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! Gulf Marshes and Prairies – Houston Area !Botanical name Common Name Allium canadense var. mobilense Meadow Garlic Allium drummondii Drummond’s Onion Amsonia illustris Ozark Bluestar Aphanostephus skirrhobasis Lazy Daisy Calylophus hartwegii Hartweg’s Sundrops Cillirhoe involucrata Winecup Chamaecrista fasciculata Partridge Pea Coreopsis tinctoria Plains Coreopsis Dracopis amplexicaulis Clasping Coneflower Echinacea pallida Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Eastern Purple Coneflower Eryngium yuccifolium Button Eryngo Eupatorium serotinum Lateflowering Thoroughwort Gaillardia pulchella Firewheel Gaillardia suavis Perfumeballs Helenium amarum Yellow Sneezeweed Helianthus angustifolius Swamp Sunflower Herbertia lahue Prairie Nymph Helianthus maximiliani Maximilian Sunflower Hymenopappus artemisiifolius Old Plainsman Hymenocallis liriosme Spring Spider Lily Liatris elegans Blazing Star Liatris mucronata Cusp Gayfeather Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star Lindheimera texana Texas Yellowstar Marshallia caespitosa Barbara’s Buttons Monarda citriodora Lemon Beebalm Palafoxia callosa Small Palafox

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! Gulf Marshes and Prairies – Houston Area Botanical name Common Name ! Palafoxia hookerianna Hooker Palafoxia Passiflora lutea Yellow Passion Vine Penstemon tenuis Brazos Penstemon Physostegia angustifolia Narrowleaf False Dragon-head Phlox drummondii ssp. mcallisteri McAllister’s Phlox Physostegia intermedia Intermediate False Dragonhead Phacelia patuliflora Blue Phacelia Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa Fall Obedient Plant Ratibida columnifera Prairie Coneflower Rhexia mariana Pale Meadow-beauty Ruellia humilis Fringeleaf Wild Petunia Ruellia nudiflora Violet Ruellia Salvia azurea Pitcher Sage Solidago altissima Tall Goldenrod Symphyotrichum subulatum Baby’s Breath Aster Tetraneuris scaposa Four-nerve Daisy Thalia dealbata Powdery Alligator-flag Tradescantia gigantea Giant Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis Bluejacket Vernonia lindheimeri Woolly Ironweed Verbesina virginica Frostweed Wedelia texana Zexmenia ! ! !

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