I have these growing in a clump of blackberry vines and some that are pinkish lavender color.
ID Please?
Does the flower belong to the foliage in the picture?
Yes
Drummond Phlox?
These were growing alongside a Private road south of Canton and we also had them growing wild on our land in Ben Wheeler. I have a picture of just the plant that I will post here tomorrow.
That is really beautiful. Ive never seen one before.
It does look like drummond phlox.
Yes the flower looks like it, but what threw me off is the foliage it seems too large and rough, that is why i asked, http://wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=6650
Ok here is a shot of the leaves. Oh and the plant's never get taller than 8 inches at which point they stop flowering and produce seed heads. After the first seed head are formed they shoot out a second set of flowers which is where they are at now. Then these flowers go to seed heads and the entire plant dries up until the next Spring when the seeds germinate and start the cycle over again. I thought Phlox got bigger and bloomed longer.
This message was edited May 5, 2011 9:19 AM
another shot of the flowers.
Here is the other color
and another shot of the leaves
I have this little wiry plant growing near my cacti but it produces these pretty little flower every morning so I just can't cut it down yet. Is it a weed?
and these plant's growing all on the South side of the house. They resemble a wild Capsicum but the leaves when torn smell like a mix of eucalyptus and camphor. Any ideas on this?
Plant shot of the wiry thing.
Your first one is linum maybe this one http://wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LILE3
Cool I can keep the Flax then as it has medicinal uses. I like the phlox looking things just cause they are pretty and the camphor smelling plants still not to sure of. I'll do my search in a bit.
I think your other plant is a Croton, not sure which one.
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