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Click smaller images to enlarge Gay-Feather, Blazing Star (Liastris glandulosa) Antelope-Horns (Asclepias asperula) Missouri-Primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa) - note how old blooms in bottom right photo fade to red
Eryngo ( Eryngium Leavenworthii) Great Plain's Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes magnicamporum)
Blue Funnel-Lily (Androstephium coeruleum)
Celestial Iris, Prairie Paintbrush, and Shooting Star are are found in North Central Texas, but not a Spring Creek. Prairie Paintbrush can be seen at the LBJ National Grasslands, Parkhill Prairie, Ft. Worth Prairie, and other locations outside of the Blackland Prairie, depending on soil type and soil moisture characteristics.
Celestial Iris (Nemastylis geminiflora) courtesy of
LBJ National Grasslands Right photo courtesy of Norm Sears Taken at LBJ National Grasslands north of Decatur, Texas
Left: Prairie Paintbrush, Purple Paintbrush (Castilleja purpurea. var. purpurea) (note bracts are variable in color), Park Hill Prairie Right: Yellow Paintbrush, Lemon Paintbrush (Castilleja purpurea var. citrina), Parkhill Prairie 03/11/2009 |
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