A tufted clump of Texas grama in a stony roadside, its triangular spikelets clustered along slender stems. Photo: Linda Jo Conn, via iNaturalist (CC BY
A dense gulf cordgrass tussock holding the edge of a coastal flat near Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo: Jessica Moulton, via iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) Spartina
A mature Cherokee sedge clump, its slender seed spikes arching outward from a fountain of glossy blades. Photo: saltyhiker, via iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) Carex
A mature clump of Wright’s Skullcap smothered in purple flowers on a limestone gravel bank. Photo: Michelle W. (ιΎεη) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Wright’s Goldenrod produces dense, flat-topped clusters of small golden-yellow flowers in late summer and fall. Photo: Patrick Alexander / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Solidago wrightii, commonly
A single Stiffstem Flax bloom opens among dry grasses β each flower lasts only a day. Photo: Matt Lavin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Plains Fleabane forms low, bushy clumps of small white-rayed, yellow-centered flowers from spring into fall. Photo: Shalana Gray / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Erigeron
Woolly-white in a sandhill prairie remnant, Harrison County, Texas. Photo: Mason Brock / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Hymenopappus artemisiifolius, commonly called Woolly-white or Old Plainsman,
Stinking Passionflower in bloom, Hidalgo County, Texas. Photo: John Rosford / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Passiflora foetida, commonly called Stinking Passionflower, Fetid Passionflower, or
Paperflower in full bloom, its golden-yellow petals showing the crinkled, papery texture that gives the plant its name. Photo: Alex Abair / Wikimedia Commons (CC
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