![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/857/jpeg/16t.jpg) Sidebeak pencil flower (Stylosanthes biflora) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/15t.jpg) Pencil flower (Stylosanthes biflora) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/24t.jpg) Small yellow flower of pea family (Pencil flower, Stylosanthes biflora) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/857/jpeg/18t.jpg) Sidebeak pencilflower (Stylosanthes biflora) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2733/jpeg/23t.jpg) Pencil flower (Stylosanthes biflora) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 27, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3623/jpeg/19t.jpg) Pencil flower (Stylosanthes biflora) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1472/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pencil flower (Stylosanthes biflora) on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2964/jpeg/25t.jpg) Pencil flower (Stylosanthes biflora) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/678/jpeg/09t.jpg) Pencil flower (Stylosanthes biflora) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, October 11, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/02t.jpg) Winecup flower (Callirhoe) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/05t.jpg) Ruellia flower on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/16t.jpg) Winecup flower (Callirhoe) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/06t.jpg) Commelina flower on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/08t.jpg) Hairy flower of Spiderwort (Tradescantia) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/08t.jpg) Blue flower of Commelina on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/01t.jpg) Blue flower of Commelina on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/05t.jpg) Blue flower of Spiderwort (Tradescantia) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/19t.jpg) Flower of Ruellia nudiflora on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/03t.jpg) Close up of Winecup flower (Callirhoe) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/07t.jpg) Blue flower of dayflower (Commelina) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1455/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flower of Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/19t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flower of violet ruella (Ruellia nudiflora) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flower buds of orange milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/12t.jpg) Flower of Maryland meadow-beauty (Rhexia mariana) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/03t.jpg) Flower of purple pleat-leaf (Pinewood lily, Alophia drummondii, Eustylis purpurea) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1455/jpeg/22t.jpg) Flower of Purple pleat-leaf (Pinewood lily, Alophia drummondii, Eustylis purpurea) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1455/jpeg/23t.jpg) Central area of a flower of Purple pleat-leaf (Pinewood lily, Alophia drummondii, Eustylis purpurea) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1062/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dayflower (Commelina) flower in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1063/jpeg/13t.jpg) Winecup flower (Callirhoe) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2460/jpeg/12t.jpg) Flower of dewberry at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/639/jpeg/22t.jpg) Yellow star-grass flower in burned forest in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1227/jpeg/18t.jpg) Winecup flower (Callirhoe) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/893/jpeg/15t.jpg) Flower of Palafoxia rosea in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1062/jpeg/15t.jpg) Black eyed susan flower in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2528/jpeg/21t.jpg) Winecup flower (Callirhoe) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2460/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flower of dewberry with a stilt bug at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1063/jpeg/07t.jpg) Flower of water-primrose (Ludwigia) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1062/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flower of Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2460/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flower of blue violet (Viola) in a pine forest at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pink phlox in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/23t.jpg) Black and red grasshoppers in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/01t.jpg) Dayflower (Commelina) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/14t.jpg) Liatris (gayfeather) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/13t.jpg) Blackberry fruit in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/04t.jpg) Spiderwort (Tradescantia) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/11t.jpg) Ripening blackberry in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/13t.jpg) Muscadine grape in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/653/jpeg/20t.jpg) Flower of spurge Euphorbia corollata(?) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2529/jpeg/09t.jpg) Pink flower of winecup (Callirhoe) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/893/jpeg/17t.jpg) Yellow flower of aster family in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2543/jpeg/22t.jpg) Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/653/jpeg/21t.jpg) Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/15t.jpg) Grass spikelet on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/14t.jpg) Skullcap (Scutellaria) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/22t.jpg) Coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1455/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spiderwort (Tradescantia) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1455/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dayflower (Commelina) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1455/jpeg/15t.jpg) Young leaves of oak on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/18t.jpg) Ruellia nudiflora on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/08t.jpg) Coneflowers (Echinacea sanguinea) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1455/jpeg/25t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/09t.jpg) Pink phlox flowers in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/15t.jpg) Seeds of rain lily in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/25t.jpg) Seeds of lettuce (Lactuca) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1063/jpeg/06t.jpg) Black eyed susan flower (Rudbeckia hirta) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2448/jpeg/13t.jpg) Flower of rose vervain (Glandularia canadensis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, February 16, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/847/jpeg/27t.jpg) Back-lit purple flower of wood sorrel in Sam Houston National Forest on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, April 4, 2010.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2529/jpeg/29t.jpg) Close up of a flower of Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2529/jpeg/20t.jpg) Flower of Pigeon wings (Clitoria mariana) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1227/jpeg/09t.jpg) Back lit flower of Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2543/jpeg/02t.jpg) Green passion flower (Passiflora lutea) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/25t.jpg) Green passion flower (Passiflora lutea) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/26t.jpg) Small flower of spurge Euphorbia corollata in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/22t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) flower on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1227/jpeg/17t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2617/jpeg/09t.jpg) Early spring violet (Viola) flower on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/794/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flower of Pink fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/09t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/13t.jpg) Ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/04t.jpg) Spiny puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1455/jpeg/14t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/20t.jpg) Handeless coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/06t.jpg) Bitter milkwort (Polygala polygama) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/17t.jpg) Violet ruella (Ruellia nudiflora) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/00t.jpg) Red chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus cinnabarinus) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/09t.jpg) Blooming coneflowers (Echinacea sanguinea) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1455/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/21t.jpg) Nodding beardtongue (Penstemon laxiflorus) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/18t.jpg) Orange milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1455/jpeg/20t.jpg) Obedient plant (Physostegia) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/16t.jpg) Sensitive brier (Schrankia uncinata) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/12t.jpg) Handeless coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/05t.jpg) Blooming coral beans (Erythrina) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/07t.jpg) Coneflowers (Echinacea sanguinea or pallida?) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/16t.jpg) Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/02t.jpg) Branched noseburn (Tragia ramosa) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1455/jpeg/24t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/10t.jpg) Orange milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
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