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

htop wrote:
Redbud , Low Menodora (Menodora heterophylla), Oleaceae Family, endemic Texas native, perennial, blooms March through June (I found it blooming in October after a rain a few weeks earlier, guess it thought it was spring)

Growing to be between 2 and 10 inches in height, redbud is a small erect perennial that can be found in clay, gravel, sandy-loam or caliche soils of the South Texas Plains and the Edwards Plateau. It forms a thick mat suitable for a flowering groundcover. The deeply lobed, 1 inch long leaves are crowded on the stem and can be entire or deeply cut. The flower bud is a bright scarlet red giving the plant one of it's common names. The flowers are 1" wide with a 1 1/2" long tube and can have 5 or 6 petals. The petals are pale yellow to a medium yellow when first open and fade to a paler color as time passes. The outer side of some petals are streaked with red giving them a bronzish tone. The flowersclose in the hottest part of the day. The seed pods look like round peas. The top half opens to release the seeds.If cultivated, plant in well drained soil. The plant is drought tolerant but will take some summer water. Redbud leaves are eaten by white-tailed deer and quail and it is a butterfly nectar source

The flower bud ...