹⁷
Evolvulus nuttallianus

western white honeysuckle ²
Lonicera albiflora

Winter honeysuckle ³⁴
Lonicera fragrantissima

Japanese honeysuckle ³⁵
Lonicera japonica

Amur honeysuckle ³⁶
Lonicera maackii

coral honeysuckle ³⁷
Lonicera sempervirens

Sweet scabious ³⁸
Sixalix atropurpurea

Bitter cornsalad ¹⁷
Valerianella amarella

beaked cornsalad ³⁹
Valerianella radiata

Rusty Blackhaw ⁴⁰
Viburnum rufidulum

Leavenworth's eryngo ⁴¹
Eryngium leavenworthii

prairie bishop ¹⁷
Bifora americana

common hedge parsley ²
Torilis arvensis

Tainturier's chervil ¹⁷
Chaerophyllum tainturieri

wild carrot ⁴²
Daucus carota

Texas Prairie Parsley ⁵
Polytaenia texana

bigroot springparsley ¹⁷
Cymopterus macrorhizus

spreading sida ⁴³
Sida abutifolia

winecup mallow ⁴⁴
Callirhoe involucrata

Palmleaf winecup ⁴⁵
Callirhoe pedata

oak mistletoe ³³
Phoradendron leucarpum

eastern cottonwood ⁴⁶
Populus deltoides

black willow ⁴⁷
Salix nigra

American Field Pansy ⁴⁸
Viola bicolor

common blue violet ⁴⁹
Viola sororia

Carolina violet ²⁶
Viola villosa

Berlandier's yellow flax
Linum berlandieri

Meadow Flax ²¹
Linum pratense

Yellow Flax ⁵⁰
Linum rigidum

Bluecrown passionflower ⁵¹
Passiflora caerulea

purple passionflower ⁵²
Passiflora incarnata

yellow passionflower ⁵³
Passiflora lutea

Reticulate-seeded Spurge ⁵⁴
Euphorbia spathulata

Prairie Sandmat ⁵
Euphorbia missurica

nodding spurge ⁵⁵
Euphorbia nutans

prostrate sandmat ⁵⁶
Euphorbia prostrata

green poinsettia ²
Euphorbia dentata

snow-on-the-prairie ⁵⁷
Euphorbia bicolor

Prairie Tea ⁵⁸
Croton monanthogynus

hornbeam copperleaf ⁵⁹
Acalypha ostryifolia

Low Wild Mercury ⁵
Ditaxis humilis

Tall Wild Mercury ¹⁷
Ditaxis mercurialina

Texas Stillingia ⁶⁰
Stillingia texana

desert tragia
Tragia ramosa

Chinese Tallow ⁶¹
Triadica sebifera

Smartweed Leafflower ¹⁷
Phyllanthus polygonoides

Pasture Heliotrope ¹⁹
Euploca tenella

corn gromwell ⁶²
Buglossoides arvensis

fringed puccoon ⁶³
Lithospermum incisum

largeseed forget-me-not ⁶⁴
Myosotis macrosperma

woolly Dutchman's pipe ⁶⁵
Aristolochia tomentosa

American sycamore ⁶⁶
Platanus occidentalis

prairie bur ⁶⁷
Krameria lanceolata

slender yellow woodsorrel ⁶⁸
Oxalis dillenii

Chinese holly ⁶⁹
Ilex cornuta

possumhaw ⁷⁰
Ilex decidua

American holly ⁷¹
Ilex opaca

Yaupon Holly ⁶⁰
Ilex vomitoria

shepherd's-purse ⁷²
Capsella bursa-pastoris

Shortpod Mustard ⁷³
Hirschfeldia incana

Engelmann's Bladderpod ⁵
Physaria engelmannii

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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

henbit deadnettle 1 Lamium amplexicaule

American germander 2 Teucrium canadense

Reverchon's false pennyroyal 3 Hedeoma reverchonii

Texas Vervain 4 Verbena halei

Whitebrush 5 Aloysia gratissima

turkey tangle frogfruit 6 Phyla nodiflora

Dakota mock vervain 7 Glandularia bipinnatifida

Snakeherb 8 Dyschoriste linearis

American water-willow 9 Justicia americana

hairy petunia 10 Ruellia humilis

Smooth Ruellia 11 Ruellia strepens

corn speedwell 12 Veronica arvensis

blue water-speedwell 13 Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Purslane Speedwell 14 Veronica peregrina

Ivy-leaved Speedwell 15 Veronica hederifolia

bird's-eye speedwell 16 Veronica persica

Grey Field-speedwell 17 Veronica polita

Heller's Plantain 18 Plantago helleri

cobaea beardtongue 19 Penstemon cobaea

Obi-Wan-conobea Leucospora multifida

white prickly poppy 20 Argemone albiflora

Wild Blue Larkspur 17 Delphinium carolinianum

Prairie Larkspur 21 Delphinium carolinianum virescens

leatherflower 5 Clematis pitcheri

Tenpetal Anemone 22 Anemone berlandieri

Heavenly bamboo 23 Nandina domestica

Carolina snailseed 24 Cocculus carolinus

cutleaf groundcherry 25 Physalis angulata

smallflower groundcherry 26 Physalis cinerascens

Carolina horse-nettle 27 Solanum carolinense

western horsenettle 28 Solanum dimidiatum

silverleaf nightshade 29 Solanum elaeagnifolium

eastern black nightshade 17 Solanum ptychanthum

buffalo bur 30 Solanum rostratum

Tievine 21 Ipomoea cordatotriloba

White Morning-glory 31 Ipomoea lacunosa

field bindweed 32 Convolvulus arvensis

Texas bindweed 2 Convolvulus equitans

Carolina ponysfoot 33 Dichondra carolinensis

Shaggy dwarf morning-glory 17 Evolvulus nuttallianus

western white honeysuckle 2 Lonicera albiflora

Winter honeysuckle 34 Lonicera fragrantissima

Japanese honeysuckle 35 Lonicera japonica

Amur honeysuckle 36 Lonicera maackii

coral honeysuckle 37 Lonicera sempervirens

Sweet scabious 38 Sixalix atropurpurea

Bitter cornsalad 17 Valerianella amarella

beaked cornsalad 39 Valerianella radiata

Rusty Blackhaw 40 Viburnum rufidulum

Leavenworth's eryngo 41 Eryngium leavenworthii

prairie bishop 17 Bifora americana

common hedge parsley 2 Torilis arvensis

Tainturier's chervil 17 Chaerophyllum tainturieri

wild carrot 42 Daucus carota

Texas Prairie Parsley 5 Polytaenia texana

bigroot springparsley 17 Cymopterus macrorhizus

spreading sida 43 Sida abutifolia

winecup mallow 44 Callirhoe involucrata

Palmleaf winecup 45 Callirhoe pedata

oak mistletoe 33 Phoradendron leucarpum

eastern cottonwood 46 Populus deltoides

black willow 47 Salix nigra

American Field Pansy 48 Viola bicolor

common blue violet 49 Viola sororia

Carolina violet 26 Viola villosa

Berlandier's yellow flax Linum berlandieri

Meadow Flax 21 Linum pratense

Yellow Flax 50 Linum rigidum

Bluecrown passionflower 51 Passiflora caerulea

purple passionflower 52 Passiflora incarnata

yellow passionflower 53 Passiflora lutea

Reticulate-seeded Spurge 54 Euphorbia spathulata

Prairie Sandmat 5 Euphorbia missurica

nodding spurge 55 Euphorbia nutans

prostrate sandmat 56 Euphorbia prostrata

green poinsettia 2 Euphorbia dentata

snow-on-the-prairie 57 Euphorbia bicolor

Prairie Tea 58 Croton monanthogynus

hornbeam copperleaf 59 Acalypha ostryifolia