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Posted by Jennifer Richardson over 9 years ago
I've been compiling a list of edible Texas natives (I have had a surprisingly hard time finding a convenient, comprehensive list), and thought others might find it useful. Feel free to let me know if you're familiar with any others.
Red mulberry (Morus rubra) |
American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) |
Texas persimmon (Diospyros texana) |
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) |
Dwarf pawpaw (Asimina parviflora) |
Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) |
Mexican plum (Prunus mexicana) |
Creek plum / Hog plum (Prunus rivularis) |
Texas walnut / Little walnut (Juglans microcarpa) |
Honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) |
Sugar hackberry (Celtis laevigata) |
Netleaf hackberry (Celtis laevigata var. reticulata) |
Desert hackberry (Celtis ehrenbergiana) |
Prickly ash / Toothache tree (Zanthoxylum hirsutum) |
Yaupon / Yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria) |
Anacua / Sugarberry (Ehretia anacua) |
Agarita (Mahonia trifoliolata) |
Texas barberry (Mahonia swaseyi) |
Dewberry (Rubus trivialis) |
Oxalis, Drummond's wood-sorrel (Oxalis drummondii) |
Turkscap / Manzanilla / Texas mallow (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii) |
Barbados cherry / Manzanita (Malpighia glabra) |
Prickly pear / Cactus Apple (Opuntia engelmannii) |
Spineless prickly pear (Opuntia ellisiana) |
Common prickly pear / Plains prickly pear (Opuntia macrorhiza) |
Pink evening primrose (Oenothera speciosa) |
Mustang grape (Vitis mustangensis) |
Sweet mountain grape (Vitis monticola) |
Winter grape (Vitis cinerea var. helleri) |
Purple passionflower / Maypop (Passiflora incarnata) |
Yellow passionflower (Passiflora lutea) |
Scarlet-fruit passionflower / Stinking passionflower (Passiflora foetida L.) |
Chile pequin / Bird pepper (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum) |
Drummond's onion / Wild garlic (Allium drummondii) |
Meadow garlic / Wild garlic / Wild onion (Allium canadense) |
Autumn sage (Salvia greggii) |
Scarlet sage (Salvia coccinea) |
Cedar sage (Salvia roemeriana) |
Big red sage (Salvia penstemonoides) |
Blue shrub sage (Salvia ballotiflora) |
Giant spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea) |
Prairie crabapple (Malus ioensis) |
Chocolate daisy (Berlandiera lyrata) |
Lemon beebalm / Purple horsemint (Monarda citriodora) |
Drummond's false pennyroal / Lemoncillo / Mock pennyroyal (Hedeoma drummondii) |
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