Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
What wildflowers grow in Texas? Here's your starting guide — 30 common and well-celebrated blooms from around the Lone Star State.
Texas wildflowers are a stunning sight to behold. With their vibrant purple, red, yellow, and pink colors, and unique shapes, wildflowers add beauty to landscapes in the Lone Star State. From the iconic bluebonnets to lesser-known species like the Indian paintbrush, Texas lantana, and fleabane, Texas wildflowers bloom throughout the year.
Texas boasts some 19 species of wild sunflowers, including Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) and swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius). Winecup (Callirhoe involucrata) blooms early spring into summer, in most parts of the state, except the west. They grow in sandy soils in open woods and scrublands.
The best places to see Texas wildflowers are along the Texas Hill Country roads, particularly around Fredericksburg, Marble Falls, Llano, and Ennis. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin and Big Bend National Park also offer breathtaking displays and preserve a wide variety of Texas wildflowers in natural settings.
From 3-foot-tall bluebonnets to delicate Panhandle coneflowers, here’s everything you need to know about Texas wildflower identification and cultivation.
Explore 40 native Texas flowers and the 10 ecoregions in the Lone Star State with this guide. Learn about native Texas flowers like Bluebonnets and Pigweeds in the Gulf Prairies, Cross Timbers and South Texas Plains.
The following wildflower identification index contains pictures of wildflowers found in the state of Texas. We've included all types of flowering plants found growing wild including annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees and cacti.
Everything You Need to Know About Texas Wildflowers. With its sprawling size and diversity of landforms, Texas offers a treasure of spectacular wildflowers for residents and visitors alike. More than 5,000 species of flowering plants are native to Texas.
Welcome to the Plant Resources Center's Wildflowers of Texas website. Here you can explore the beauty and richness of Texas wildflowers while learning about a unique research facility dedicated to understanding Texas's botanical diversity.
Texas is home to over 2,700 different species of wildflowers, including evening primrose and bluebonnet. Keep reading to learn about the most common wildflowers you can see in the state. State wildflowers of Texas. The state flower of Texas is the bluebonnet, a stunningly beautiful flower that blooms in the early spring.