![]() ![]() It is called “fire wheel” from its appearance of an orange wheel with yellow rays at the tips. The sunflower is also a practical plant, formerly used by Native Americans for medicines, as a source of fiber, and as a highly nutritious food.Īnother member of the sunflower family prevalent in Texas is the Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella), and it will soon show itself by the thousands. Sometimes reaching a height of ten feet, the common sunflower grows on a stout, upright stalk ending with a huge yellow disk of a bloom. Here on the Island, common sunflowers (Asteraceae) will be seen in the fields and pastures of the West End and then again in front yards of the East End. It is said that the Indians used juice from the roots of Rudbeckia in the treatment of earaches. This is a stiffly upright to sprawling perennial, growing 1-3 feet with blooms that will last several days when used as a cut flower. ![]() Among them are the thousands of beautiful Brown-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia), a prairie species found throughout Texas. These beautiful blooms will undoubtedly spring up in great quantities, both locally and across Texas, but watch for and take delight in the profusion of other wildflower blossoms. Lastly, the Cosmos is a fast-growing plant with brightly-colored single or double flowers in white, pink, orange, yellow, or scarlet. The flower heads are similar in shape to the black-eyed Susan but are smaller and come in a large variety of colors. The Coneflower is an annual herb with elongated leaves that clasp around the stem at the base. The game, "He loves me, he loves me not," is associated with this flower. Other widespread varieties include the Primrose Buttercup, a cup-shaped bloom with rose to pale pink flowers and a yellow or white center, and the Oxeye Daisy, a typical meadow plant that thrives in a variety of locations such as dry fields and roadside ditches. The flower is actually a tiny creamy whitish-yellow bloom encircled by red-orange leaf-like bracts. One of the most broadly recognized species of Texas wildflowers is the Indian Paintbrush, an upright annual or perennial herb native to Texas, although its red-orange flower color is an optical illusion. ![]() Over five thousand species of wild, flowering plants exist in the state of Texas, a statistic made even more incredible by the fact that in order to be considered a common wildflower, it must occur over a large area, have a long bloom period, or be widespread in a particular region. They appear in abundance across Galveston Island from the east end to the far west end-along roadways, in abandoned yards, city lots, cemeteries, pastures, and even residential gardens. ![]()
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