Texas prairie plants for native bees Family Common Name Scientific Name Asteraceae Fire wheel, Indian blanket Gaillardia pulchella Aster/daisy Texas thistle Cirsium texanum (most plant species, Mexican hat Ratibida columnifera (CC)Bob Peterson most bee species & abundance) WikimediaCommons Golden wave Coreopsis basalis Beebalm/Wild bergamont Monarda citriodora Lamiaceae Blue/azure sage, pitcher sage Salvia azurea, S. texana Mints Lee Page,Lee Drummond’s skullcap Scutelaria drummondii Sages WildflowerCenter Lady Bird Johnson Bird Lady Mock pennyroyal/limoncillo Hedeoma drummondii Lab Purple prairie clover Dalea purpurea Jha Fabaceae Golden, yellow prairie clovers D. aurea, D. nana – Legumes Nuttall’s sensitive briar Mimosa nuttallii R.W. Smith, Smith, R.W. WildflowerCenter Lady Bird Johnson Bird Lady Yellow puff sensitive briar Neptunia lutea Laurel Treviño Treviño Laurel Spider milkweed/antelope Asclepias asperula, Asclepiadaceae horns; green; green-flowered; A. viridis, A. viridiflora, Milkweeds pink/swamp milkweed Laurel Treviño Laurel A. incarnate (Not tropical A. curassavica) Nightshade Solanum melongena Solanaceae Tomato weed Solanum elaeagnifolium Nightshades Buffalo bur nightshade Solanum rostratum MarianReed, WildflowerCenter Lady Bird Johnson Bird Lady https://w3.biosci.utexas.edu/jha/about-native-bees - https://www.wildflower.org/collections/collection.php?collection=xerces_native Texas prairie plants for native bees Family Common Name Scientific Name Button eryngo/snakeroot Eryngium yuccifolium Apiaceae Prairie bishop/bishop’s weed Bifora Americana Carrot family JaniceLynn, Hairy fruit/southern chevril Chaerophyllum tainturieri WildflowerCenter Lady Bird Johnson Bird Lady Cactaceae Common/Plains prickly pear Opuntia macrorhiza Cacti Cactus apple Opuntia engelmannii (CC)Bob Peterson Lab Jha Lythraceae – Winged lythrum/Lanceleaf Lythrum alatum Loosestrifes JaniceLynn, loosestrife WildflowerCenter Lady Bird Johnson Bird Lady Laurel Treviño Treviño Laurel Rubiaceae Bluet/Diamond flower Stenaria nigricans Madder (Coffee) CarolynFannon, WildflowerCenter Lady Bird Johnson Bird Lady Papaveraceae Poppies Bluestem/white prickly poppy Argemone albiflora DanaMichael, (least bee species & abundance) WildflowerCenter Lady Bird Johnson Bird Lady https://w3.biosci.utexas.edu/jha/about-native-bees - https://www.wildflower.org/collections/collection.php?collection=xerces_native.