Wildflowers of Houston and Southeast Texas

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You’ll find them all the way through the year in Houston—lyre-leaf sage, Drummond skullcap, silver-leaf nightshade, snow-on-the-prairie, lemon beebalm, scarlet pimpernel, plains wild indigo, spring ladies’-tresses, deer pea vetch.

These wildflowers and hundreds of other species flourish in this a part of Texas, but until this book used to be published in 1993 no guide had focused exclusively at the Houston area. John and Gloria Tveten spent years looking for out both the common and the rare flowers. They describe here more than 200 plants. A color photograph of each and every one will make identification easy.

The guide is arranged by color, with each and every entry tracing the history and lore of a species. Many plants—for instance, prairie Indian plantain and self-heal—were used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes. Others, like poke-weed and wapato, are suitable for eating. Southern dewberry and giant ragweed are used as natural dyes. And a few, like rattlebush and milkweed, are poisonous.

At the end of each and every species account is a list of key identifying characteristics for quick reference in the field. Summaries of plant families are also included, in addition to tips on where and when to look for wildflowers.

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