![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2994/jpeg/14t.jpg) Close-up of a flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3001/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../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/2021/2994/jpeg/21t.jpg) Back lit flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3001/jpeg/23t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3001/jpeg/22t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) and bracken fern on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3607/jpeg/23t.jpg) Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) 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, August 24, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2738/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close-up of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
![](../../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/2020/2756/jpeg/25t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2994/jpeg/01t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../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/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/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/2021/2994/jpeg/05t.jpg) Blooming butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2994/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../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/2019/2559/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2994/jpeg/22t.jpg) Flowers and green fruits of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/10t.jpg) Large flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/07t.jpg) Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) among bracken fern on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2738/jpeg/01t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2743/jpeg/31t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2738/jpeg/27t.jpg) Back lit butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1062/jpeg/09t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2738/jpeg/25t.jpg) Blooming butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2554/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2528/jpeg/11t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1227/jpeg/10t.jpg) 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/21t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2529/jpeg/26t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/13t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../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/2014/1456/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/2019/2559/jpeg/08t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/05t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2968/jpeg/08t.jpg) Blooming butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2554/jpeg/10t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2554/jpeg/12t.jpg) Blooming butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1475/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close up of Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Park Hudson Trail. College Station, Texas, August 6, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2325/jpeg/11t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, August 4, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1069/jpeg/24t.jpg) Close up of a flower of Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2475/jpeg/23t.jpg) Shoot of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum)(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 30, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/652/jpeg/14t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) flower in Lick Creek park, on Deer Run Trail. College Station, June 15, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1475/jpeg/15t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Park Hudson Trail. College Station, Texas, August 6, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close-up of a flower of some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1069/jpeg/20t.jpg) Flower of Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2555/jpeg/16t.jpg) Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1069/jpeg/23t.jpg) Leaves and a flower of Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3009/jpeg/20t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3362/jpeg/21t.jpg) Seedling of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3362/jpeg/20t.jpg) Shoot of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of a flower of hairy Ruellia (Ruellia humilis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2994/jpeg/20t.jpg) Close-up of a flower of shrubby water-primrose (Ludwigia octovalvis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/20t.jpg) Flower of Palafoxia rosea on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1069/jpeg/18t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1453/jpeg/08t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2555/jpeg/17t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1447/jpeg/26t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1074/jpeg/08t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2525/jpeg/22t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 9, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3001/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3001/jpeg/05t.jpg) Yellow flower of aster family on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1069/jpeg/19t.jpg) Back lit Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3001/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flower of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/18t.jpg) Terminal flower on inflorescence of some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/01t.jpg) Close-up of a tail section of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3015/jpeg/18t.jpg) Close-up of cross section of bolete mushrooms Boletus patrioticus(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/32t.jpg) Close-up of flowers of trailing fuzzy-bean (Strophostyles helvola) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/18t.jpg) Tiny flower of buttonweed (Poor-Joe, Diodia teres) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3015/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen twig of a pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1054/jpeg/12t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 12, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1071/jpeg/05t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, June 16, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/24t.jpg) Flower of hairy Ruellia (Ruellia humilis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/794/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close up of a green lynx spider preying on a skipper butterfly on Purple dewdrop (Lobelia puberula) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1070/jpeg/20t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) west from Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, June 16, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1070/jpeg/25t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) west from Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, June 16, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1070/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flowers of Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) west from Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, June 16, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1070/jpeg/24t.jpg) Back lit Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) west from Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, June 16, 2012
![](../../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/2019/2529/jpeg/28t.jpg) Close up of a 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/2020/2730/jpeg/18t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, June 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1227/jpeg/14t.jpg) Close up of yellow and green passion flower (Passiflora lutea) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2529/jpeg/03t.jpg) Close up of a flower of shrubby water-primrose (Ludwigia octovalvis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3061/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close-up of ladies-tresses orchid (Spiranthes) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2864/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close-up of some red slime mold on a vertically cut surface of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 6, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2988/jpeg/10t.jpg) Close-up of beige coral mushrooms (Clavulinopsis umbrinella) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2951/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close-up of felt saddle mushrooms (Helvella macropus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3030/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close-up of oak curtain crust fungus (Hymenochaete rubiginosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2860/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3030/jpeg/37t.jpg) Close-up of Melanoleuca mushrooms growing on pine needles of Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2994/jpeg/29t.jpg) Flower of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3061/jpeg/07t.jpg) Flower of ladies-tresses orchid (Spiranthes) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2528/jpeg/25t.jpg) Close up of a flower of hairy Ruellia (Ruellia humilis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/05t.jpg) Some grass on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2846/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close-up of corticioid mushroom Crustoderma dryinum(?) on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2021
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