Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Purple ), 1 by htop

htop wrote:
Hairy Tubetongue, False Honeysuckle, False-Honeysuckle (Siphonoglossa pilosella), Acanthaceae Family, Texas native, perennial, blooms mid-spring through fall

This is listed as a subshrub in the USDA Plants Database, but it is more of a sprawling almost vine-like plant. It can be found growing up fences, over other vegetation and as a groundcover. The .5 to 1 inch bloom may be small, but it is showy. It may be other colors as well.

For more information see entry in the PlantFiles: http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/75169/index.html