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717-16. Candelilla plant (Desert Candle, Euphorbia antisyphillitica) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
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717-16. Candelilla plant (Desert Candle, Euphorbia antisyphillitica) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Claret cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Devil s shoestring (Nolina lindhemeriana) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Close-up of a flower of Claret cup cactus in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Dry aster seeds in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009  Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on a shoot of prickly pears cactus in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Tulipan del monte (Hibiscus cardiophyllus) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009  Button cactus (Epithelantha micromeris) with red fruits in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009  Common trumpet creeper (Foxglove vine, Campsis radicans) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009  Milkweed (Antelope horns, Asclepias asperula) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009  Yellow flowers of Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009  Orange flowers of Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009  Succulent in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008  Reakirt s Blue (Echinargus isola) butterfly on Antelope horns milkweed (Asclepias asperula) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009  Yellow and orange flowers of Engelmann prickly pear cactus (Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009  Palafoxia callosa in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008  Water cistern in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008  Red succulent flowers in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008  Water-primrose (Ludwigia) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008  Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008  Palafoxia hookeriana flower in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008  Crag lily (Anthericum torreyi) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008  Netted milkvine (Matelea reticulata) flower, with flat starlike green petal lobes with netlike markings and the shiny pearly white central dome, on Woodland Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009  Redeye prickly pear cactus (Engelmann prickly pear, Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009  Desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) in dew on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) with fruits in dew on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) with flowers on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Fruits of desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) in dew on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Back lit desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) in dew on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Carpet of desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Plants of desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) with fruits on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Fruits of desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Flowers of desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Dense infestation by desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Back lit desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) with fruits in dew on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Close up of fruits of desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) in dew on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia(?)) on desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015  Ladybird on a flower of candle bush (candletree, Cassia alata, Senna alata) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 27, 2008  Tiny plant of Euphorbia granulata (Euphorbia forsskaolii, Euphorbia turcomanica, local name lubaina) on dry silt in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014  Invasive desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, June 5, 2015  Inflorescence of desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) taken from Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, June 5, 2015  Fruits of desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, June 5, 2015  Carpet of desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, June 5, 2015  Infestation by desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, August 21, 2015  Fruits of desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, October 9, 2015  Invasive plants of desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, June 5, 2015  Masses of invasive desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, June 3, 2016  Flower buds of desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, December 18, 2015  Desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) with back lit leaves taken from Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, June 5, 2015  Back lit fruits of desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) taken from Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, June 5, 2015  Prostrate desert spurge Euphorbia granulata (Euphorbia forsskaolii, local name lubaina) near a road to Saudi Arabia in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014  Small green caterpillar on Desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, November 13, 2015  Euphorbia granulata (Euphorbia forsskaolii, Euphorbia turcomanica, local name lubaina) in sand near Dukhan Road. Western Qatar, March 1, 2014  Prostrate desert spurge Euphorbia granulata (Euphorbia forsskaolii, local name lubaina) in a depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, November 7, 2015  Close-up of a tiny flower of spurge Euphorbia corollata in Big Thicket park, on Pitcher Plant Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009  Flowerbed with crown of thorns plant (Euphorbia milii, Euphorbia splendens) on Corniche Promenade. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2014  Crown of thorns plant (Euphorbia milii, Euphorbia splendens) in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, April 3, 2015  Artificial waterfall in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Dimona Nuclear plant in Negev Desert, the center of Israel s nuclear weapons program. The Middle East, May 13, 2000  Twin artificial waterfall in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata) in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Waterfall in Japanese garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  White flower of lily family in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Fern fiddlehead in prehistoric garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Blooming cherry like tree in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Tall plant of a parasitic plant Desert Hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa, dhanoon, Tartuth) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, March 21, 2015  Parasitic plant Desert Hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa) with a host plant Haloxylon salicornicum in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016  Dimona Nuclear plant in Negev Desert, the center of Israel s nuclear weapons program, view from Road 25. The Middle East, April 13, 2002  Blooming mountain laurel (Sophora secundiflora) in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Dandelion like flower with maroon center of a desert plant Picris radicata (Picris asplenioides) near a road to Saudi Arabia in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014  Shoot of Sago palm (cikas) in prehistoric garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Snow-on-the-prairie (Euphorbia bicolor) on Wildflower Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 2, 2020  Snow-on-the-prairie (Euphorbia bicolor) with flowers on Wildflower Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 2, 2020  Green and white spurge (Euphorbia heterophylla) on Wildflower Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 2, 2020  Shoots of Snow-on-the-prairie (Euphorbia bicolor) on Wildflower Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 2, 2020  Young leaves of Sago palm (cikas) in prehistoric garden in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Euphorbia cotinifolia (Red spurge, Mexican shrubby spurge, Caribbean copper plant) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 29, 2009  Parasitic plant Desert Hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa, dhanoon, Tartuth) with a host plant, salt tolerant succulent Arthrocnemum macrostachyum (glasswort, local name shnaan) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 4, 2011  Green blanket of Euphorbia prostrata or may be Euphorbia serpens (local name lubaina) in Irkhaya Farms. South-western Qatar, March 29, 2014  False Day Flower (Commelinantia anomala, Tinantia anomala) in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Coreid bug on a fruit of candle bush in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, December 2, 2009  Euphorbia granulata (Euphorbia forsskaolii, Euphorbia turcomanica, local name lubaina) in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014  Leaf footed bug feeding on a fruit of candle bush in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, October 30, 2009  Leaf footed coreid bug on a fruit of candle bush in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, November 10, 2009  Gregg s tubetongue (Hairy Tube tongue, Justicia pilosella, Siphonoglossa pilosella) in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009  Euphorbia granulata (Euphorbia forsskaolii, Euphorbia turcomanica, local name lubaina) growing in silt in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014  Euphorbia granulata (Euphorbia forsskaolii, Euphorbia turcomanica, local name lubaina) on roadside of a road to Zubara in area of Al Magdah farms in northern Qatar, May 2, 2014  Dimona Nuclear plant in Negev Desert, view from Road 227. The Middle East, March 2, 2002  Originally yellow flowers of candle bush damaged by recent frost in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, December 10, 2009  Leaf-footed bug (Coreidae) Leptoglossus zonatus on a fruit of candle bush in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, November 5, 2009  A thorny plant in Negev Desert, on a mountain ridge behind Yeroham reservoir. The Middle East, March 8, 2001  Spring plant in Negev Desert, on a mountain ridge behind Yeroham reservoir. The Middle East, March 8, 2001  Leaf-footed bugs Leptoglossus zonatus sleeping on fruits of candle bush in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, November 5, 2009  Seedling of a desert plant Zygophyllum qatarense. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 5, 2010  Grounded zeppelin near Dimona Nuclear plant in Negev Desert, view from Road 227. The Middle East, March 23, 2002  Halophyte plant Zygophyllum qatarense in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013  Senna italica (Cassia) plant in desert of Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 2, 2012 |
