Index to Species
Pasture and Roadside Plants
Goodwell and Texhoma
Texas County, Oklahoma
Kurt Schaefer

Agavaceae - Agave Family
Yucca glauca - Soapweed
Amaranthacae
Amaranthus arenicola - Sandhills pigweed
Amaranthus graecizans - Prostrate pigweed
Tidestromia lanuginosa
Anacardiaceae - Cashew Family
Rhus aromatica - Fragrant sumac
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) - Parsley Family
Cymopterus acaulis
Cymopterus montanus
Apocynceae - Dogbane Family
Apocynum cannabinum - Indian hemp dogbane
Asclepidaceae - Milkweed Family
Asclepias arenaria - Sand milkweed
Asclepias asperula - Antelope horns
Asclepias engelmanniana - Engelmann's milkweed
Asclepias latifolia - Broadleaf milkweed
Asclepias speciosa - Showy milkweed
Asclepias uncialis - Wheel milkweed
Asclepias verticillata - Whorled milkweed
Asclepias viridiflora - Green milkweed
Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower Family
Achillea millefolium - Yarrow
Ambrosia grayi - Bur ragweed
Ambrosia psilostachya - Western ragweed
Ambrosia trifida - Giant ragweed
Artemisia dracunculus - Silky wormwood
Artemisia filifolia - Sand sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana - White sage
Aster ericoides - White Heath Aster
Aster fendleri- Fendler's Aster
Baccharis salicina - Willow Baccharis
Berlandiera lyrata - Green eyes
Bidens bipinnata - Spanish needles
Bidens frondosa - Beggar-ticks
Carduus nutans - Musk thistle
Chrysothamnus pulchellus
Cirsium ochrocentrum - Yellowspine thistle
Cirsium undulatum - Wavy-leaf thistle
Conyza canadensis - Horse-weed
Dracopis amplexicaulis - Coneflower
Dyssodia papposa - Fetid marigold
Echinacea angustifolia - Purple coneflower
Engelmannia pinnatifida - Engelmann's daisy
Erigeron bellidiastrum - Western fleabane
Erigeron modestus
Evax prolifera - Rabbit tobacco
Gaillardia pinnatifida
Gailardia pulchella - Rose-ring Gailardia
Grindelia squarrosa - Curly-top gumweed
Gutierrezia dracunculoides - Broomweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae - Snakeweed
Helianthus annuus - Common sunflower
Helianthus ciliaris - Texas blueweed
Helianthus petiolaris - Plains sunflower
Haplopappus ciliatus - Goldenweed
Haploppappus spinulosus - Cutleaf ironplant
Heterotheca latifolia - Camphor weed
Hymenopappus filifolius
Hymenopappus flavescens
Hymenopappus tenuifolia
Hymenoxys acaulis - Stemless Hymenoxys
Hymenoxys odorata - Bitter rubberweed
Hymenoxys scaposa
Iva xanthifolia - Marsh elder
Kuhnia chlorolepis - False boneset
Lactuca serriola - Prickly lettuce
Leucelene ericoides - White Aster
Liatris punctata - Gay-feather
Lygodesmia juncea - Skeletonweed
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia - Tansy aster
Melampodium leucanthum - Black-foot daisy
Palafoxia sphacelata
Picradeniopsis woodhousei
Psilostrophe villosa - Papper flower
Ratibida columnifera - Prairie coneflower
Ratibida tagetes - Short-ray prairie coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan
Scorzonera laciniata - False salsify
Senecio douglasii
Senecio riddellii - Riddell's ragwort
Solidago gigantea - Late goldenrod
Sonchus asper - Pickly sow thistle
Stephanomeria pauciflora - Skeletonweed
Taraxacum officinale - Common dandelion
Thelesperma filifolium - Greenthread
Thelesperma megapotamicum - Greentread
Tragopogon dubius - Goat's beard
Vernonia marginata - Plains ironweed
Zinnia grandiflora - Rocky Mountain Zinnia
Xanthium strumarium - Cocklebur
Boraginacae - Borage Family
Cryptantha minima
Heliotropium convolvulaceum - Heliotrope
Lappula redowskii
Lappula texana - Cupseed stickseed
Lithospermum incisum
Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) - Mustard Family
Camelina microcarpa - Small-seeded false flax
Capsella bursa-pastoris - Shephard's purse
Chorispora tenella - Blue mustard
Descurainia pinnata - Tansy mustard
Descurainia sophia - Flixweed
Erysimum asperum - Western wallflower
Lepidium densiflorum - Peppergrass
Lesquerella gordonii - Spreading bladderpod
Lesquerella ovalifolia - Oval-leaf bladderpod
Monolepis nuttalliana - Poverty weed
Sisymbrium altissimum - Tumbling mustard
Cactaceae - Cactus Family
Coryphantha missouriensis
Opuntia imbricata - Tree cholla
Opuntia phaeacantha - Prickly pear
Opuntia tunicata
Caesalpiniaceae - Caesalpinia Family
Caesalpinia jamesii - James rush-pea
Hoffmanseggia drepanocarpa - Sicklepod rushpea
Campanulaceae - Bellflower Family
Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal flower
Capparaceae - Caper Family
Polanisia dodecandra - Clammy weed
Caryophyllaceae - Pink Family
Holosteum umbellatum - Jagged chickweed
Paronychia jamesii - James' nailwort
Paronychia sessiliflora
Chenopodiaecae - Goosefoot family
Atriplex canescens - Fourwing saltbush
Ceratoides lanata - Winter fat
Chenopodium berlandieri - Pitseed goosefoot
Chenopodium gigantospermum - Maple-leaved goosefoot
Chenopodium incanum
Chenopodium leptophyllum
Cycloloma atriplicifolium - Tumble ringwing
Kochia scoparia - Kochia
Salsola species - Russian thistle, Tumbleweed
Commelinaceae - Spiderwort Family
Commelina erecta - Erect Dayflower
Tradescantia occidentalis - Prairie Spiderwort
Convolvulaceae - Morning Glory Family
Convolvulus arvensis - Field bindweed
Convolvulus equitans
Evolvulus nuttallianus - Nuttall's Evolvulus
Ipomoea coccinea - Red Morning-glory
Ipomoea leptophylla - Bush morning-gory
Cucurbitaceae - Gourd Family
Cucurbita foetidissima - Buffalo gourd
Cuscutaceae - Dodder Family
Cuscuta cuspidata - Cusp dodder
Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family
Croton texensis - Texas Croton
Euphorbia dentata - Toothed spurge
Euphorbia lata - Hoary Euphorbia
Euphorbia marginata - Snow-on-the-mountain
Euphorbia missurica - Missouri spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
Fabaceae - Bean Family
Astragalus gracilis - Slender milk-vetch
Astragalus missouriensis - Missouri milk-vetch
Astragalus mollissimus - Woolly locoweed
Dalea aurea - Golden prairie-clover
Dalea candida - White prairie-clover
Dalea enneandra - Nine-anther prairie clover
Dalea jamesii - James' dalea
Dalea lanata - Woolly Dalea
Dalea tenuifolia - Slimleaf prairie-clover
Glycyrrhiza lepidota - Wild licorice
Lupinus plattensis - Platte lupine
Medicago lupulina - Black medick
Medicago minima - Prickly medick
Medicago sativa - Alfalfa
Melilotus alba - White sweet clover
Melilotus officinalis - Yellow sweet clover
Oxytropis lambertii - Purple locoweed
Psoralea digitata - Palm-leave scuf-pea
Psoralea lanceolata - Lemon scurf-pea
Psoralea linearifolia - Slimleaf scurf-pea
Psoralea tenuiflora - Wld alfalfa
Sophora nuttalliana - White loco
Strophostyles leiosperma - Slick-seed Bean
Fumariacae - Fumitory Family
Corydalis curvisiliqua
Geraniaceae - Geranium Family
Erodium cicutarium - Filaria
Geranium carolinianum - Carolina cranebill
Grossulariaceae - Currant Family
Ribes odoratum - Buffalo currant
Kameriaceae - Ratany Family
Krameria lanceolata - Ratany
Lamiaceae (Labiatae) - Mint Family
Lamium amplexicaulis - Henbit
Lycopus americanus - American bugleweed
Marrubium vulgare - Horehound
Monarda pectinata - Plains beebalm
Salvia reflexa - Lance-leaved Sage
Teucrium laciniatum - Cutleaf germander
Lemnaceae - Duckweed Family
Lemna minor - Duckweed
Liliaceae - Lily Family
Allium drummondii - Wild onion
Linaceae - Flax Family
Linum pratense - Meadow flax
Linum rigidum var. berlandieri
Linum rigidum var. rigidum
Loasaceae - Stickleaf Family
Mentzelia decapetala - Ten-petal Mentzelia
Mentzelia multiflora
Mentzelia nuda
Malvaceae - Mallow Family
Callirhoe involucrata - Purple poppy mallow
Malva neglecta - Common mallow
Sphaeralcae augustifolia - Narrowleaf globe mallow
Sphaeralcae coccinea - Red false mallow
Mimosaceae - Mimosa Family
Desmanthus cooleyi - Bundleflower
Desmanthus illinoensis - Illinois Bundleflower
Mimosa borealis - Pink Mimosa
Prosopis glandulosa - Honey mesquite
Schrankia occidentalis - Western sensitive brier
Moraceae - Mulberry Family
Maclura pomifera - Osage orange
Nyctaginaceae - Four-O'clock Family
Abronia fragrans - Sweet sand Verbena
Mirabilis exaltata - Tall Four-o'clock
Mirabilis linearis - Narrowleaf four-o'clock
Mirabilis nyctaginea - Wild Four-o'clock
Onagraceae - Evening Prirose Family
Calylophus hartwegii - Hartweg evening primrose
Calylophus lavandulifolius - Lavender leaf primrose
Calylophus serrulatus - Plains yellow primrose
Gaura coccinea - Scarlet Gaura
Gaura parviflora - Velvety Gaura
Gaura villosa - Hairy Gaura
Oenothera albicaulis - Prairie evening primrose
Oenothera canescens - Spotted evening primrose
Oenothera coronopifolia - Combleaf evening primrose
Oenothera elata
Oenothera macrocarpa - Hoary evening primrose
Stenosiphon linifolius
Pappaveracae - Poppy Family
Argemone polyanthemos
Pedaliaceae - Unicorn-plantFamily
Proboscidea louisianica - Devil's claw
Plantaginaceae - Plantain Family
Plantago patagonica - Patagonian Plantain
Polemoniaceae - Phlox family
Gilia rigidula - Bluebowls
Polygalaceae - Milkwort Family
Polygala alba - White milkwort
Polygonaceae - Buckwheat Family
Eriogonum anuum - Annual Eriogonum
Eriogonum lachnogynum
Eriogonum longifolium - Lindheimer's longleaf Eriogonum
Polygonum arenastrum - Knotweed
Polygonum bicorne - Pink smartweed
Polygonum lapathifolium - Pale smartweed
Rumex altissimus - Pale dock
Rumex crispus - Curly dock
Rumex venosus - Wild Begonia
Portulacaceae - Purslane Family
Portulaca mundula - Purslane
Portulaca oleracea - Common Purslane
Potamogetonaceae - Pondweed Family
Potamogeton nodosus - Longleaf Pondweed
Ranunculaceae - Buttercup Family
Delphinium virescens - Prairie larkspur
Rubiaceae - Madder Family
Hedyotis nigricans - Narrowleaf Bluet
Saliaceae - Willow Family
Salix exigua - Sandbar willow
Santalaceae - Sandalwood Family
Comandra umbellata - Bastard toadflax
Scrophulariaceae - Figwort Family
Castilleja sessiliflora - Downy paintcup
Penstemon albidus - White beardtongue
Penstemon ambiguus - Gilia Penstemon
Penstemon fendleri - Beardtongue
Verbascum thapsus - Common mullein
Veronica agrestis - Field Speedwell
Solanaceae - Nightshade family
Chamaesaracha coniodes - Chamaesaracha
Datura quercifolia - Oak-leaf Thorn Apple
Datura stramonium - Jimson Weed
Physalis pumila - Prairie ground cherry
Quincula lobata - Purple ground cherry
Solanum elaeagnifolium - Silver-leaf nightshade
Solanum interius - Plains Black Nightshade
Solanum rostratum - Buffalo bur
Solanum triflorum - Cut-leaf nightshade
Tamaricaceae - Tamarix Family
Tamarix ramosissima - Salt cedar
Typhaceae - Cat-tail Family
Typha domingensis - Cat-tail
Verbenaceae - Vervain Family
Verbena bipinnatifida - Dakota vervain
Verbena bracteata - Prostrate vervain
Zygophyllaceae - Caltrop Family
Kallstroemia parviflora
Tribulus terrestris - Punture vine

Nomenclature follows Flora of the Great Plains University Press of Kansas, 1986
**itis - Integrated Taxonomic Information System, checked July 2006

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