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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 ↓

Texas Thistle ¹
Cirsium texanum

wavyleaf thistle ²
Cirsium undulatum

American basketflower ³
Centaurea americana

Safflower ⁴
Carthamus tinctorius

Crete weed ⁵
Hedypnois cretica

common dandelion ⁶
Taraxacum officinale

red-seeded dandelion ⁷
Taraxacum erythrospermum

Small-flower Hawk's-beard ⁸
Crepis pulchra

prickly sowthistle ⁹
Sonchus asper

woodland lettuce
Lactuca floridana

prickly lettuce ¹⁰
Lactuca serriola

Texas Skeleton Plant ¹¹
Lygodesmia texana

Carolina desert-chicory ¹²
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus ¹³

Texas Dandelion
Pyrrhopappus multicaulis

false dandelion
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus

yellow salsify ¹⁴
Tragopogon dubius

Western Ironweed ¹⁵
Vernonia baldwinii

summer gayfeather ¹³
Liatris aestivalis

rough blazing star ¹⁶
Liatris aspera

elegant gayfeather ¹³
Liatris elegans

dotted gayfeather ²
Liatris punctata

narrow-leaf gayfeather ¹⁷
Liatris punctata mucronata

late boneset ¹⁸
Eupatorium serotinum

false boneset ¹⁹
Brickellia eupatorioides

climbing hempvine ²⁰
Mikania scandens

Flathead Rabbit Tobacco ²¹
Diaperia prolifera

Many Stem Evax ²²
Diaperia verna

common yarrow ²³
Achillea millefolium

field wormwood ²
Artemisia campestris

silver wormwood ²
Artemisia ludoviciana

Mexican sagewort
Artemisia ludoviciana mexicana

prairie broomweed ¹⁷
Amphiachyris dracunculoides

late goldenrod ²⁴
Solidago altissima

horseweed ²⁵
Erigeron canadensis

Philadelphia fleabane ²⁶
Erigeron philadelphicus

Poverty Weed ²⁷
Baccharis neglecta

Lonestar gumweed ²⁸
Grindelia adenodonta

Narrowleaf Gumweed ²⁹
Grindelia lanceolata

curlycup gumweed ²
Grindelia squarrosa

Yard Aster ³⁰
Symphyotrichum divaricatum

Drummond's aster ³¹
Symphyotrichum drummondii

Texas aster
Symphyotrichum drummondii texanum

white heath aster ³²
Symphyotrichum ericoides

Camphorweed ³³
Heterotheca subaxillaris

prairie Indian plantain ¹⁹
Arnoglossum plantagineum

Great Plains Ragwort ³⁴
Packera tampicana

devil's beggarticks ³⁵
Bidens frondosa

Greenthread ³⁶
Thelesperma filifolium

Engelmann Daisy ³⁷
Engelmannia peristenia

Texas yellow star ¹¹
Lindheimera texana

narrow-leaved purple coneflower ³⁸
Echinacea angustifolia

Topeka purple coneflower ³⁹
Echinacea atrorubens

Narrowleaf Marsh-elder ⁴⁰
Iva angustifolia

Sumpweed ⁴¹
Iva annua

White rosinweed
Silphium albiflorum

compass plant ⁴²
Silphium laciniatum

common sunflower ⁴³
Helianthus annuus

Maximilian sunflower ⁴⁴
Helianthus maximiliani

rough cocklebur ⁴⁵
Xanthium strumarium

black-eyed Susan ⁴⁶
Rudbeckia hirta

common ragweed ⁴⁷
Ambrosia artemisiifolia

western ragweed ⁴⁸
Ambrosia psilostachya

giant ragweed ⁴⁹
Ambrosia trifida

false daisy ⁵⁰
Eclipta prostrata

upright prairie coneflower ⁵¹
Ratibida columnifera

cowpen daisy ⁵²
Verbesina encelioides

frostweed ⁵³
Verbesina virginica

Santa Maria feverfew ⁵⁴
Parthenium hysterophorus

straggler daisy ⁵⁵
Calyptocarpus vialis

False dogfennel ⁵⁶
Dysodiopsis tagetoides

marsh fleabane ⁵⁷
Pluchea odorata

Indian blanket ⁵⁸
Gaillardia pulchella

Pretty Sneezeweed ⁵⁹
Helenium elegans

Barbara's-buttons ⁶⁰
Marshallia caespitosa

Fineleaf Fournerved Daisy
Tetraneuris linearifolia

stemmy four-nerve daisy ⁶¹
Tetraneuris scaposa

Small Palafox ⁶²
Palafoxia callosa

Old Plainsman
Hymenopappus artemisiifolius

woolly white ⁶³
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus

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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

Texas Thistle 1 Cirsium texanum

wavyleaf thistle 2 Cirsium undulatum

American basketflower 3 Centaurea americana

Safflower 4 Carthamus tinctorius

Crete weed 5 Hedypnois cretica

common dandelion 6 Taraxacum officinale

red-seeded dandelion 7 Taraxacum erythrospermum

Small-flower Hawk's-beard 8 Crepis pulchra

prickly sowthistle 9 Sonchus asper

woodland lettuce Lactuca floridana

prickly lettuce 10 Lactuca serriola

Texas Skeleton Plant 11 Lygodesmia texana

Carolina desert-chicory 12 Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus 13

Texas Dandelion Pyrrhopappus multicaulis

false dandelion Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus

yellow salsify 14 Tragopogon dubius

Western Ironweed 15 Vernonia baldwinii

summer gayfeather 13 Liatris aestivalis

rough blazing star 16 Liatris aspera

elegant gayfeather 13 Liatris elegans

dotted gayfeather 2 Liatris punctata

narrow-leaf gayfeather 17 Liatris punctata mucronata

late boneset 18 Eupatorium serotinum

false boneset 19 Brickellia eupatorioides

climbing hempvine 20 Mikania scandens

Flathead Rabbit Tobacco 21 Diaperia prolifera

Many Stem Evax 22 Diaperia verna

common yarrow 23 Achillea millefolium

field wormwood 2 Artemisia campestris

silver wormwood 2 Artemisia ludoviciana

Mexican sagewort Artemisia ludoviciana mexicana

prairie broomweed 17 Amphiachyris dracunculoides

late goldenrod 24 Solidago altissima

horseweed 25 Erigeron canadensis

Philadelphia fleabane 26 Erigeron philadelphicus

Poverty Weed 27 Baccharis neglecta

Lonestar gumweed 28 Grindelia adenodonta

Narrowleaf Gumweed 29 Grindelia lanceolata

curlycup gumweed 2 Grindelia squarrosa

Yard Aster 30 Symphyotrichum divaricatum

Drummond's aster 31 Symphyotrichum drummondii

Texas aster Symphyotrichum drummondii texanum

white heath aster 32 Symphyotrichum ericoides

Camphorweed 33 Heterotheca subaxillaris

prairie Indian plantain 19 Arnoglossum plantagineum

Great Plains Ragwort 34 Packera tampicana

devil's beggarticks 35 Bidens frondosa

Greenthread 36 Thelesperma filifolium

Engelmann Daisy 37 Engelmannia peristenia

Texas yellow star 11 Lindheimera texana

narrow-leaved purple coneflower 38 Echinacea angustifolia

Topeka purple coneflower 39 Echinacea atrorubens

Narrowleaf Marsh-elder 40 Iva angustifolia

Sumpweed 41 Iva annua

White rosinweed Silphium albiflorum

compass plant 42 Silphium laciniatum

common sunflower 43 Helianthus annuus

Maximilian sunflower 44 Helianthus maximiliani

rough cocklebur 45 Xanthium strumarium

black-eyed Susan 46 Rudbeckia hirta

common ragweed 47 Ambrosia artemisiifolia

western ragweed 48 Ambrosia psilostachya

giant ragweed 49 Ambrosia trifida

false daisy 50 Eclipta prostrata

upright prairie coneflower 51 Ratibida columnifera

cowpen daisy 52 Verbesina encelioides

frostweed 53 Verbesina virginica

Santa Maria feverfew 54 Parthenium hysterophorus

straggler daisy 55 Calyptocarpus vialis

False dogfennel 56 Dysodiopsis tagetoides

marsh fleabane 57 Pluchea odorata

Indian blanket 58 Gaillardia pulchella

Pretty Sneezeweed 59 Helenium elegans

Barbara's-buttons 60 Marshallia caespitosa

Fineleaf Fournerved Daisy Tetraneuris linearifolia

stemmy four-nerve daisy 61 Tetraneuris scaposa

Small Palafox 62 Palafoxia callosa

Old Plainsman Hymenopappus artemisiifolius