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Category: Flora

The Scarlet Musk Flower

Tulipán Del Monte ~ Heart Leaf Hibiscus

Mature Guajillo Shrub

The Plant LIfe Cycle of our Native Guajillo

The Purple Pleat Leaf

Stenocereus thurberi

Organ Pipe Cactus or Pitahya (Stenocereus thurberi)

Blooms on the Sandsheet…

Rain Lily gone to seed

Texas Rain Lily

Gaillardia pulchella Foug.

Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Girasol Rojo

Talayote

Talayote Pods

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  • “El Glorioso,” our Protoxaea gloriosa, is back on the South Texas Sand Sheet!
  • Lycus fernandezi – a species of net-winged beetle on the South Texas Sand Sheet.
  • Night Skies Deep in the Heart of West Texas & the South Texas Sand Sheet
  • “El Guapo,” our rare Mesoxaea texana, catching some Z’s on the South Texas Sand Sheet!
  • Mesoxaea texana update from the South Texas Sand Sheet, and guess what? The Protoxaea gloriosa are back!!!!!!!
  • “Male Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet”

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