Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native Plants & Wildflowers, part 17, 1 by Allwild

Allwild wrote:
Oh that salvia greggii probably attracts some hummingbirds!! pretty. And that thistle is sure much prettier than my bull thistle. I have a Bull Thistle growing that is now taller than me! It has dozens of buds on it but they aren't as flattering as that Texas thisle.

Did you see many more wonderful flowers yesterday Josephine?

Cloudy today, hoping for rain. But the forecast says tomorrow 50%.

So what kind of leaf/plant is this growing?