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Seepy cliffs, talus, and creek banks in mesic hardwood forest in box canyon, below sandstone cliffs.

Wing keeled phyllaries.

With spermatophore

Haleakala Silversword, Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum

Granite outcrop.

Swampy woods along gravel road.

DDS 17,075

Multiseriate phyllaries, discoid capitula and elongated florets

Few plants found along the roadside outside of Harlingen. I had been looking for this species for a while, glad to finally be able to find it for the first time.

I saw this on the floor of our HOA’s post office and decided to bring it home to photograph.

Rickel Park is really amazing -- such tremendous cross timbers habitat and some super interesting sandy spots.

For the bee, see: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142267849

Found in a rich mesic forest on a rocky slope above a creek.

Chloraea chica(?)
Lack of a folded and green labellum tip

Very skittish butterfly

I love sesame oil but I've never seen a sesame plant before, lol!

Sandy uplands.

Interesting...
Appears to be growing as a weed amongst gravel next to an on-campus apartment at the university. No clue how it got here