Weird Texas Plants and Wild Flowers

Flowers and plants photographed in Central Texas.

Part 2 

Texas Wildflowers

These are some of the more interesting, unusual, and prickly, Texas wildflowers I've photographed.

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Texas Prickly Poppy

(Argemone)

Very thorny, desert rose.

This tall plant is covered in spikes, even the bulbs dare you to touch them.

Blossom attracts many pollinators with its lovely yellow pollen.

Antelope Horn Milkweed 

(Asclepias asperula)

Indian Blankets at LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Tx

Wild Onion, Allium canadense  

Cow Parsley

(Anthriscus sylvestris)

Flowering before turning to 'stickers'.

Red Texas Yucca

            

Upright Prairie Coneflower, aka, Mexican Hat

(Ratibida columnifera)

Photos by Cathleen Wake Gorbatenko

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Wildflowers in Texas

Flowers photographed in Texas

Photographs by Cathleen Wake Gorbatenko

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Texas Bluebonnet

(Lupinus texensis)

Lantana 

(Lantana camara)

 

My favorite wildflower 2019, that I have found in Wimberley, and that I had never seen before, is the Pearn Milkweed. The vine itself is interesting, but the flowers are impressive. The tiny green flowers have a pearlescent white center that shimmers in the sun. Gourds grow, and seed, and life begins again.

Pearl Milkweed Vine

(Matelea reticulate)

The seed pods are interesting but even more so, are the tiny, thick green, 5 petal flowers with the pearl like center. So green and lovely.

Antelope Milkweed, Asclepia asperula, with its 5 inch pods, and impressive flowers. Named Antelope Milkweed for its seed pods.

Texas Sage

(Leucophyllum frutescens)

Texas Thistle

(Cirsium texanum)

 

Peonies

(Paeoniaceae)

Oleander

(Nerium oleander)

Mountain Pink, aka Quinine Weed or Rock Century

(Zeltnera beyrichii)

Beautiful tiny pink cluster of flowers, growing roadside, on rugged rocky hillside, in Wimberley, Texas.

Fun tidbit;

One of my Mountain Pink photos was used in this great travel size flower identification book; 

WILDFLOWERS OF TEXAS Field Guide, by Nora & Rick Bowers, and Stan Tekiela.

Thank you for choosing my photograph. Such a beautiful little flower.

Prairie Vervain (Glandularia bipinnatifida)

Dayflower

(Commelina communis)

Texas Sunflower

Passion flowers do well, if you can keep the caterpillars off them.

Pride of Barbados

(Caesalpinia pulcherrima)

Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia

Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia

Water Lilies

More to come in Part 2, Flowers Photographed in Texas, such as the....

Peach tree blossom.

 

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