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Flowers by Color |
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Blue to Purple Flowers 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:
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Dicot Class | |||
Scientific Family Name
Common Family Name |
Common name(s)
Genus, species |
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Acanthaceae
Acanthus Family |
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Snake-Herb
spring, summer |
2
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 |
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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 |
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Asclepiadaceae Milkweed Family |
Twin Flower vine Matelea biflora |
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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
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GayFeather Liatris mucronata Liatris punctata var. mucronata fall |
Ironweed Vernonia baldwinii 7 summer, fall, perennial, rhizomatus |
Texas Aster Symphyotrichum drummondii |
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Cirsium undulatum
light grey, tomentose, has rhizomes or spreading roots |
Cirsium vulgare? | . | |
Campanulaceae
BellflowerFamily |
Triodanis perfoliata var. biflora 7 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 |
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
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Commelina erecta
1,2,
7
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Commelina erecta spath enclosing flower and growing seedpod; also showing spath construction., a key for iding species. |
Convolvulaceae
Morning Glory Family |
Nuttall's Evolvulus, Shaggy dwarf morning-glory2 |
Perennial |
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Fabaceae
Bean/Pea Family |
Dalea compacta late spring, summer |
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. |
Lupinus texensis # Popular Texas ornamental, state flower |
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 |
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Gentianaceae
Gentian Family |
Eustoma exaltatum ssp.russelliamum10
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Geraniaceae
Geranium Family |
Texas Storksbill Erodium texanum |
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Iris Family
*Iridiceae |
Celestial |
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Lamiaceae
Mint Family |
Salvia azurea var. grandiflora Blue Sage |
Lemon Mint, Horse Mint |
Henbit |
Salvia farinacea
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Salvia texana 7
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Scutellaria wrightii
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Hedeoma drummondii 7, 10 Drummond's False Penny Royal found 6/28/15 by south fence. |
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Lily Family
*Liliaceae |
Camassia scilloides normal color |
Androstephium coeruleum (just 2 plants known on my land, 2019) |
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Linaceae
Flax Family |
Linum pratense Linum Lewisii common Prairie Flax |
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Malvaceae
Mallow Family |
Callirhoeë pedata (Nutt. ex Hook)7 |
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Ranunculaceae
Crowfoot Family |
Anemone berlandieri |
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Rubiaceae
Madder Family |
Houstonia micrantha** |
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Scrophulariaceae
Figwort Family Some now included under
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Veronica persica |
Speedwell Veronica species note different leaves |
Solanaceae
Nightshade Family |
Solanum dimidiatum Raf 2 |
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darker color phase of Western Horsenettle. |
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Verbenaceae
Verbena Family |
Glandularia bipinnatifida |
Texas Vervain, Texas Verbena Verbena halei |
Verbena halei |
Violaceae
Violet Family |
Viola bicolor 1, 2, 7 |
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As id'd from:
1 Wild
Flowers of Texas book by Geyata Ajilvsgi,
2 Lady Bird Johnson
WildFlower Center website,
3 Kansas State
Wildflowers website.
4 100 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
10 Texas Flora on facebook
Wildflower Bibliography & Link page
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