Sunday wildflowers at the Ranch...

At Mom and Dad's ranch Sunday I walked around by the house and took photos of the wildflowers I found...

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A member of the Aster family

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Yucca with Prickly Pear Cactus...The Yucca is a member of the Agave family.
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Yellow evening Primrose or so I thought. But my one book says the yellow evening primrose has a black center and stigma and this certainly does not...So upon further investigation this may be a cut-leaved evening primrose, it looks like it. Either way it is from the primrose family.
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I should have gotten a photo of the leaves on this one...I'm undecided. Possibly a type of clover or may be Scurvy pea or a type of milkvetch...I really need to see the leaves to be positive.
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Texas Vervain, attracts butterflies and bees.
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A member of the Aster family
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5 wildflower books and only one has a picture that resembles this flower but it's not a very clear photo, grrr. I'm getting frustrated with these books.
It looks like it and the description pretty much matches this flower...

Fiddle-leaf Tobacco (above and below photo) a member of the nightshade family. Also called Tobacco Cimarron. Dried it was smoked by some Native tribes during ceremonies.

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Fringed Puccoon

The roots were used by Native tribes as a red or purple dye.
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Indian Paintbrush in all it's glory, isn't it gorgeous?

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Macro shot...member of the Aster family. Do you see the spider?
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Michael checking out a long line of ants...
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A member of the Aster family and the same bloom as above just not as close. There are so many flowers in the Aster family it's ridiculous...Some I know at a glance others I would need to study further and I still might not be correct. So for the time being I am just going to say a member of the Aster family...as Fred would say "It's a pretty flower", lol.
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Closer view of the Fringed Paccoon, love their little frills.
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Country road near the San Antonio river bottom country...
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Spiderwort
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Notice this plant has blue flowers (spiderwort)

Same species (spiderwort) just purple blooms on this one. That's why sometimes it gets confusing to identify these flowers...their colors may vary.

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That is all the flower photos I have for you from the ranch...I didn't walk in the woods down by the river, so next time I may have some different ones for y'all.

Have a great week. It is Spring Break for Michael this week and we are staying busy.