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Native plants of Lampasas County

107 plant species are recorded as native to Texas in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Lampasas County by USDA PLANTS. 43 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Lampasas County, Texas

Native species
107 Typical Texas county: 145 (median of 254 counties)
Garden-ready natives
43 Typical Texas county: 61
Share by type (all 107 native species)
Percent of the 107 native species in each growth type
Tree 6% (6)
Shrub <1% (1)
Wildflower (forb) 48% (51)
Grass or grass-like 41% (44)
Vine 5% (5)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (48%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (41%).

Recorded native ranges can include long-established populations that spread from gardens; check your state’s native plant society list for local guidance. How native status is decided.

ZIP codes mainly in this county fall in USDA hardiness zone 8b (2023 map).

The native plant list

Cold hardiness is estimated from each plant’s PLANTS minimum temperature. How we estimate it.

Garden-ready natives 43

Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.

Garden-ready native plants of Lampasas County, Texas
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American sycamore Platanus occidentalis Tree 100 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
Arizona cottontop Digitaria californica Grass or grass-like 4 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
black willow Salix nigra Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 1b
buffalograss Bouteloua dactyloides Grass or grass-like 6 in Sun Medium Zone 3b
Canada wildrye Elymus canadensis Grass or grass-like 3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3a
cane bluestem Bothriochloa barbinodis Grass or grass-like 4 ft Sun Medium Zone 7b
coast cockspur grass Echinochloa walteri Grass or grass-like 6.5 ft Sun High Zone 10b
composite dropseed Sporobolus compositus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
curly-mesquite Hilaria belangeri Grass or grass-like 10 in Sun Low Zone 8b
deergrass Muhlenbergia rigens Grass or grass-like 4.5 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 9b
eastern redbud Cercis canadensis Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
fall panicgrass Panicum dichotomiflorum Grass or grass-like 3.3 ft Sun High Zone 3a
flatstem spikerush Eleocharis compressa Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun High Zone 4a
golden tickseed Coreopsis tinctoria Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 12b
hairawn muhly Muhlenbergia capillaris Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun High Zone 8a
hairy grama Bouteloua hirsuta Grass or grass-like 6 in Sun Low Zone 3b
honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa Tree 50 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
Illinois bundleflower Desmanthus illinoensis Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 5b
Indian blanket Gaillardia pulchella Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 10b
Indian woodoats Chasmanthium latifolium Grass or grass-like 4.6 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans Grass or grass-like 6 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
Missouri gourd Cucurbita foetidissima Vine 1 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
panicledleaf ticktrefoil Desmodium paniculatum Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 6a
pecan Carya illinoinensis Tree 120 ft Sun High Zone 5a
Philadelphia fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus Wildflower (forb) 2.8 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
plains lovegrass Eragrostis intermedia Grass or grass-like 2.7 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
prairie fleabane Erigeron strigosus Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 4b
purple poppymallow Callirhoe involucrata Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
purple threeawn Aristida purpurea Grass or grass-like 1.4 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
purpletop tridens Tridens flavus Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
salt heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum Wildflower (forb) 1.2 ft Sun Medium Zone 4b
sand dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
seashore paspalum Paspalum vaginatum Grass or grass-like 1 in Sun High Zone 8b
sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
southern waternymph Najas guadalupensis Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun High Zone 3b
summer grape Vitis aestivalis Vine 30 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5a
sweetscent Pluchea odorata Wildflower (forb) 4.9 ft Sun Medium Zone 6a
switchgrass Panicum virgatum Grass or grass-like 5 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
tiny mousetail Myosurus minimus Wildflower (forb) 5 in Sun–part shade Medium Zone 12b
vine mesquite Panicum obtusum Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5a
Virginia wildrye Elymus virginicus Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
winged sumac Rhus copallinum Tree 8 ft Sun Low Zone 4b

Other native species recorded here 64

PLANTS has no growing records for these, so light, moisture, height and zone filters cannot include them. Many are wild species seldom sold by nurseries.

  • Baldwin's ironweed Vernonia baldwinii
  • bighead pygmycudweed Evax prolifera
  • buffalobur nightshade Solanum rostratum
  • Canada spikesedge Eleocharis geniculata
  • Carolina canarygrass Phalaris caroliniana
  • Carolina woollywhite Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
  • crowpoison Nothoscordum bivalve
  • Cuman ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya
  • cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera laciniata
  • Dakota mock vervain Glandularia bipinnatifida
  • diamond-flowers Stenaria nigricans
  • Engelmann's daisy Engelmannia peristenia
  • fiveangled dodder Cuscuta pentagona
  • green antelopehorn Asclepias viridis
  • hairyseed paspalum Paspalum pubiflorum
  • Heller's rosette grass Dichanthelium oligosanthes
  • Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis
  • kiss me quick Portulaca pilosa
  • Louisiana broomrape Orobanche ludoviciana
  • Louisiana vetch Vicia ludoviciana
  • meadow garlic Allium canadense
  • Michaux's stitchwort Minuartia michauxii
  • Missouri foxtail cactus Escobaria missouriensis
  • Nuttall's sensitive-briar Mimosa nuttallii
  • pale spikerush Eleocharis macrostachya
  • Philadelphia panicgrass Panicum philadelphicum
  • pinkladies Oenothera speciosa
  • poverty dropseed Sporobolus vaginiflorus
  • prairie tea Croton monanthogynus
  • prairie threeawn Aristida oligantha
  • red lovegrass Eragrostis secundiflora
  • redseed plantain Plantago rhodosperma
  • roughfruit scaleseed Spermolepis divaricata
  • sand spikerush Eleocharis montevidensis
  • sessileleaf ticktrefoil Desmodium sessilifolium
  • shaggy dwarf morning-glory Evolvulus nuttallianus
  • showy evening primrose Oenothera grandis
  • silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium
  • slimspike threeawn Aristida longespica
  • sneezeweed Helenium amarum
  • snow on the mountain Euphorbia marginata
  • spotted beebalm Monarda punctata
  • spurred butterfly pea Centrosema virginianum
  • squirreltail fescue Vulpia elliotea
  • standing-cypress Ipomopsis rubra
  • stemless Townsend daisy Townsendia exscapa
  • tapered rosette grass Dichanthelium acuminatum
  • Texas bluegrass Poa arachnifera
  • Texas croton Croton texensis
  • Texas signalgrass Urochloa texana
  • Texas vervain Verbena halei
  • thin paspalum Paspalum setaceum
  • tumble windmill grass Chloris verticillata
  • tumblegrass Schedonnardus paniculatus
  • velvetweed Oenothera curtiflora
  • Virginia groundcherry Physalis virginiana
  • Virginia pepperweed Lepidium virginicum
  • warty caltrop Kallstroemia parviflora
  • warty spurge Euphorbia spathulata
  • western wallflower Erysimum asperum
  • whitemouth dayflower Commelina erecta
  • witchgrass Panicum capillare
  • Wright's plantain Plantago wrightiana
  • yellow spikerush Eleocharis flavescens

Compared with Texas

The typical county is the median of the 254 Texas counties with PLANTS county records; the statewide figure counts every species native anywhere in the state. More species is not better or worse: counties differ in size, habitat and how thoroughly they have been surveyed.

Native species counts, Lampasas County and Texas
MeasureLampasas CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 107 145 1,683
Garden-ready natives 43 61 656
Tree 6 — 164
Shrub 1 — 90
Wildflower (forb) 51 — 877
Grass or grass-like 44 — 431
Vine 5 — 83
Fern 0 — 38

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Source & data date

Source
USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
Citation
USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
Data date
Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
Zones
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023) ZIP table: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed November 3, 2026. Plant zones on this site are our estimate, not the official map.
Scope
Lampasas County (county FIPS 48281), Texas. 107 native species from PLANTS county distribution records; garden-ready = species with a PLANTS characteristics record.
Method
A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources

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