Texas Bluebonnet floret 
Devil’s Claw / Ram’s Horn 
Horsemint / Bee Balm 
Silverleaf nightshade 
Devil’s Claw 
Devil’s Claw 
Cow-Itch or Sorrel vine 
Yellow Ground Cherry – one of the Solonaceae 
Silverleaf Nightshade 
Gaillardia pulchella – at this location, the recessive gene for lack of red pigmentation seems to be present in many plants. 
May 27, 2020 – prostrate upright coneflowers (Ratibida columnifera) 
Ram’s Horn or Devil’s Claw
On May 26, the mowers came by and mowed down the stand of wildflowers still in bloom on the berm between my backyard and the greenbelt. But since then, in addition to the Johnson Grass (which is fairly easy to control as an invasive plant), there have been several native Texas plants coming up from the embattled field.
A Texas Bluebonnet floret starts the slide show, and we have Gaiillardia, including some of the “albino” variety that seems to favor this location. Straggler Daisy, a low lying ground cover, and a member of the primrose family.above it. It’s not clear to me yet whether it is small due to lack of nutrients, or if it a different member of the Onotheraceae. I will have to look in my books…
And we have have a few that I haven’t identified but others have seen the photos and suggested Ram’s Hron for one of them. The Prairie Vervain have come, as have several Solonaceae: Silverleaf nightshade, Western Horse Nettle, and even Ground Cherry.
And I should probably note the Poison Ivy, which has entangled itself among some of the other plants. I have been told by an expert in the eradication of invasive plants that mowing is one of the best ways to spread Poison Ivy around.
And shall we do now?
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