Chapter M

Machaeranthera, 165, xiv
Madder family, 143
Magoty-boy-bean, 49
Mahonia, 30, xiv
Mallow family, 69
Malo mujer, 65
Malvaceae, 69-73
Malvastrum, 70
Malvaviscus, 71
Mandrake, 30
Margil, 31
Marrubium, 119
Marsh fleabane, 168
Marsh pink, 98
May apple, 30
Mayweed, 185
Meadow pink, 98
Megapterium, 82
Melampodium, 169
Menispermaceae, 31
Mentzelia, 75, xiv
Meriolix, 83
Mesquite, 45
Mexican
Apple, 71
Hat, 173
Persimmon, 94
Poppy, 34
Primrose, 81
Tea, 121
Milfoil, 186
Milk vetch, 57
Milkweed family, 100-101
Milkweed, green-flowered, 100
Milkwort, 64
Mimbre, 138
Mimosa, 46
Mimosa family, 44-46
Mimosaceae, 44-46
Mistflower, 153
Mock orange, 149
Monarda, 122-125, xiv
Moonseed, 31
Morongia, 46, xiv
Morning-glory family, 103
Morning-glory, purple, 103
Mountain daisy, 169
Mountain laurel, 52
Mountain pink, 95
Mulberry, French, 118
Mustard family, 36-38

N
Nama, 111
Nemophila, 111
Neopieris, 92
Neptunia, 46
Niggerhead, 172-173
Niggertoe, 173
Nightshade, purple, 128
Nightshade, yellow, 129
Nothoscordum, 8
Nuphar, 24, xiv
Nuttallia, 75
Nyctaginia, 20
Nymphaea, 24, xiv
Nymphaeaceae, 24

O
Odostemon, 30, xiv
Oenothera, 79, xiv
Oil willow, 166
Old man’s beard, 28
Onion, prairie, 8
Opoponax, 44
Opuntia, 76-77
Orchidaceae, 16
Orchid family, 16
Orpine family, 40
Ovalidaceae, 62
Oxalis, 62
Oxytropis, 56

P
Paint-brush, purple, 131
Paint-brush, scarlet, 132-133
Painted-cup, 132-133
Palmillo, 9
Palo verde, 50
Papaveraceae, 32
Paper flower, 180
Parkinsonia, 50
Parosela, 55
Parsley, prairie, 91
Parthenium, 176
Partridge pea, 49
Pavonia, 73
Pea family, 52-58
Pea, indigo, 54
Pencil-tree, 166
Pennyroyal, 121
Pentstemon, 134-137, xiv
Peppergrass, 36
Perezia, 191
Persicaria, 18, xiv
Persimmon, common, 94
Persimmon, Mexican, 94
Petalostemon, 55
Petunia, wild, 140-141
Phacelia, 111-112
Phlox, 106-110
Phlox family, 104-110, xiv
Physalis, 130, xiv
Physostegia, 120
Piaropus, 6, xiv
Pickerel-weed family, 6
Pimpernel, 93
Pinaropappus, 193
Pineapple family, 3
Pine needle, 59
Pink family, 23
Pink prairie gentian, 98
Pitcher-plant, 39
Plantain family, 142
Plantago, 142
Pleiotaenia, 91, xiv
Pluchea, 168
Pleurisy-root, 101
Podophyllum, 30
Pogonia, 16
Poinciana, 49
Pokeberry, 21
Pokeweed family, 21
Polygala, 64
Polytaenia, 91, xiv
Pontedariaceae, 6
Popinac, 44
Poppy mallow, 72
Portulaceae, 22
’Possum plums, 94
Potato family, 128-130
Poverty-weed, 167
Powder puffs, 189
Prairie clover, 55
Prairie-lily, 10, 75
Prairie lace, 87
Prairie rose, 41-42
Prairie stonecrop, 40
Prickly pear, 76-77
Prickly poppy, 32
Prickly potato, 129
Prionopsis, 159
Primulaceae, 93
Primrose, 93
Primrose family, 93
Prosopis, 45
Psilostrophe, 180
Ptiloria, 192
Puccoon, 114
Purslane family, 22
Purslane, lance-leaved, 22
Purple thistle, 190
Purple thistle, false, 88-89

Q
Quamasia, 7
Queen Anne’s lace, 87, 90
Queen’s crown, 17
Queen’s wreath, 17

R
Rabbit tobacco, 167
Ragweed, 175
Rain-lily, 10
Ranunculaceae, 25-29
Ranunculus, 27
Rattlesnake master, 89
Redbud, 47
Retama, 50
Resin willow, 166
Rhododendron, 92
Ribwort, 142
Riverraft, 6
Rivina, 21
Rose moss, 22
Rose family, 41-42
Rose, pink prairie, 42
Rose, white prairie, 41
Rouge plant, 21
Rubber plant, 176
Rubiaceae, 143-144
Rubus, 43
Rudbeckia, 174
Ruellia, 141, xiv
Rumex, 18

S
Sabbatia, 98
Sagebrush, 185
Sagittaria, 2
Salvia, 126-127
Salviastrum, 127, xv
Samolus, 93
Sampson’s root, 175
Sand-bells, 111
Sand-bur, 51
Sand verbena, 19
Sarracenia, 39, xv
Sarraceniaceae, 39
Scarlet pea, 53
Scrambled eggs, 35
Scrophulariaceae, 131-137
Sea-holly, 89
Sea-star, 98
Sedum, 40
Seed-ticks, 90
Senecio, 187
Seniso, 131
Senna, 48
Senna family, 47-50
Sensitive briar, 46
Sensitive pea, 49
Shame vine, 46
Shaving brush, 189-190
Shooting-star, 93
Sida, 69, xv
Sideranthus, 161
Silene, 23
Silkweed, 100
Silver puffs, 191
Sisyrinchium, 14
Sitilias, 193
Skullcap, 119
Skunkflower, 20
Smartweed, 18
Snail-flower, 112
Snake-mouth, 16
Snapdragon, 134
Sneezeweed, 182
Snow-on-the-mountain, 66
Soapweed, 9
Solanum, 128-129
Solidago, 154-156
Sophia, 37
Spanish bayonet, 9
Spanish dagger, 9
Spanish moss, 3
Sparkleberry, 92
Specularia, 150
Spectacle-pod, 38
Sphaeralcea, 70
Spider-flower, 112
Spider-lily, 12
Spiderwort, 4
Spiderwort family, 4-5
Spurge family, 66-66
Spurge-nettle, 65
Squaw-weed, 187
Stagger-bush, 92
Standing cypress, 104-105
Star-mallow, 70
Stenorrhyncus cinnabarinus, 16
Stellaria, 23, xv
Stickerweed, 129
Stonecrop, 40
Stork’s bill, 59
Strangle-weed, 102
Straw, flowering, 192
Straw, milk, 192-193
Sunbonnet babies, 191
Sunflower, 177
Svida, 86, xiv
Swamp honeysuckle, 92
Sweet sultan, 189

T
Tansy aster, 165
Tansy mustard, 37
Talinum, 22
Tallow-weed, 142
Tassajillo, 77
Tecoma, 138
Tetraneuris, 181
Texas nettle, 129
Texas pride, 106
Texas star, blue, 99
Texas star daisy, 170
Texas star, pink, 98
Texas star, red, 105
Thamnosma, 35
Thelesperma, 179
Thimble flower, 173
Thistle, American star, 189
Thistle, nodding, 191
Thistle, purple, 89, 190
Thistle, spineless, 189
Thoroughwort, 153
Thrysanthema, 191, xv
Thyme-leaf, 184
Thymophylla, 184
Tie-vine, 103
Tillandsia, 3, xiv
Tiny Tim, 184
Toad-flax, 134
Toxicoscordion, 7, xv
Tradescantia, 4
Tread-softly, 65, 129
Tree-huckleberry, 92
Trumpet-creeper, 138
Trumpet-creeper family, 138
Trumpets, 39
Turkey pea, 57
Turk’s cap, 71
Twisted-stalk, 16

U
Umbrella-plant, 17
Umbrella-wort, 19