![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/20t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/648/jpeg/23t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) in Lick Creek Park, on Post Oak Trail. College Station, Texas, May 31, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3510/jpeg/12t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/672/jpeg/14t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on a roadside of Meyersville Road. North from Chappell Hill, Texas, September 21, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2247/jpeg/24t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on a forest cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3523/jpeg/20t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3523/jpeg/21t.jpg) Blooming pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 1, 2024
![](../../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/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/2008/673/jpeg/01t.jpg) Pink powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) on Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 21, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2526/jpeg/30t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/786/jpeg/11t.jpg) Bee on pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 15, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/657/jpeg/18t.jpg) Pink powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2558/jpeg/20t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 10, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/867/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, June 11, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/748/jpeg/23t.jpg) Pink powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) on Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 16, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2485/jpeg/06t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 23, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3625/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flower of powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/21t.jpg) Annual sundew (Drosera annua) flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3003/jpeg/13t.jpg) Pink powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 8, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2247/jpeg/23t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) on a forest cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/19t.jpg) Texas crescent longhorn beetle (Typocerus lunulatus) on a pink powder puff flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/734/jpeg/24t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in dew in Lake Bryan Park, on an unmarked trail on north-west side of the island. Bryan, Texas, April 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/651/jpeg/14t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, June 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1477/jpeg/14t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1468/jpeg/10t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, July 27, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2529/jpeg/23t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../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/2008/636/jpeg/14t.jpg) Arrowhead, Sagittaria graminea(?) flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/12t.jpg) Yellow flower of Zigzag(?) bladderwort in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/16t.jpg) Hyssop Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3608/jpeg/21t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 26, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3625/jpeg/01t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/13t.jpg) Arrowhead (duck potato, Sagittaria falcata(?)) flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2747/jpeg/04t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) on Wildflower Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/863/jpeg/07t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 23, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2703/jpeg/10t.jpg) Leaves of powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa)(?) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 9, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1073/jpeg/06t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, June 23, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/787/jpeg/26t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/790/jpeg/19t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) with dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 6, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1454/jpeg/13t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/885/jpeg/24t.jpg) Bee on Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 2, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1100/jpeg/22t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) near a pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 25, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1101/jpeg/23t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) near a pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 1, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1446/jpeg/03t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) near a pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, June 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/08t.jpg) Violet flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/678/jpeg/06t.jpg) Small purple flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, October 11, 2008
![](../../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/2008/622/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flower of sundew Drosera brevifolia (D. annua) in Big Thicket park on Pitcher Plant Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/10t.jpg) Skullcap(?) flowers in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flowers of Zigzag(?) bladderwort in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/26t.jpg) Fringed sneezeweed (Helenium drummondii) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/17t.jpg) Maryland Milkwort (Polygala mariana) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/24t.jpg) Bitter milkwort (Polygala polygama) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/25t.jpg) Soft green-eyes (Berlandiera pumila) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/15t.jpg) Yellow-eyed grass (Xyris ambigua) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/02t.jpg) Arrowhead (duck potato, Sagittaria falcata(?)) in Big Thicket park near Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spring ladies-tresses (Spiranthes vernalis) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/05t.jpg) Red flower of Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spring sprout of round-leaved thoroughwort (Eupatorium rotundifolium)(?) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/14t.jpg) Red leaves of sundew plant (Drosera brevifolia) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/06t.jpg) Blue tubular flower of Hyssop Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/03t.jpg) Rose pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) in Big Thicket park near Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/11t.jpg) Long yellow-green trumpet-like leaf with a hooded lid of Pitcher plant (Sarracenia alata) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/886/jpeg/23t.jpg) Green Metallic Bee (Agapostemon) on pink powderpuff mimosa in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 7, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/678/jpeg/02t.jpg) Simpson rosinweed in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, October 11, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/678/jpeg/04t.jpg) Seeds of viola in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, October 11, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/678/jpeg/07t.jpg) Aster flowers in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, October 11, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/07t.jpg) Fiddlehead of fern in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/678/jpeg/10t.jpg) Close-up of Simpson rosinweed in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, October 11, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/01t.jpg) Yellow-eyed grass (Xyris ambigua) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail, with small 3-petaled yellow flowers on a cone-like head of leathery scales. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/678/jpeg/08t.jpg) Marsh milkwort (Polygala cruciata)(?) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, October 11, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/06t.jpg) Trumpet-like leaf with a hooded lid of pitcher plant in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/09t.jpg) Yellow star-grass (Hypoxis hirsuta) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/678/jpeg/03t.jpg) Violet wood sorrel (shamrock, Oxalis violacea?) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, October 11, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3175/jpeg/18t.jpg) Grass pink (Calopogon tuberosus) on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, June 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/10t.jpg) Nodding pale yellow flowers of Sarracenia alata (pitcher plant) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/678/jpeg/05t.jpg) Trumpet-like leaves with hooded lids of pitcher plant (Sarracenia alata) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, October 11, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spoonbowl sundew (Drosera brevifolia) with spoon-like leaves in a basal rosette in Big Thicket park on Pitcher Plant Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/11t.jpg) Small white flower of spurge Euphorbia corollata(?) in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/05t.jpg) Long yellow-green trumpet-like leaf with a hooded lid of pitcher plant (Sarracenia alata) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/09t.jpg) Red maple shoot in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/04t.jpg) Flat star-like flowers with long pedicels of Yellow sunnybell (wood candle, Schoenolirion croceum) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/864/jpeg/21t.jpg) Powderpuff (mimosa) flowers in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 27, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/631/jpeg/03t.jpg) Indian paintbrush flower with oval bright-reddish pink flower leaf bracts in Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, April 13, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/13t.jpg) Harvester spider on a tree in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/24t.jpg) Meadow pink (Sabatia campestris) flower on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/10t.jpg) Hyssop Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/02t.jpg) Maryland Milkwort (Polygala mariana) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/03t.jpg) Creamy flowers on some small bush in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/15t.jpg) Orange shoot of maple like tree in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/12t.jpg) Bog white violet (Viola lanceolata) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/23t.jpg) Thrips on Meadow pink (Sabatia campestris) flower on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1472/jpeg/11t.jpg) Ruellia flower, near a parking lot of Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../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/2008/622/jpeg/19t.jpg) Sundew (Drosera brevifolia) leaves secreting sticky glue from reddish glandular hairs on their leaves in Big Thicket park on Pitcher Plant Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/04t.jpg) Annual blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/01t.jpg) Blooming arrowhead (duck potato, Sagittaria falcata(?)) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/11t.jpg) Blue flowers of Hyssop Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
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