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Helianthus ciliaris is a species of sunflower known by the common names Texas blueweed and yerba parda.. Helianthus ciliaris grows in much of the south-central and southwestern United States (from Texas north to Kansas and west to California) [1] and northern Mexico (from Tamaulipas west to Sonora and south to Durango and San Luis Potosí), [2] but it can be found elsewhere in North America ...
Numerous non-native plants have been introduced to Texas in the United States and many of them have become invasive species. The following is a list of some non-native invasive plant species established in Texas. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Hymenoxys texana is a rare species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names prairie dawn, Texas prairie dawn-flower, and Texas bitterweed. It is endemic to Texas, where it is known only from the general vicinity of Houston. It is threatened by the loss of its habitat.
Lygodesmia texana, the Texas skeleton plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the US states of New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma, and to northeastern Mexico. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A perennial reaching at most 2 ft (60 cm), it prefers to grow on well-drained limestone soil and blooms from April to August.
Flower heads are sometimes produced one at a time, sometimes in small groups, each head with light purple disc florets but no ray florets. [2] The flowers of Cirsium texanum provide nectar for butterflies and the foliage is used as a source of food for the larvae of the painted lady butterfly. Goldfinches also use the seeds as a food source. [5]
Lupinus texensis, the Texas bluebonnet or Texas lupine [1] is a species of lupine found in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. With other related species of lupines also called bluebonnets, it is the state flower of Texas. [2] [3] It is an annual [4] which begins its life as a small ...
The seedlings of S. ampullaceus often have a purplish color on the undersides of their leaves in the winter, especially along their midrib. [3] Flowering in early–mid spring, [7] Texas ragwort is a tall annual, [8] growing to from 20 centimeters (7.9 in) to 80 centimeters (31 in) tall and similar to S. quaylei.
Castilleja indivisa, commonly known as Texas Indian paintbrush or entireleaf Indian paintbrush, is a hemiparasitic annual wildflower native to Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma in the United States. There are historical records of the species formerly growing in Arkansas , and reports of naturalized populations in Florida and Alabama .