| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agavaceae | Echeandia chandleri | Lila de los Llanos | Chaparral, thickets, prairies; nonsaline clay in coastal prairie grassland remnants and among shrubs or in unshaded openings in subtropical woodlands or shrublands, saline clay of lomas (clay dunes that form elevated landforms within a matrix of tidal flats); locally frequent on slightly saline clay dunes at the mouth of the Rio Grande" (Carr 2016; Poole et al. 2007). | S. TX near the coast (Cameron, Kleberg, and Nueces counties); apparently also in ne. Mexico (CHI, COA, NLE, TAM), though some of these records may be based on misidentification of other Echeandia species. | |
| Agavaceae | Echeandia flavescens | Torrey's Crag-lily | Grassy openings in juniper woodlands. | C. TX west to NM and AZ, south into Mexico; n. South America. This species is very rare in c. TX and known from only one location within our region (Diggs et al. 2006). |  (c) Wong, Michelle - CC-BY |
| Agavaceae | Echeandia texensis | Texas Crag-lily | Clay dunes, llanos; "among shrubs or in grassy openings in subtropical thorn shrublands on somewhat saline clay of lomas along the Gulf Coast near the mouth of the Rio Grande" (Carr 2016). | Known only from Cameron Co. in s. TX and one 1939 collection from San Luis PotosÃ, Mexico (Poole et al. 2007). |  (c) johnyochum - CC-BY |