Native Plants
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Wasowski Collection
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 |
| Opuntia phaeacantha | Tulip Prickly Pear Brownspine Prickly Pear Cactus Purple-fruited Prickly Pear Brown-spined Prickly Pear New Mexico Prickly Pear Desert Prickly Pear |  |
| Opuntia phaeacantha | Tulip Prickly Pear Brownspine Prickly Pear Cactus Purple-fruited Prickly Pear Brown-spined Prickly Pear New Mexico Prickly Pear Desert Prickly Pear |  |
| Opuntia polyacantha | Plains Prickly Pear Hair-spine Prickly Pear Nopal Peludito |  |
| Opuntia polyacantha | Plains Prickly Pear Hair-spine Prickly Pear Nopal Peludito |  |
| Opuntia polyacantha | Plains Prickly Pear Hair-spine Prickly Pear Nopal Peludito |  |
| Opuntia santa-rita | Santa Rita Prickly Pear Purple Prickly Pear |  |
| Opuntia santa-rita | Santa Rita Prickly Pear Purple Prickly Pear |  |
| Orontium aquaticum | Goldenclub Neverwet |  |
| Osmanthus americanus | American Olive Devilwood Wild Olive |  |
| Osmanthus americanus | American Olive Devilwood Wild Olive |  |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern |  |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern |  |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern |  |
| Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern |  |
| Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern |  |
| Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis | Royal Fern |  |
| Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis | Royal Fern |  |
| Ostrya virginiana | Eastern Hop-hornbeam American Hop-hornbeam Woolly Hop-hornbean Eastern Ironwood Roughbark Ironwood Ironwood Deerwood Leverwood |  |
| Ostrya virginiana | Eastern Hop-hornbeam American Hop-hornbeam Woolly Hop-hornbean Eastern Ironwood Roughbark Ironwood Ironwood Deerwood Leverwood |  |
| Ostrya virginiana | Eastern Hop-hornbeam American Hop-hornbeam Woolly Hop-hornbean Eastern Ironwood Roughbark Ironwood Ironwood Deerwood Leverwood |  |
| Ostrya virginiana | Eastern Hop-hornbeam American Hop-hornbeam Woolly Hop-hornbean Eastern Ironwood Roughbark Ironwood Ironwood Deerwood Leverwood |  |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel Tree |  |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel Tree |  |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel Tree |  |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel Tree |  |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel Tree |  |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel Tree |  |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel Tree |  |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel Tree |  |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel Tree |  |
| Oxytropis lambertii | Purple Locoweed |  |
| Oxytropis lambertii | Purple Locoweed |  |
| Oxytropis lambertii var. articulata | Purple Locoweed Locoweed |  |
| Oxytropis monticola | Yellowflower Locoweed |  |
| Oxytropis sericea var. sericea | White Locoweed |  |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro |  |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro |  |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro |  |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro |  |
| Packera aurea | Golden Groundsel Golden Ragwort Butterweed |  |
| Packera aurea | Golden Groundsel Golden Ragwort Butterweed |  |
| Paxistima canbyi | Canby's Mountain-lover |  |
| Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia |  |
| Parkinsonia florida | Blue Paloverde |  |
| Parkinsonia florida | Blue Paloverde |  |
| Parkinsonia florida | Blue Paloverde |  |
| Parkinsonia florida | Blue Paloverde |  |
| Parkinsonia florida | Blue Paloverde |  |
| Parkinsonia florida | Blue Paloverde |  |
| Packera glabella | Butterweed Cress-leaf Groundsel Yellowtop |  |
| Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox Showy Palafox Hooker Palafoxia Sand Palafoxia Hooker's Palafoxia |  |
| Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox Showy Palafox Hooker Palafoxia Sand Palafoxia Hooker's Palafoxia |  |
| Parthenium incanum | Mariola |  |
| Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine American Fever-few |  |
| Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine American Fever-few |  |
| Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine American Fever-few |  |
| Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine American Fever-few |  |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine |  |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine |  |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine |  |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia |  |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia |  |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia |  |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia |  |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia |  |
| Parkinsonia microphylla | Yellow Paloverde Foothill Paloverde Littleleaf Paloverde |  |
| Parkinsonia microphylla | Yellow Paloverde Foothill Paloverde Littleleaf Paloverde |  |
| Paxistima myrsinites | Oregon Boxleaf Myrtle Boxwood Mountain Lover |  |
| Paxistima myrsinites | Oregon Boxleaf Myrtle Boxwood Mountain Lover |  |
| Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort |  |
| Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort |  |
| Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort |  |
| Pachysandra procumbens | Allegheny Spurge Mountain Spurge |  |
| Panax quinquefolius | American Ginseng Wild Ginseng |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |  |
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass |  |
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass |  |
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass |  |
| Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake Sand Palafoxia |  |
| Parkinsonia texana var. macra | Texas Paloverde Border Paloverde |  |
| Pappophorum vaginatum | Whiplash Pappusgrass |  |
| Pappophorum vaginatum | Whiplash Pappusgrass |  |
| Pappophorum vaginatum | Whiplash Pappusgrass |  |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass |  |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass |  |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass |  |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass |  |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass |  |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |