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Category: Wildflowers

Mesoxaea texana update from the South Texas Sand Sheet, and guess what? The Protoxaea gloriosa are back!!!!!!!

“Mesoxaea texana nectaring on Waltheria indica on the South Texas Sand Sheet!”

“Blooms on the South Texas Sand Sheet,” by C.M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

The Purple Pleat Leaf

Recent Posts

  • “Mind-boggling:  95-day Emergence Cycle for the Mesoxaea texana  on the books for 2026 on the South Texas Sand Sheet!”
  • “Micrograph Photo Gallery of a female Mesoxaea texana”
  • “Mesoxaea texana and Protoxaea gloriosa found on Dr. Steve Bentsen’s Dos Venadas Ranch in June 2026!”
  • 2025 was a Banner Year for our Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet in Puerto Rico, Texas!
  • “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.

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