[male green anole (a.k.a. Carolina anole; Anolis carolinensis); it took a few minutes for me to realize he was challenging me; once I moved away, he met a lady friend who was hiding in the upper branches of the tree]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
The right hue
If there’s one thing about wildflowers that gets my heart jumpin’, it’s that there are so many that come in my favorite color: purple. Makes me all swoony and lightheaded…
Plumed thistle (a.k.a. spear thistle, bull thistle or roadside thistle; Cirsium vulgare)
Prairie verbena (Verbena bipinnatifida)
Showy evening primrose (Oenothera speciosa)
Mexican petunia (a.k.a. Texas petunia or common ruellia; Ruellia brittoniana)
Littleleaf sensitive brier (a.k.a catclaw brier, sensitive vine littleleaf mimosa, native mimosa; Mimosa microphylla)
Musk thistle (a.k.a. nodding thistle; Carduus nutans)