Flatbud prickly poppy’s large white flowers draw butterflies like this western tiger swallowtail. Photo: Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Argemone munita, commonly known
Purple cliffbrake rooted in a limestone crevice near the Black Range, New Mexico. Photo: aspidoscelis, Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Pellaea atropurpurea, commonly called purple cliffbrake or
California manroot scrambling through spring grass and shrubs at Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County. Photo: John Rusk, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Marah fabacea,
Texas wintergrass florets, showing the sharp-tipped seed and long, twice-bent, twisted awn that is the grass’s signature identification feature. Photo: Tracey Slotta, USDA ARS Systematic
Hartweg’s sundrops forming a low mound of yellow flowers along a sunny walkway. Photo: Megan Hansen / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Oenothera hartwegii (often
Woolly lip fern rooted in a narrow rock crevice, its typical foothold on dry, sunny outcrops. Photo: Michelle W., via iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) Cheilanthes
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)
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