On Tuesday, April 20, we did photos in two places - at the Corps office by Belton Dam (and the park behind it) and also on FM 439 heading toward Killeen
Black-foot daisies - this is their first week to bloom - I was watching for them. The cluster grows off one main stem! They love to be in rocky soil, which makes this stretch of FM 439 perfect for them!
These Indian paintbrushes were extremely vibrant, living in FULL SUN with no chance of shade ever! The sun isn't so good for the bluebonnets though, they were a little faded looking in this spot!
These Indian paintbrushes were in an area with primarily paintbrushes only - on a few bluebonnets mixed in at the Park by Belton Dam!
These Indian paintbrushes were a rosy PINK instead of ORANGE, living right in the middle of a patch of orange ones!
The pink ones are right in the center of this photo!
A nice patch of bluebonnets beside FM 439 - I pass by them almost everyday going to Killeen and back!
This plant is called Foxglove, and is the natural source for the medicine Digitalis! I find they are much prettier inside the cup than outside!
A lovely cluster of Foxglove at the base of a Live Oak Tree.
This Foxglove was a more vibrant purple than the others, although they were all growing in the same cluster!
Here are those gold flowers again - fully open this time! - and I still don't know what they are! NOTE: I borrowed my neighbor's wildflower book (like mine that is MIA) and discovered that this flower is STIFF-STEM FLAX! (The same type of plant from which linen fabric is manufactured!)
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