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Andy Wasowski, a freelance writer and photographer, and Sally Wasowski, a landscape designer, have written nine books including Native Texas Plants and Native Texas Gardens, Requiem for a Lawnmower and Gardening for a Hotter, Drier Climate. In June, 2005, the Wasowskis contributed an extensive collection of native plant and landscape photos to the Wildflower Center adding 3939 photos to the Native Plant Information Network image gallery.
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's Cap Drummond's Turk's Cap Drummond Turk's Cap Wax Mallow Drummond's Wax Mallow Drummond Wax Mallow Red Mallow Texas Mallow Mexican Apple Sleeping Hibiscus Bleeding Hearts Manzanita |  |
| Magnolia ashei | Ashe's Magnolia Ashe Magnolia Deciduous Magnolia |  |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons |  |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons |  |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons |  |
| Machaeranthera canescens var. canescens | Hoary Tansyaster Hoary-aster |  |
| Machaeranthera canescens var. canescens | Hoary Tansyaster Hoary-aster |  |
| Machaeranthera canescens var. canescens | Hoary Tansyaster Hoary-aster |  |
| Malacothamnus clementinus | San Clemente Island Bushmallow |  |
| Magnolia fraseri | Mountain Magnolia Fraser Magnolia |  |
| Magnolia fraseri | Mountain Magnolia Fraser Magnolia |  |
| Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita |  |
| Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita |  |
| Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita |  |
| Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita |  |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay |  |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay |  |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay |  |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay |  |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay |  |
| Marshallia graminifolia | Grassleaf Barbara's Buttons |  |
| Marshallia graminifolia | Grassleaf Barbara's Buttons |  |
| Mahonia haematocarpa | Red Barberry Red Oregon-grape Algerita |  |
| Mahonia haematocarpa | Red Barberry Red Oregon-grape Algerita |  |
| Malus ioensis var. texana | Texas Crabapple Blanco Crabapple |  |
| Malus ioensis var. texana | Texas Crabapple Blanco Crabapple |  |
| Malus ioensis var. texana | Texas Crabapple Blanco Crabapple |  |
| Malus ioensis var. texana | Texas Crabapple Blanco Crabapple |  |
| Malus ioensis var. texana | Texas Crabapple Blanco Crabapple |  |
| Malus ioensis var. texana | Texas Crabapple Blanco Crabapple |  |
| Malus ioensis var. texana | Texas Crabapple Blanco Crabapple |  |
| Mandevilla macrosiphon | Plateau Rocktrumpet Longtube Trumpet Flower Flor De San Juan Rock Trumpet |  |
| Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover Water-clover Clover-fern Largefoot Pepperwort |  |
| Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover Water-clover Clover-fern Largefoot Pepperwort |  |
| Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover Water-clover Clover-fern Largefoot Pepperwort |  |
| Mahonia nevinii | Nevin's Barberry |  |
| Maclura pomifera | Osage Orange Bois d' Arc Bodark Horse Apple Hedge Apple Bowwood Yellowwood Naranjo Chino Monkey Brains |  |
| Maclura pomifera | Osage Orange Bois d' Arc Bodark Horse Apple Hedge Apple Bowwood Yellowwood Naranjo Chino Monkey Brains |  |
| Maclura pomifera | Osage Orange Bois d' Arc Bodark Horse Apple Hedge Apple Bowwood Yellowwood Naranjo Chino Monkey Brains |  |
| Maianthemum racemosum | Feathery False Lily Of The Valley False Solomon's Seal Feathery False Solomon's Seal False Spikenard Solomon's Plume Smilacina |  |
| Maianthemum racemosum | Feathery False Lily Of The Valley False Solomon's Seal Feathery False Solomon's Seal False Spikenard Solomon's Plume Smilacina |  |
| Maianthemum racemosum | Feathery False Lily Of The Valley False Solomon's Seal Feathery False Solomon's Seal False Spikenard Solomon's Plume Smilacina |  |
| Mahonia repens | Creeping Barberry Creeping Oregon-grape |  |
| Mahonia repens | Creeping Barberry Creeping Oregon-grape |  |
| Mahonia repens | Creeping Barberry Creeping Oregon-grape |  |
| Mahonia repens | Creeping Barberry Creeping Oregon-grape |  |
| Mahonia repens | Creeping Barberry Creeping Oregon-grape |  |
| Matteuccia struthiopteris | Ostrich Fern |  |
| Maianthemum stellatum | Starry False Lily Of The Valley Starry False Solomon's Seal Star-flowered Solomon's Seal |  |
| Maianthemum stellatum | Starry False Lily Of The Valley Starry False Solomon's Seal Star-flowered Solomon's Seal |  |
| Maianthemum stellatum | Starry False Lily Of The Valley Starry False Solomon's Seal Star-flowered Solomon's Seal |  |
| Mahonia swaseyi | Texas Barberry Texas Oregon-grape |  |
| Mahonia swaseyi | Texas Barberry Texas Oregon-grape |  |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster |  |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster |  |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster |  |
| Magnolia tripetala | Umbrella Tree Umbrella Magnolia |  |
| Magnolia tripetala | Umbrella Tree Umbrella Magnolia |  |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant |  |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant |  |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant |  |
| Manfreda variegata | Mottled Tuberose Huaco Texas Tuberose |  |
| Manfreda variegata | Mottled Tuberose Huaco Texas Tuberose |  |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay Magnolia Southern Sweetbay Swampbay Swamp Magnolia Sweet Magnolia Small Magnolia Laurel Magnolia White Bay White Laurel Swamp Laurel Beaver Tree |  |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay Magnolia Southern Sweetbay Swampbay Swamp Magnolia Sweet Magnolia Small Magnolia Laurel Magnolia White Bay White Laurel Swamp Laurel Beaver Tree |  |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay Magnolia Southern Sweetbay Swampbay Swamp Magnolia Sweet Magnolia Small Magnolia Laurel Magnolia White Bay White Laurel Swamp Laurel Beaver Tree |  |
| Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau Vine Correhuela De Las Doce |  |
| Mertensia franciscana | Franciscan Bluebells Franciscan Lungwort |  |
| Mertensia franciscana | Franciscan Bluebells Franciscan Lungwort |  |
| Mertensia franciscana | Franciscan Bluebells Franciscan Lungwort |  |
| Menodora heterophylla | Low Menodora Redbud Twinpod |  |
| Melica imperfecta | Smallflower Melic Grass Coast Range Melic Grass Smallflower Melic Coast Range Melic Oniongrass |  |
| Melica imperfecta | Smallflower Melic Grass Coast Range Melic Grass Smallflower Melic Coast Range Melic Oniongrass |  |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica |  |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica |  |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica |  |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica |  |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica |  |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica |  |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica |  |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica |  |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica |  |
| Menodora longiflora | Showy Menodora Twinpod |  |
| Menodora longiflora | Showy Menodora Twinpod |  |
| Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic Tall Melicgrass Threeflower Melicgrass Melicgrass |  |
| Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic Tall Melicgrass Threeflower Melicgrass Melicgrass |  |
| Mentzelia nuda | Bractless Blazingstar Sand Lily |  |
| Mentzelia tricuspis | Spinyhair Blazingstar |  |
| Mentzelia tricuspis | Spinyhair Blazingstar |  |
| Mentzelia tricuspis | Spinyhair Blazingstar |  |
| Mentzelia tricuspis | Spinyhair Blazingstar |  |
| Mertensia virginica | Virginia Bluebells |  |
| Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa |  |
| Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa |  |
| Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa |  |
| Mimulus cardinalis | Scarlet Monkeyflower Crimson Monkeyflower Scarlet Monkey-flower |  |
| Mimosa dysocarpa | Velvetpod Mimosa Velvet-pod Mimosa Gatuno |  |
| Mimosa dysocarpa | Velvetpod Mimosa Velvet-pod Mimosa Gatuno |  |
| Mirabilis hirsuta | Hairy Four O'Clock |  |
| Mimosa microphylla | Littleleaf Sensitive Briar Little-leaf Mimosa Catclaw Sensitive Briar Smooth-leaf Sensitive Briar Pink Sensitive Briar Shame Vine |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |