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Flowering Plants and Wildflowers


Daisy (Genus Verbesina)

The variety of flowering plants in the Texas Thorn Thicket is substantial. We’ll try to list as many here as we’re able and include as many photos as we can.

  • Daisy (Genus Verbesina)
  • White Prickly Poppy (Argemone albiflora spp. texana)
  • Texas Lantana (Lantana urti-coides or L. horrida)
  • Purple Pleat Leaf (Alophia drummondii)

Photographer and Steward

Camille Marie is the proud owner and steward of a small piece of the Tamaulipan Thorn Thicket in the South Texas Sand Sheet.

Recent Photos

  • “Male Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet” October 8, 2024
  • “Female Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet” October 8, 2024
  • “Making more Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet” October 7, 2024
  • “Mesoxaea texana nectaring on Waltheria indica on the South Texas Sand Sheet!” September 1, 2024
  • “Tepanec Long-horned Bees Nectaring on Coma on the South Texas Sand Sheet,” by C. M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist August 16, 2024

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