![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3632/jpeg/22t.jpg) Soft green-eyes (Berlandiera pumila) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 19, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3257/jpeg/29t.jpg) Soft green-eyes (Berlandiera) on Lone Star Hiking Trail east from Trailhead 3 in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3257/jpeg/30t.jpg) Opening flower of soft green-eyes (Berlandiera) on Lone Star Hiking Trail east from Trailhead 3 in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1449/jpeg/19t.jpg) Soft green-eyes (Berlandiera) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/19t.jpg) Flower bud of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/03t.jpg) Shoot of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/12t.jpg) Flowers of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1449/jpeg/20t.jpg) Close up of soft green-eyes (Berlandiera) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/13t.jpg) Young leaves of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flower bracts of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../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/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/2022/3257/jpeg/31t.jpg) Flower of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Lone Star Hiking Trail east from Trailhead 3 in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3257/jpeg/32t.jpg) Flower bud of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Lone Star Hiking Trail east from Trailhead 3 in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2022
![](../../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/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/20t.jpg) Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) 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/12t.jpg) Yellow flower of Zigzag(?) bladderwort 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/14t.jpg) Arrowhead, Sagittaria graminea(?) flower 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/23t.jpg) Spring ladies-tresses (Spiranthes vernalis) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/636/jpeg/09t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) 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/16t.jpg) Hyssop Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../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/2014/1450/jpeg/10t.jpg) Green-eyes (Berlandiera) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 5, 2014
![](../../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/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/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/2008/622/jpeg/07t.jpg) Fiddlehead of fern in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../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/07t.jpg) Aster flowers 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/02t.jpg) Simpson rosinweed in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, October 11, 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/2008/678/jpeg/06t.jpg) Small purple flower 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/09t.jpg) Pencil flower (Stylosanthes biflora) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, October 11, 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/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/2008/678/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/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/2008/622/jpeg/20t.jpg) Basal cluster of fleshy leaves of butterwort (Pinguicula pumila) in Big Thicket park, on Pitcher Plant Trail. Leaves are covered with special glandular hairs that trap tiny insects. Texas, March 23, 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/13t.jpg) Long yellow-green trumpet-like leaf with a hooded lid of Sarracenia alata in Big Thicket park on Pitcher Plant Trail. Texas, April 26, 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/2022/3182/jpeg/19t.jpg) Green berries on a swamp tree on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, June 25, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3175/jpeg/06t.jpg) Some green moss at the base of a tree on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, June 12, 2022
![](../../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/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/10t.jpg) Hyssop Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) 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/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/2008/622/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/11t.jpg) Blue flowers of Hyssop Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) 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/06t.jpg) Blue tubular flower of Hyssop Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/16t.jpg) Green tiger beetle (Cicindela) in Big Thicket park on Pitcher Plant Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/08t.jpg) Rose pogonia orchid (Pogonia ophioglossoides) in bloom in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/631/jpeg/24t.jpg) Baby blue eyes flowers in Nails Creek Park on Lake Somerville. Texas, April 13, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/03t.jpg) Alligator s eyes near Pilant Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/737/jpeg/07t.jpg) Rose pogonia orchid (Pogonia ophioglossoides) blooming near yellow trumpet-like leaf of pitcher plant (Sarracenia alata) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/21t.jpg) Smooth green snake (Opheodrys vernalis, Grass Snake) on Pitcher Plant Trail in Big Thicket park. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1294/jpeg/26t.jpg) Hebeloma mushrooms on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket park. Warren, Texas, November 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1295/jpeg/02t.jpg) Many Warts mushroom (Amanita polypyramis) on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket park. Warren, Texas, November 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1295/jpeg/04t.jpg) Many Warts mushrooms (Amanita polypyramis) on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket park. Warren, Texas, November 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/08t.jpg) Berries of raspberry (with styles on drupelets) in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1294/jpeg/25t.jpg) Slippery jack mushroom Suillus brevipes(?) on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket park. Warren, Texas, November 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/07t.jpg) White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/10t.jpg) White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1295/jpeg/05t.jpg) Many Warts mushroom (Amanita polypyramis) among pine needles on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket park. Warren, Texas, November 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/04t.jpg) Partridge berry (Mitchella repens) fruit with 2 eyespots in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 26, 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/2014/1369/jpeg/10t.jpg) Rostraria pumila (Avena pumila) grass near Zekreet in western Qatar, March 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/12t.jpg) Pitcher plants (Sarracenia alata) in Big Thicket park on Pitcher Plant Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1472/jpeg/15t.jpg) Leaves of Albizia on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1473/jpeg/02t.jpg) Hypericum fasciculatum on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1783/jpeg/24t.jpg) Rostraria pumila (Avena pumila)(?) grass on rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, March 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1295/jpeg/01t.jpg) Nestcap mock oyster or orange oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket park. Warren, Texas, November 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/24t.jpg) Black-eyes susan flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 27, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/627/jpeg/22t.jpg) Baby blue eyes flower in dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 5, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1757/jpeg/05t.jpg) Grass Rostraria pumila (Avena pumila)(?) in sand on a rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1361/jpeg/19t.jpg) Grass Rostraria pumila (Avena pumila) growing in silt in abandoned farms in Ras Laffan. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../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/18t.jpg) Texture of a pine cone on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1472/jpeg/14t.jpg) Back lit leaves of Albizia on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/06t.jpg) Indian mock strawberry (Potentilla indica, Duchesnea indica) fruit in Big Thicket park on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
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