Orange to Whites

From orange to whites -- I did not notice the white flowers as much as the reds or blues (probably because white is not a color). When I did, most often, it was a flower where some feature caught my eye, and it always was one that I had never seen (except yucca and pricklypoppy). Even the names of these flowers are new to me. (You would think that I would recognize all the names from all those westerns I have read.)

Plains Blackfoot - Melampodium leucanthum (Aster Family - Asteraceae)

White Pricklypoppy - Argemone albiflora (Poppy Family - Papaveraceae)
The white-colored sap from this plant is poisonous, so livestock will leave this plant standing and eat everything around it.

Lyreleaf Parthenium - Parthenium confertum (Aster Family - Asteraceae)

Crow Poison, Yellow False Garlic - Nothoscordum bivalve (Lily Family - Liliaceae)
This flower grows from a bulb.

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Texas Bullnettle - Cnidoscolus texanus (Spurge Family - Euphorbiaceae)
Some people are allergic to the milky sap from the stems
and to the stinging of the hairs.
(take pictures and don't touch)

Salt Pennywort - Hydrocotyle bonariensis (Parsley Family - Umbelliferae)
This plant has interesting leaves and grew at the edge
of my campsite at Galveston State Park.

Anacahuita, Mexican Olive - Cordia boissieri (Borage (herb) Family - Boraginaceae)
The fruit is edible and is used to make jelly
and a cough medicine in Mexico.

Guajillo or Thornless Catclaw - Acacia berlandieri (Pea Family - Fabaceae)
with a butterfly - Hackberry Emperor - Asterocampa celtis
Too much of the leaves and fruit is toxic to livestock and causes
"guajillo wobbles" in the legs of sheep and goats.

Torrey Yucca - Yucca torreyi (Century-Plant Family - Agavaceae)
This has to be one of the most interesting plants in the south,
because I take pictures of it everytime I see it.

The references I used for this post are:
Texas Wildflowers by Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller
Peterson Field Guides: Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers
Kaufman Focus Guides: Butterflies of North America by Brock and Kaufman
Butterflies through Binoculars: The East by Jeffrey Glassberg
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Native Plants of South Texas

Stay tuned for doses of pinks and purples soon.