Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Purple )

Hazel, your pictures are amazing lately, thank you and Congratulations.

Woolly Violet
Viola sororia
Note the fiberous root system..
This plant is considered a winter weed. It is a Texas Native, and also the State Flower of New Jersey

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Woolly Violet
Viola sororia
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Thanks, Josephine. I ahven't had the time to take many photos lately.

Deb..What is that in the last 2 pics you posted?

Sorry I left it hanging turbos, I had some questions about this plant. I wanted to be sure about it.


:o)

Passiflora incarnata L.
Common Name(s): May-pop, Passionflower, Apricot vine, Purple passion-flower
From http://www.wildflower.org/:

Very pretty picture Debbie.

Oxalis violacea
Violet Wood Sorrel

I think this one is more common in south eastern Texas but here is a link to central Texas:
http://www.bio.utexas.edu/courses/bio406d/images/pics/oxl/oxalis_violacea.htm

Here it is in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/54398/index.html

Lucky for me, I love Oxalis species--I actually collect them in pots. While I really like the South African species the best--I haven't met many oxalis I don't like. This one just "popped up" next to the Ipheions and, obviously, will not need a pot to live in. It differs from Oxalis drummondi in leaves and flower structure--although they are similar in flower color. Its actually widespread and native in the US.

Thanks Josephine,
Happy to say I have seeds for this one if anyone would like some.

:-D

Maurandella antirrhiniflora
Roving Sailor, Twining Snapdragon, Snapdragon Vine

This one's over in the vines too--but it is purple. This one shows a bit more of how the leaves look. It seems to refuse to die back this winter. I think it does well in a hanging basket because it really doesn't get too big and requires little water.

Debbie dmj,
Oxalis is one of my favorites too! That violacea is one sweet little flower!

Josephine
Thanks and what's not to love in an Oxalis, right? That and the roving sailor are also the only blooming subjects I had to play with my new camera with. I have a scuttelaria blooming that's native to Central America and that's all the blooming subjects I had. One has to work with the subjects one has at this time of year and be thankful for them. =)

You are so right Debbie, I actually don't have a single thing blooming right now.
But you know, the Roving Sailor, Maurandella antirrhiniflora, happens to be the larval food for the Buckeye butterfly, is there any way that you might root me a cutting for the next R.U.?
I would really appreciate it. I am trying to collect as many larval food plants as possible.
Josephine.

Alrighty then,
Maybe my posts aren't showing up, but I will give it a shot...

Debbie, Is there any chance that your Roving Sailor turns a good seed? If so, I would like to trade something I have for either a cutting or seeds. My son Ben's favorite Butterfly is Buckeye, and I have been searching for several of their larval hosts.

Deb

If you can get ahold of seeds for any of the Agalinis species, they are good host plants for the Buckeye in the fall. I have Snapdragon Vine and one other host plant listed in books for the Buckeye, but it seems that the Buckeyes around here are a wee bit picky...I've only found Buckeye caterpillars on the local Plateau Agalinis that grows around here, Agalinis edwardsiana. I even found a chrysalis on one Agalinis plant once that turned out to be a Tropical Buckeye. This year, with the extreme heat and drought, not one single plant of the Agalinis came up (they come up here in summer) here, even though I'd collected some extra seeds the year before and put them out. But hopefully next year they'll be back. Here's a link for my Agalinis edwardsiana, but there's a lot of other Agalinis species also used by Buckeyes.

http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/oro/agalinis_edwardsiana.htm

Very helpful Linda, thank you!
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Aristolochia macrophylla
Dutchman's Pipe
(Sometimes incorrectly called Aristolochia durior)

Although the pipevines are all rather fast growing, this one grows a bit slower of the group. It is a larval host for the Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly Battus philenor (Linnaeus). PVST are very similar to Black Swallowtail, but they are the one in which mimicry plays in favor of both, because they are poisonous to their preditors. Of course the Pipevines are also poisonous.

At this time I do not have a good photo to post, although I do have seeds and a plant heeled into my back host garden ready for Spring. When it blooms the photo will be posted here. The bloom is greenish with a purple center in the pipe end. (Hard to know in which thread to put either of them.) Another Texas Native, Aristolochia tomentosa is posted in the "Other & Bi-color" thread. These are the 2 main larval hosts for Pipevine Swallowtail.

This is the best I can do for now, yet I believe this plant deserves an honorable place here in DG Native TX Plants.... Likewise a mention of the creature for which it was created.

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Very good Linda and Deb, great job, and very useful information.
Josephine.

Josephine--Yes I knew about the Buckeye butterfly. I will grow you one from seed in the spring--they are easier from seeds.

Oh thank you very much Debbie, I will try to pass it on around here.
Josephine.

Debbie,
Do you ever see the caterpilars on your Roving Sailor Vine?

Nope--its in a hanging basket, they may not can find it.

Thanks Debbie,
Also like Linda was saying they can be picky, and they prefer Agalinis. I will just look for the seeds for now..:-S

I didn find one source, for the edwardsiana, so far only one place, and they are kinda pricey. I may end up buying them anyway.

Deb

Native American Seed is a very reputable company and you get a lot of seeds for the money--very generous amounts, excellent germination rates too.

Thanks a bunch!

deb, I wish I had some seed for the Agalinis for you. I intended to collect some more this year and the plants were nowhere to be found. But any kind of Agalinis should do, for that matter, if it'll grow.

Linda,
No worries, placed an order with Native Am. Seed. They were the only place I could find, and when Debbie recommend them, I decided to go for it. 4.98pkt seemed a little high, but if it is a generous pkt, I will be happy. Got a couple more kinds of seed also, for the same postage buck since they only seem to ship by UPS, $6.89(Standard Ground).
Thanks!

:-Deb

You will get a lot of seed from them--they are not one of these places that send 3, 6, or 10 seeds for that price. That seems to be the newest trend these days.

Wow! Deb, that shipping business is what really gets you, makes you really appreciate all the things we get for free from our friends, doesn't it?
Josephine.

Yes it does Josephine.. I so appreaciate and love all of you!! I spoke to Jennifer at NASeed, and she said she would ship3 packs by USPS for $2.67.. So if anyone wants to go around the UPS cost, simply call them to place the orders.. 1-800-728-4043.
I'm all fixed up now tough.

Thanks y'all!

Good thing to know Deb, thank you very much.

I don't see these here or with the blues so I'll put them here because they look pale lilac to me; could just be my eyes.

Nemastylus geminiflora
'Celestial Lily'
The Prairie Celestial is native to Tennessee and Mississippi west to Texas and North to Kansas and Missouri; and is very widespread on the black land Texas prairies and all around the hill country. It is naturally found in grasslands and prairies, and also occurs in piney woods. This bulb grows deep (about 5”) and blooms in shades of sky-blue (rarely white) with white at the bloom base and yellow anthers. The flowers open mid-morning and fade before sundown and can grow in full sun to partial shade. Prairie Celestial’s are a delightful and delicate bloomer 6-12” high in March through May prefer dry conditions (probably drier than they are going to get here) during their dormancy. Started blooming today.

Just lovely Debbie.

It looked bluer as the afternoon progressed. I probably should have put it on the blue thread. Let me tell you they close up tighter than a clam at night, they are out by the rain lilies; I was checking on them for bud scapes real close to dark. Thanks Josephine.

Dakota Mock Vervain, Great Plains Verbena, Prairie Vebena, Moradilla (Glandularia bipinnatifida), Verbenaceae Family, native, annual/perennial, blooms (may be pinkish or purple depending upon the subspecies), February through September (can bloom year round)

This is the lowing growing native verbena that forms a great groundcover. The Spanish name, Moradilla, is derived from morado (purple) and means “little purple one”. The up to 24 inch long stems are square and usually partly reclining. They may root at the at the lower nodes. The 1 - 2. 5 inch, opposte, hairy leaves are simple but highly dissected with sunken veins and curled under leaf edges. It grows natively in various soils; but prefers calcareous or sandy soil in sunny locations in prairies, plains, brushlands and fields and along roadsides and dry streambanks. It can form large mat-like colonies. The flowers are especially rich in nectar and attract many kinds of butterflies and other insects. Native Indians used the plant to produce a beautiful die. It can be used in cultivated beds and is especially nice in rock gardens. Be sure not to overwater.

Texas distribution:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=Texas&statefips=48&symbol=GLBI2

For more unformation, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/62648/index.html

Herbertia lahue
Prairie Nymphs

Prairie Nymphs are an iris relative native to Texas and are lovely violet subtropical spring-flowering bulbs with a white flower eyes. This petite species has narrow green foliage less than 6” in height making it an excellent candidate for container gardening. Prairie Nymphs like medium moisture levels, are best grown in full sun to partial shade, and bloom in our gardens from March through May. When given adequate moisture, they prove to be easy and reliable naturalizing bulbs that reward their owners by reproducing remarkably easily from seed. Recommended for growing in zones 8-9.

Hard to get this one with the constant rain this morning.

Herbertia lahue
Prairie Nymphs

Unopened bud scapes.

Really pretty Debbie.

Golden-Eye Phlox, Roemer Phlox (Phlox roemeriana), Polemoniaceae Family, Texas endemic native, annual, blooms February through May

Golden-eye phlox may be a plant that goes unnoticied all year until it blooms (if it can fight its way through other plants). It can be found growing natively in the dry well-drained limestone soils of central Texas in the Edwards Plateau and in the adjacent High Plains Regions. Although it usually grows in clay or clay loam on rocky slopes and limestone barrens or more commonly in grasslands on uplands, it occasionally grows in sandier substrates. It is common on roadsides where fall mowing reduces shading by taller warm-season grasses.

It is very low growing typically reaching a height of three to five inches, but sometimes it may grow as tall as twelve inches. The slender 2” long and 3/8” wide leaves are covered with fine hairs and have longer hairs along the margins. The leaves sre alternately arranged on the stem.

Although the blooms are small, they standout in a crowd. Usually the bloom is a bright to magenta pink with a lighter pink to white center and a yellow or golden eye. However, the bloom may be a light purple or rarely white. The one below has purple lines pointing to the corolla tube which are called nectar guides. These assist insects with locating the center of the bloom, thereby, helpong the bloom become pollinated and helping the insect locate nectar quickly. Blooms of some plants (usually visited by bees) have low ultraviolet reflectance near the center of each petal. These nectar guides can not been seen by the human eye. The fruit are very small, ball-shaped capsules.

I just have to add this interesting report:

"FOILED BY SPIDERS The arrival of an insect-hungry crab spider (Misumenops celer) on a golden-eye phlox blossom (Phlox roemeriana) often spells misfortune for this central Texas wildflower. The spider is a sit-and-wait predator, but before sitting, it remodels its host. By tying together two of the five phlox petals to form a bower, the spider may perhaps be shading itself from the sun or concealing itself from its insect prey. Whatever its purpose, the bower significantly reduces the flower's chances of getting pollinated and setting seed, according to biologist James Ott and his colleagues at Southwest Texas State University. It's not because the spider's handiwork blocks access to the flower's reproductive organs; failure is just as likely even when the bower doesn't cover carpels and stamens. Ott says the next question he wants to answer is what prevents pollination: Do pollinators learn to avoid flowers with bowers or do they get eaten before they can deposit any pollen? ("The effect of spider-mediated flower alteration on seed production in golden-eye phlox," as published in The Southwestern Naturalist 43, 1998.

I couldn't find any information about whether or not he ever found the answer to his question.

Native Distribution:
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/endemics_map_page2?code=K4852100

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/55482/index.html

A plant with this color of bloom is rarer than the ones which have magenta or pink colored blooms. (See other colored blooms in the PlantFiles or the Texas Native Plants by Color - Pink entry.)

Can you Texas natives ID this one? I photographed it last week near Corpus Christi.