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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 ↓

clasping milkweed ¹
Asclepias amplexicaulis

antelope horns ²
Asclepias asperula

Antelopehorns ³
Asclepias asperula capricornu

tropical milkweed ⁴
Asclepias curassavica

slim milkweed
Asclepias linearis

Zizotes milkweed ⁵
Asclepias oenotheroides

slimleaf milkweed ⁶
Asclepias stenophylla

butterfly milkweed ⁷
Asclepias tuberosa

whorled milkweed ⁸
Asclepias verticillata

green comet milkweed ⁵
Asclepias viridiflora

green antelopehorns ⁹
Asclepias viridis

Star Milkvine ¹⁰
Matelea biflora

Fringed Bluestar
Amsonia ciliata

Texas Slimpod ¹¹
Amsonia ciliata texana

buttonbush ¹²
Cephalanthus occidentalis

Field madder ¹³
Sherardia arvensis

catchweed bedstraw ¹⁴
Galium aparine

Southwestern bedstraw
Galium virgatum

Diamond-flowers ¹⁵
Stenaria nigricans

rough buttonweed ¹⁶
Diodia teres

buttonweed ¹⁷
Diodia virginiana

catchfly prairie gentian ¹⁸
Eustoma exaltatum

Mountain Pink ¹⁹
Zeltnera beyrichii

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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

clasping milkweed 1 Asclepias amplexicaulis

antelope horns 2 Asclepias asperula

Antelopehorns 3 Asclepias asperula capricornu

tropical milkweed 4 Asclepias curassavica

slim milkweed Asclepias linearis

Zizotes milkweed 5 Asclepias oenotheroides

slimleaf milkweed 6 Asclepias stenophylla

butterfly milkweed 7 Asclepias tuberosa

whorled milkweed 8 Asclepias verticillata

green comet milkweed 5 Asclepias viridiflora

green antelopehorns 9 Asclepias viridis

Star Milkvine 10 Matelea biflora

Fringed Bluestar Amsonia ciliata

Texas Slimpod 11 Amsonia ciliata texana

buttonbush 12 Cephalanthus occidentalis

Field madder 13 Sherardia arvensis

catchweed bedstraw 14 Galium aparine

Southwestern bedstraw Galium virgatum

Diamond-flowers 15 Stenaria nigricans

rough buttonweed 16 Diodia teres

buttonweed 17 Diodia virginiana

catchfly prairie gentian 18 Eustoma exaltatum

Mountain Pink 19 Zeltnera beyrichii