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Category: Wildflowers

There Ain’t No Saguaro in Texas

But we sure got a lot of prickly pear.

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Ryan Boren Music, Photos, Plants, Wildflowers 2 Comments May 16, 2013 0 Minutes

Texas Thistle

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Ryan Boren Photos, Wildflowers Leave a comment May 12, 2013June 17, 2013 0 Minutes

Wheels in the Field Keep on Burnin’

Firewheels, aka Indian Blankets. Entire fields of these are everywhere right now.

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Firewheels

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Ryan Boren Photos, Wildflowers Leave a comment May 12, 2013May 12, 2013 0 Minutes

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