Native plants for Loving County, Texas
168 native plants recorded in Loving County, Texas
The USDA plant database has 213 plants recorded growing wild in Loving County. 168 of them are native to the lower 48, and 9 are introduced species that this page leaves out.
By type: 81 wildflowers and herbs, 27 grasses and sedges, 12 shrubs, 39 low woody plants, 4 trees, 5 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 21 of them (13%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Spreading amaranth (Amaranthus crassipes) and High-plains beeblossom (Oenothera cinerea) are also recorded as introduced.
What fits each kind of spot in Loving County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 21 | 0 | 147 |
| Half shade | 21 | 0 | 147 |
| Under trees | 18 | 3 | 147 |
| Heavy clay | 9 | 12 | 147 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 17 | 4 | 147 |
| Never watered | 18 | 3 | 147 |
| Stays soggy | 2 | 19 | 147 |
Sun all day in Loving County: 21 rated natives
8 grasses and sedges, 4 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 3 low woody plants, 1 vines, 1 trees. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Missouri gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Rough menodora (Menodora scabra) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Salt heliotrope (Heliotropium curassavicum) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Lyreleaf greeneyes (Berlandiera lyrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial - Longleaf jointfir (Ephedra trifurca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Half shade in Loving County: 21 rated natives
8 grasses and sedges, 4 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 3 low woody plants, 1 vines, 1 trees. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Missouri gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Rough menodora (Menodora scabra) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Salt heliotrope (Heliotropium curassavicum) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Lyreleaf greeneyes (Berlandiera lyrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance - Longleaf jointfir (Ephedra trifurca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
Under trees in Loving County: 18 rated natives
6 grasses and sedges, 4 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 3 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Missouri gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Rough menodora (Menodora scabra) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Salt heliotrope (Heliotropium curassavicum) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Lyreleaf greeneyes (Berlandiera lyrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial - Longleaf jointfir (Ephedra trifurca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Heavy clay in Loving County: 9 rated natives
3 grasses and sedges, 2 low woody plants, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 1 vines, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Missouri gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Salt heliotrope (Heliotropium curassavicum) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Lyreleaf greeneyes (Berlandiera lyrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Golden crownbeard (Verbesina encelioides) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth - Alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Bush muhly (Muhlenbergia porteri) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Tobosagrass (Pleuraphis mutica) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Sandy, drains fast in Loving County: 17 rated natives
8 grasses and sedges, 4 shrubs, 2 low woody plants, 1 vines, 1 trees, 1 wildflowers and herbs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Missouri gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Rough menodora (Menodora scabra) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial - Longleaf jointfir (Ephedra trifurca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Never watered in Loving County: 18 rated natives
7 grasses and sedges, 3 low woody plants, 3 shrubs, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 1 vines, 1 trees. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Missouri gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Rough menodora (Menodora scabra) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Salt heliotrope (Heliotropium curassavicum) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance - Lyreleaf greeneyes (Berlandiera lyrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
Stays soggy in Loving County: 2 rated natives
2 grasses and sedges. The first 2, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Vine mesquite (Panicum obtusum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Natives Loving County has that most of Texas does not
29 natives here are on file in no more than 13 of Texas's 254 counties. A few of them:
- Neglected sunflower (Helianthus neglectus): 4 counties
- Southwestern ringstem (Anulocaulis leiosolenus): 5 counties
- Gypsum blazingstar (Mentzelia humilis): 5 counties
- Sanddune sandmat (Chamaesyce carunculata): 6 counties
- Onion blanketflower (Gaillardia multiceps): 6 counties
- Dwarf ipomopsis (Ipomopsis pumila): 6 counties
- Arizona poppy (Kallstroemia grandiflora): 6 counties
- Grassland blazingstar (Mentzelia strictissima): 6 counties
- Gyp dropseed (Sporobolus nealleyi): 6 counties
- Touristplant (Dimorphocarpa wislizeni): 7 counties
Where to start in Loving County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Loving County gives you the most rated choice (21 plants), and Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) is the easiest start on that list. Stays soggy is the hard one here: 2 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 147 unrated natives too.