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