Pretty Texas wildflowers

11 years ago

I got these pictures out near Breckenridge on our way back from Lubbock. There is one that I would an ID on, if you know. I see these all the time along the highway, but don't know what they are.

Prickly Pear blooms

Field of wild loveliness

Some more P. Lutea plants from my gardens.

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miradus01

11 years ago

It's not really a nettle. You can touch it and it won't blister or burn the skin. It has some thorns but only really along the stem and lower down. It produces yellow, tomato-looking berries that are toxic.

It can't compete very well, so anywhere you see it growing in a large patch, you know the soil is very poor. It can handle poor soil where other plants (including Bluebonnets) can't.

If you see a lot of it growing in fields, it's a sure sign that a century ago people were growing cotton there. They depleted the soil and now the colonizer weeds (like Silver Nightshade) are trying to reclaim it.

The history of the world is written in its flowers.

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jolanaweb
11 years ago
Hi Pam, if I remember correctly, that is silver leaf nightshade. If you are talking about the purple ones in the first pic
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11 years ago
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Those are the ones Jolana, thanks!

Am I the only one that thinks that a 'noxious weed' is pretty! Glad I didn't touch it, I would likely have regretted that later.
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User
11 years ago
I love looking at wildflowers on a drive. Those are nice. Which one did you want named?
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User
11 years ago
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Wow, you two are fast. I wondered if it was the first picture too. We call it horse nettle. Solanum carolinense.

Correction: Solanum elaeagnifolium
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jolanaweb
11 years ago
No, I think most are too, LOL

We call it horse nettle also, when I was younger and running pastures, lol
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jolanaweb
11 years ago
Yeah, we call all kinds of things by a different name.

Horned lizards, horn toads, locusts, grasshoppers. If I had a few more minutes, the list would be a page, lol