Prairie Celestial Lily scattered through native grassland, its sky-blue flowers opening for just a single morning. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) Nemastylis geminiflora, commonly
Mountain sage in bloom, its tubular orange-red flowers held above crinkled, aromatic leaves. Photo: Dick Culbert (CC BY 2.0) Salvia regla, commonly called Mountain Sage,
Giant Rain Lily in bloom, with its large, star-shaped white flowers rising above grassy, strap-like leaves. Photo: Haller1962, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Zephyranthes drummondii
The large, fringe-petaled bloom of American Basketflower, with its distinctive pale cream center. Photo: user:pschemp, Lubbock, Texas, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Centaurea americana (also
Torrey Yucca’s dense, spine-tipped rosette, photographed from above as a flower stalk begins to emerge. Photo: Kailey Day / NPS (Public domain) Yucca torreyi, commonly
Texas Hummingbird Mint in full late-summer bloom, showing its dense spikes of raspberry-pink flowers. Photo: Patrick Standish / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Agastache cana,
A mature Texas Beargrass clump cascading over granite at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor (CC BY 4.0) Nolina texana, known as
A mature Smooth Sotol rosette in the Chihuahuan Desert, with the Chisos Mountains rising behind it. Photo: Glysiak / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Dasylirion
Pale Yucca’s distinctive blue-gray, twisted leaves growing directly from limestone near Glen Rose, Texas. Photo: sonnia hill / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Yucca pallida,
A mature Havard Century Plant on a rocky slope in the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park. Photo: Dylan W. Schwilk / Wikimedia Commons (CC
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