Meadow pink (Sabatia campestris)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Flax (Linum alatum)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Texas prickly pear (Opuntia engelmannii)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Texas prickly pear (Opuntia engelmannii)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Texas prickly pear (Opuntia engelmannii)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Texas prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Coralbean (Erythrina herbacea)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Bluet (Hedyotis nigricans)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Ground cherry (Physalis cinerascens)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Texas paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Texas paintbrush (yellow variety) (Castilleja indivisa)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Texas indigo (Indigofera miniata)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Wedgeleaf prairie clover (Dalea emarginata)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Wedgeleaf prairie clover (Dalea emarginata)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Spurred butterfly pea (Clitoria virginianum)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Spurred butterfly pea (Clitoria virginianum)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Scarlet spiderling (Boerhaavia coccinea)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Gulf breadroot (Pediomelum rhombifolium)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Texas lantana (Lantana urticoides)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Hierba de zizotes (zizotes milkweed) (Asclepias oenotheroides)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Hierba de zizotes (zizotes milkweed) (Asclepias oenotheroides)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Lovebugs (Plecia nearctica) feeding on a pennywort inflorescence

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Texas prairie parsley (Polytaenia texana)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Texas frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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White-topped sedge (Rhynchospora colorata)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Seabeach pimpernel (Samolus ebracteatus)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Seabeach pimpernel (Samolus ebracteatus)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Texas vervain (Verbena halei)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium biforme)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Glasswort (Salicornia bigelovii)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Glasswort (Salicornia bigelivii) in bloom

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Sea blite (Suaeda sp.)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas, by Ted Lee Eubanks

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Batis maritima

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas, by Ted Lee Eubanks

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Saltcedar (Tamarix sp.)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Bacopa monnieri

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Prairie gentian (Eustoma exaltatum subsp. exaltatum)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Prairie gentian (Eustoma exaltatum spp. exaltatum)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Prairie gentian (Eustoma exaltatum spp. exaltatum), white variety

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Climbing milkweed (Cynanchum angustifolium)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Common Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Drummond's St. Johnswort (Hypericum drummondii)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Prairie Lily (Cooperia pendunculata)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)

Coastal Heritage Preserve, Galveston, Texas

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