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Name: Jay Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)              Horntoad Sep 22, 2011 8:48 PM CST |
Found this growing in the shade at the edge of a wooded area. Any ideas?     wildflowersoftexas.com texasnatureonline.com |
Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.         frostweed Sep 22, 2011 9:48 PM CST |
| It resembles Palafoxia texana, http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/f... but the leaves are very different. Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature. Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers. |
Name: Christine North East Texas (Zone 7b)         wildflowers Sep 24, 2011 10:28 AM CST |
| I think it's Leafy elephant's-foot, Elephantopus carolinianus It's very pretty, reminds me of hands since it has five fingers. http://plants.usda.gov/java/pr... May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb |
Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native. frostweed Sep 24, 2011 3:24 PM CST |
| I think you are a lot closer that I was, here is another picture; http://wildflower.org/gallery/... Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature. Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers. |
Name: Jay Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a) Horntoad Sep 24, 2011 3:37 PM CST |
| Christine, you are on the money about the genus. There are three species that are known to grow in Texas, so now come the problem of trying to distinguish between the three. wildflowersoftexas.com texasnatureonline.com |
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