Texas Paintbrush, Indian Paintbrush, ( Castilleja indivisa ), Yellow form.
Found growing on a roadside curve in a patch of Bluebonnets and orange Indian Paintbrush near Stephen's Creek, San Jacinto County.
Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Yellow )
Texas Paintbrush, Indian Paintbrush, ( Castilleja indivisa ), Gold form.
It appears to be a cross between the yellow and the orange, and has a pink tint to the flowers. Found in same area.
Thank you very much QuennB, very pretty.
I'll say!!
Texas Paintbrush, Indian Paintbrush, ( Castilleja indivisa ), Yellow form.
Solitary clump, same area.
(I was using two different cameras, so I got different resolutions, and only one can be used at home.)
Thanks, ya'll! :-)
Wood Betony, or Canadian Lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis).
Grows in damp woodlands, spreading by runners.
Found growing in patches on a stretch of road in the Sam Houston National Forest, near Coldspring, San Jacinto County, Texas.
Tocalote, Malta Thistle, Maltese Star-thistle, Cockspur Thistle, Yellow Star-thistle, Napa Thistle (Centaurea melitensis), Asteraceae Family, naturalized, annual/biennial, invasive
Malta thistle, Maltese star-thistle, cockspur thistle, yellow star-thistle, Napa thistle (Centaurea melitensis) is an introduced invasive winter annual plant. It is difficult to distinguish between Malta star-thistle and yellow star-thistle (Centaurea solstitialis) until they flower. Both have bright yellow thistle-like flowers with prominent spines emanating from the flower base in a star-like arrangement at the base of the flower head. The spines on yellow star-thistle flowers are ¾ to1 inch long, yellow, very stiff and pointed like a cactus spine. Malta star-thistle has tan spines that are not as stiff and shorter (3/8 inch). Malta star-thistle bracts below the heads have short often reddish or brownish spines; whereas, yellow star-thistle bracts have yellow spines. Yellow-star thistle blooms have discoid heads that are about one inch in diameter. Malta star-thistle blooms stand 1/2 to 5/8 inch tall. Malta-star thistle blooms May-December with yellow star-thistle blooming April-September.
For more characteristis that differientiate these 2 plants, see its entry in the PlantFiles (link below).
Distribution:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=Texas&statefips=48&symbol=CEME2
For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/127519/index.html
The bloom is a thistle-like flower about 3/8" to 1/2" wide. Its bracts have spines. Shown in April (blooms in background are on a different plant) ...
Tocalote, Malta Thistle, Maltese Star-thistle, Cockspur Thistle, Yellow Star-thistle, Napa Thistle (Centaurea melitensis)
A view of the bloom showing its attachment to the stem (Its leaves are hairy.) ...
Tocalote, Malta Thistle, Maltese Star-thistle, Cockspur Thistle, Yellow Star-thistle, Napa Thistle (Centaurea melitensis)
This shows the cobweb-like material on the bracts which is an identifying characteristic. Note that the leaves extend down the stem giving it a winged appearance. The upper leaves are quite thin.
Nice pics! But I hate that stuff! It's taking over so many of our natural areas and roadsides.
Thanks, Linda. I had never really noticed it before this year. I saw it covering largwe areas. It sure can be a menace.
This message was edited Apr 14, 2007 6:15 PM
Damianita Daisy (Chrysactinia mexicana)
(I have already entered a post for this plant above)
http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=2781093
I just had to post another photo of this plant. It is blooming up a storm and the colors of the blooms are magnificent. It is one of the best plants that I have ever purchased. No fuss, no muss, no water. I am pleased that it blooms more than once a year. The only complaint that I have is that a heavy rainstorm bent the stems downward.
Bloom colors are intense, difficult to describe and difficult to capture accurately with my digital camera. The blooms persist for quite some time without fading.
Greenthread, Plains Greenthread, Threadleaf Thelesperma, Navajo Tea, False Golden Wave (Thelesperma filifolium)
(I have already entered a post for this plant above)
http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=1644415
The bloom stems hang over with the bloom buds facing downwards.
Greenthread, Plains Greenthread, Threadleaf Thelesperma, Navajo Tea, False Golden Wave (Thelesperma filifolium)
The inner whorl of phyllaries of the Greenthread, Plains Greenthread, Navajo Tea (Thelesperma filifolium) flower bud is translucent which allows the colors of the developing flower to show through.
Greenthread, Plains Greenthread, Threadleaf Thelesperma, Navajo Tea, False Golden Wave (Thelesperma filifolium)
A field aglow with blooms and very robust plants after our very rainy spring ...
Yellow Stonecrop
Sedum nuttallianum Crassulaceae
Native throughout Texas, Stonecrop can be seen flowering across the rocky hillsides turning them a chartreuse shade of green to a golden yellow. They grow right out of the porous limestone rock. Stonecrop is very adaptable to soil, just requires that it is well draining.
Stonecrop grows no more than 4 inches high as it is a sprawling succulent that spreads and forms a mat to cover bare ground. It thrives in dry hot locations, complementing small cacti, or dangling out of rock crevices in a rock or alpine garden. The stems break easily so you do not want to put stonecrop in a walkway.
Very cold hardy, drought tolerant, shade tolerant, and easily roots by stem cuttings makes stonecrop a great groundcover in xeric garden. Usually you see stonecrop flower in the spring and early summer, but can flower into the fall when it receives supplementary water.
http://wildflower.utexas.edu/plants/result.php?id_plant=SENU
Should I move the stonecrop to cacti and desert? I may have put this in the wrong categorie.
I think this is O.K. here. It is a succulent that could be at home in many different places, and we are not trying to be technical about it.
Josephine.
A field of Tetraneuris scaposa Four Nerve Daisy http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53549/index.html in Garland at Spring Creek Forest Preserve. This is in a native tall grass prairie on fairly thin, almost caliche like, soil.
That is a beautiful picture Stacey, doesn't it make your heart sing when you see something like that?
We are going to see two different prairies this Sunday, I hope I get good pictures.
Josephine.
Opuntia macrorhiza. This one is in my yard, transplanted from Oklahoma. It is also native to Texas.
Are you doing the New York Avenue Blackland Prairie Tour with Jim Varnum on Sunday? I attended two nature walks with Jim last week. Parkhill Prairie in Collin County on Saturday & Spring Creek in Garland on Wednesday. Going on these walks has encouraged me to go ahead and take the Master Naturalist Classes next spring (the Collin County chapter does not have classes in the fall). Have you finished your classes and hours and been officially named a Master Naturalist?
Yes I have Stacey, and it has given me a new appreciation of out beautiful land and country.
I am now a Master Naturalist, but as they told us, this means that I can now notice things in Nature that I didn't know or see before.
No one is ever a master in the study of Nature, they said they had to call the course something, and that is what they came up with.
But we can become students, observers and lovers of Nature, which will lead us on a journey to last a lifetime.
I hope you will take the course, I loved it and I made a few new friends in the process.
Yes we are going to the New York avenue prairie and the Tandy Hills prairie, so it is going to be a busy but joyful day.
Love;
Josephine.
Trois, that is the most gorgeous cactus blossom, was it after a rain?
Ah, the wonders of nature, if we only stop to look!!!
Josephine.
Thanks, Josephine. It was after early morning fog.
trois
Berlandier's sundrops, Square-Bud primrose, Sundrops, Halfshrub Sundrops (Calylophus berlandieri - Synonyms: Calylophus berlandieri ssp. berlandieri, Calylophus drummondianus ssp. berlandieri), Onagraceae Family. native, perennial, blooms March through September
This is a bushy, usually 4 - 20 inch tall, plant (but it can grow up to 32 inches tall) that sometimes becomes woody near the base which grows in sun or part sun. Sundrops can be found in old fields and on hillsides of the Edwards Plateau and the South Texas Plains in sandy or rocky soil. There is an erect type and a more spread out groundcover form. Its leaves are narrow and spiny-toothed. The showy, crinkled, bright yellow blooms are up to 2 inches across with four, broad petals. The center of the bloom and stigma either black or yellow. The stigma is shaped like a club which is typical in Calylophus while in Oenothera the stigma is cross-shaped. The filaments of the stamens are fused to the petals and the bloom buds have prominent ribs on 4 sides giving it a square appearance. Seed is most successful if done in fall. It can also be propagated by take cuttings of new growth in early spring and sometimes even in January.
Distribution:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=Texas&statefips=48&symbol=CABEB2
For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/128674/index.html
Note that the filaments of the stamens are fused to the petals.
Berlandier's sundrops, Square-Bud primrose, Sundrops, Halfshrub Sundrops (Calylophus berlandieri - Synonyms: Calylophus berlandieri ssp. berlandieri, Calylophus drummondianus ssp. berlandieri)
Blooms in different stages of maturity ...
Berlandier's sundrops, Square-Bud primrose, Sundrops, Halfshrub Sundrops (Calylophus berlandieri - Synonyms: Calylophus berlandieri ssp. berlandieri, Calylophus drummondianus ssp. berlandieri)
Bloom as seen from the side and bloom buds. The buds have prominent ribs on 4 sides giving it a square appearance.
Berlandier's sundrops, Square-Bud primrose, Sundrops, Halfshrub Sundrops (Calylophus berlandieri - Synonyms: Calylophus berlandieri ssp. berlandieri, Calylophus drummondianus ssp. berlandieri)
Leaves and a spent bloom that is turning peachy in color ...
Berlandier's sundrops, Square-Bud primrose, Sundrops, Halfshrub Sundrops (Calylophus berlandieri - Synonyms: Calylophus berlandieri ssp. berlandieri, Calylophus drummondianus ssp. berlandieri)
Woody stems at the base ...
Annual b...... (expletive) cabbage, mustard-weed, turnip-weed, giant mustard, ball mustard, wild turnip ((Rapistrum rugosom), Brassicaceae Family, naturalized, annual, blooms early spring (sometimes in January and February) until it becomes really hot. on Texas Noxious Weed List
I spent quite sometime researching and then describing this plant. When I attempted to upload the information and a photo, my post was blocked due to the name of the plant that contained an expletive. All of my posting disappeared and I was disconnected form my DSL server. If you wish to know more about this plant, go here:
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/raru1.htm
For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/152452/index.html
Bloom cluster with one seed capsule forming
Annual b...... (expletive) cabbage, mustard-weed, turnip-weed, giant mustard, ball mustard, wild turnip ((Rapistrum rugosom)
Plants in early spring before they became huge
Annual b...... (expletive) cabbage, mustard-weed, turnip-weed, giant mustard, ball mustard, wild turnip ((Rapistrum rugosom)
Stem with many unripe 2-segmented seed capsules (silique) which both contain seeds when ripe
That is just too funny Hazel, ah the wonders of censorship!!!
I am glad you included the links.
Thank you very much.
Josephine.
Annual b...... (expletive) cabbage, mustard-weed, turnip-weed, giant mustard, ball mustard, wild turnip ((Rapistrum rugosom)
The seed capsule has a cylindrical base containing 0 to 2 seeds and a turban-shaped upper segment with 1 seed.
Annual b...... (expletive) cabbage, mustard-weed, turnip-weed, giant mustard, ball mustard, wild turnip ((Rapistrum rugosom)
Plants that were mostly dead and falling over; however, they were loaded with seed capsules most of which had already fallen off.
Josephine, I was given a warning to "clean up" my post. When I tried to do so, everything disappeared and I was knocked off line. I really don't think that Dave's knocked me offline. I was just too tired to go back through all my research, and recompose the info. I do not know how to type, so it takes me a long time to type my posts. I had tried to do a search for this plant in the plantFiles using its scientific name. It won't come up. :o) Have a great day.
Opuntia macrorhiza. Finally a fully opened bloom. Cloudy days inhibit opening.
Beautiful again Trois, I wish I had taken the time to see your picture album, I was too rushed, but I will next time, I promise.
Josephine.
Trois, great photo. :o) I haven't been taking many photos due to the poor light conditions. This afternoon, we finally had some sun, but I didn't have time to photograph things.