Sunday, October 12, 2008

Texas Flowers


Photo taken at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, TX on 4/12/2008Texas Bluebonnet - Lupinus texensis (Pea Family - Fabaceae)

Photo taken at Big Bend NP, TX on 3/18/2008Honey Mesquite - Prosopis glandulosa (Mimosa Family - Mimosaceae)

Photo taken at Big Bend NP, TX on 3/18/2008Guayacan or Soapbush or Texas lignumvitae - Guajacum angustifolium

(Creosote-Bush Family - Zygophyllaceae)

Photo taken at Big Bend NP, TX on 3/18/2008Rough Nama, Sand Bells - Nama hispidum (Waterleaf Family - Hydrophyllaceae)

Photo taken at Big Bend NP, TX on 3/18/2008Tree Tobacco - Nicotiana glauca (Potato Family - Solanaceae)

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Photo taken at Lost Maples SA, TX on 4/7/2008False Day Flower - Tinantia anomala (Spiderwort Family - Commelinaceae)

Photo taken at Seminole Canyon SP, TX on 3/31/2008Guajillo or Thornless Catclaw - Acacia berlandieri (Pea Family - Fabaceae)

Photo taken at Big Bend NP, TX on 3/18/2008Texas Persimmon - Diospyros texana (Ebony Family -Ebenaceae)

Photo taken at Lost Maples SA, TX on 4/7/2008Texas Buckeye - Aesculus glabra (Horse-Chestnut Family - Hippocastanaceae)

Photo taken at Lost Maples SA, TX on 4/7/2008Mexican Buckeye - Ungnadia speciosa (Soapberry Family -Sapindaceae)

Photo taken at Lost Maples SA, TX on 4/7/2008Scarlet Leather Flower - Clematis texensis (Buttercup Family -Ranunculaceae)

Photo taken at Lost Maples SA, TX on 4/7/2008Scarlet Leather Flower

Photo taken at Balcones Canyonlands NWR, TX on 4/11/2008Tropical Sage - Salvia coccinea (Mint Family -Lamiaceae)

Photo taken at Balcones Canyonlands NWR, TX on 4/11/2008Green False Nightshade - Chamaesaracha coronopus (Potato Family -Solanaceae)

Photo taken at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, TX on 4/12/2008Antelope Horns - Asclepias asperula (Milkweed Family -Asclepiadaceae)

Photo taken at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, TX on 4/12/2008Prairienymph - Herbertia lahue (Iris Family -Iridaceae)

Photo taken at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, TX on 4/12/2008Prairie Beard-tongue - Penstemon cobaea (Figwort Family -Scrophulariaceae)

Photo taken at Lost Maples SA, TX on 4/7/2008Evening-Star Rain Lily - Cooperia drummondii (Lily Family -Liliaceae)

Photo taken at Lost Maples SA, TX on 4/7/2008Evening-Star Rain Lily

Photo taken at Big Bend NP, TX on 3/22/2008Candellia or Wax Plant- Euphorbia antisyphilitica (Spurge Family -Euphorbiaceae)

Photo taken at Seminole Canyon SP, TX on 3/31/2008Resurrection Plant or Flower of Stone - Selaginella lepidophylla
(Spike-Moss Family -Selaginellaceae)

Photo taken at Seminole Canyon SP, TX on 3/31/2008This is a desert plant that grows rapidly after rains, but curls up into a dormant ball
when it lacks moisture.




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