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Posted by Jennifer Richardson about 11 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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