syrinx

American Lady

just one of many species hovering around the white mistflower bush the other day...monarchs still hanging around or migrating south, hard to say...

tags: wildflowers plants butterflies native

larkspur behind the fence

this annual is back again...

tags: wildflowers plants native

gulf coast penstemon

foxgloves have bloomed and gone, the penstemon now blooming in its place, with the purple coneflower just starting to open up next to it

tags: wildflowers texas native

Huisache --- gesundheit !!

This small to large tree with the fuzzy yellow blooms is putting on a show and the monarchs aren't too snobby to stay off it, even though there are other plants more attractive to butterflies right next door.
But the orange and black does look nice next to the bright yellow and green...
and the pollen makes the eyes sting and the nose water a bit despite the allergy treatment...

tags: plants monarch texas migration native huisache 2009

buffalo bur

Couldn't find this through the usual searches in the NPIN when I finally decided that it looked like the silver nightshade so prolific behind my fence, and searched "nightshade". Sure enough, it returned a couple of dozen varieties of nightshades and false nightshades including good photos of this one. Gone to seed now - just glad to know it was a native after all.

tags: plants photography wildflower native buffalo bur nightshade