Blue to Purple Texas wildflowers

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Dot Lang's Flower Notes for east Wise County, Texas
Flowers by Color

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Blue to Purple Flowers Click on Family name, species name, or thumbnails to view more photos and my plant notes.
Plant family in alphabetical order by Scientific family name.
Most are in the Dicot Class, Monocots noted in yellow with a * by their Family name.

Cells with this color are:
Foreign imports:

Local but not in my fields:

Native to Texas:

Dicot Class
Scientific Family Name Common Family Name	Common name(s) *Genus, species*
Acanthaceae Acanthus Family	1 Snake-Herb Dychoriste linearis ¹ spring, summer	2 Low Ruellia, Wild Petunia ¹Ruellia humilis May be wiped out on my land by 2015 lake flood. 2016, I am watching some seedlings coming up in the area this was growing.	Siphonoglossa pilosella ⁷ Tubetongue found in Taylor County, Buffalo Gap at Perini Steak House restaurant in parking lot. Sandy soil..
Apiaceae Parsley Family	Eryngium leavenworthii¹ Eryngo under study, several similar species
Apocynaceae Dogbane Family	²Showy Blue-Star Amsonia tabernaemontana spring		plants in 2012 were bluer; plants in 2015 were shorter but much more prolific; neighboring field
Asclepiadaceae Milkweed Family	Twin Flower vine Matelea biflora
Asteraceae Aster Family	Basket Flower *Plectocephalus americanus* *Centaurea americana,*	Texas Thistle Cirsium texanum	Chicory Cichorium intybus growing in center divider on Hwy 114 between US377 and I35W, south Denton County
	GayFeather Liatris mucronata Liatris punctata var. mucronata fall	Ironweed Vernonia baldwinii 7 summer, fall, perennial, rhizomatus	Texas Aster Symphyotrichum drummondii
	Cirsium undulatum light grey, tomentose, has rhizomes or spreading roots	Cirsium vulgare?	.
Campanulaceae BellflowerFamily	*Triodanis perfoliata var. biflora⁷* Venus's Looking-Glass The ones growing on my land are really this color, a purplish pink. Blooming in April Leaf and seedpod	*Triodanis leptocarpa ⁷* Slimpod Venus' Looking -Glass This one tends to look bluish purple Blooms in May on my land. Leaf and seedpod	Triodanis texana possibly? This was found growing in lower field. I've been passing them by for weeks until I saw one in bud. Took photos of some others and then found one with the stem broken off. Picked it up and realized that it was a Triodanis species but different than the others I've seen on the land. Also saw the seed pod and was then sure that it was a Triodanis. To the book! It's leaves really wrapped around the stem. Seeds are smooth. Leaf and seedpod matches drawing in Shiner & Mahler's book ^{7 pg 505}
*Commelinaceae' Spiderwort Family	Tradescantia ohiensis Spiderwort	Commelina erecta ^1,2, 7 Erect Dayflower died out due to inappropriate mowing but reintroducing as I like it. Growing in neighborhood from seed.	*Commelina erecta* spath enclosing flower and growing seedpod; also showing spath construction., a key for iding species.
Convolvulaceae Morning Glory Family	Evolvulus nuttallianus ³ Nuttall's Evolvulus, Shaggy dwarf morning-glory²	Perennial
Fabaceae Bean/Pea Family	Compact Prairie Clover² Dalea compacta late spring, summer	Breadroot, scurfy pea *Pediomelum latestipulatum* may have lost these on my land due to flooding spring 2015. Found 1 plant in upper field spring 2015 so it may survive. Have not seen it since.	# Bluebonnet *Lupinus texensis* # Popular Texas ornamental, state flower (added to small patch of land 2013, by 2019, finally a small patch surviving)
Fabaceae Bean/Pea Family	*Pediomelum linearifolium ⁷* Narrow Leaf Indian Breadfruit tall, wispy plant 2 to 4 ft. full sun	*Amorpha fruticosa ⁷* False Indigo, Small shrub [training this one to stay on my side of the fence.]	*Amorpha fruticosa ⁷*
Gentianaceae Gentian Family	*Eustoma exaltatum ssp.russelliamum¹⁰* or *Eustoma russelliamum ⁷Texas Gentian, Texas Bluebells summer;* found in neighboring fields	.	.
Geraniaceae Geranium Family	Texas Storksbill Erodium texanum	.	.
Iris Family *Iridiceae	Nemastylis geminiflora Celestial	Sisyrinchium langloisii ²Blue-Eyed Grass	.
Lamiaceae Mint Family	Salvia azurea var. grandiflora Blue Sage	Monarda citriodora ¹ Lemon Mint, Horse Mint	Lamium amplexicaule Henbit
	*Salvia farinacea* Mealy Sage	Salvia texana ⁷ Texas Sage	*Scutellaria wrightii* Skullcap
	*Hedeoma drummondii 7, 10* Drummond's False Penny Royal found 6/28/15 by south fence.
Lily Family *Liliaceae	Wild Hyacinth *Camassia scilloides* normal color	Blue Funnel Lily.^{10, 7} *Androstephium coeruleum* (just 2 plants known on my land, 2019)	..
Linaceae Flax Family	Linum pratense Linum Lewisii common Prairie Flax

Malvaceae Mallow Family	Wine-Cup, Poppy Mallow Callirhoeë pedata (Nutt. ex Hook)⁷
Ranunculaceae Crowfoot Family	Ten-Petal Anemone Anemone berlandieri	.	.
Rubiaceae Madder Family	Small Bluet Houstonia micrantha**	.	.
Scrophulariaceae Figwort Family Some now included under Plantaginaceae	Narrow-Leaved Paleseed Leucospora multifida ¹⁰ mid-late spring found June 2015	Speedwell, Persian Veronica persica	Speedwell Veronica species note different leaves
Solanaceae Nightshade Family	Western Horsenettle Solanum dimidiatum Raf ²	. ^{darker color phase of Western Horsenettle.}	.
Verbenaceae Verbena Family	Purple Prairie Verbena, Dakota Vervain Glandularia bipinnatifida	Texas Vervain, Texas Verbena Verbena halei	Verbena halei
Violaceae Violet Family	Field Pansy *Viola bicolor ^{1, 2, 7}*	.	.

40 [173] * Monocots
** other names for this genus
# Cells with this mark are native cultivares; (not found naturally in my fields)

As id'd from:
¹ Wild Flowers of Texas book by Geyata Ajilvsgi,
²Lady Bird Johnson WildFlower Center website,
³Kansas State Wildflowers website.
⁴100 Texas Wildflowers by Dorothy Baird Mattiza for the Native Plant Society of Texas, 1993
⁵ Native Plant Society of Texas
⁶ Texas Wildflowers by Leo Meier & Jan Reid
⁷ Shiner & Mahler's Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas by Diggs, Lipscomb & O'Kennon, 1999
⁸ Google searches used to help verify and find more info
9 USDA website Plant Database
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