Bauhinia lunarioides
Native only to a few canyons in western central Texas and in adjacent northeastern Mexico, Anacacho orchid tree is a 6-12 ft., single- or multi-trunked shrub or small tree with small, light green, deeply cleft leaves. Delicate white to pale pink, orchid-like flowers with extended stamens appear prolifically in clusters. Fruit is a flattened pod.Anacacho […]
Calylophus berlandieri ssp. pinifolius
Named for French-Swiss physician Jean Louis Berlandier (1805-1851) who collected plants in Texas and northern Mexico.
Callicarpa americana
American beauty-berry most often grows 3-5 ft. tall and usually just as wide, It can reach 9 ft. in height in favorable soil and moisture conditions. It has long, arching branches and yellow-green fall foliage, but its most striking feature is the clusters of glossy, iridescent-purple fruit (sometimes white) which hug the branches at leaf […]
Bouteloua hirsuta
The dense clumps of this perennial are made up of 6-30 in., erect, leafy based stems. Oat-like seeds are borne in a curved seedhead with a pointed tip.Never found naturally in pure stands