Blooming passion flower (Passiflora) near Park Hudson Trail. College Station, Texas, July 24, 2014
Flower of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park, on Deer Run Trail. College Station, Texas, June 21, 2008
Massive bloom of various flowers in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 14, 2012
Blooming Passion flower (Passiflora foetida) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 22, 2012
Pink flower of multi-bloom tephrosia (Tephrosia onobrychoides) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 5, 2008
Blooming White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) in Big Thicket park, on Kirby Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
Blooming peacock flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) in a park at Al Intisar Street near a corner with Onaiza. Doha, Qatar, December 1, 2015
Summer-blooming thistle flower (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park, on Iron Bridge Trail. College Station, July 6, 2008
Acacia with mistletoe parasites blooming by red flowers near a jeep track along Netafim River in Eilat Mountains, 1.5 miles north-west from Eilat. The Middle East, March 22, 2001
Late blooming pasqueflower (Pulsatilla, wind flower, meadow anemone, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2009
Blooming shoo-fly plant (Nicandra physalodes) with an opening flower in a shady spot on Al Furqan Street in Al Luqta area. Doha, Qatar, January 22, 2016
Late blooming Indian paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa) with oval bright-reddish pink flower leaf bracts and cut-off funnel-like red-tipped calyx on Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 28, 2008
Spring flowers blooming in Rock Garden in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 14, 2009
Blooming Azure-flowered garlic (Allium caeruleum) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
Late blooming Indian paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa) with oval bright-reddish pink flower leaf bracts near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 12, 2008
Summer-blooming thistle flower (Cirsium engelmannii) from above in Lick Creek Park, on Iron Bridge Trail. College Station, July 6, 2008
Blooming citrus tree (flower of lemon) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2008
Blooming yellow eastern pasque flower (Pulsatilla flavescens, wind flower, meadow anemone, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
Blooming Passion flower (maypop, Passiflora foetida) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 1, 2010
Blooming ball moss (Tillandsia recurvata) on a twig picked under an oak on campus of Texas A and M University after a tropical storm "Ike", with wiry spider-like green stems and terminal tubular yellow-green flowers. College Station, Texas, September 13, 2008
Flower of Death camas (Nuttall s deathcamas, Zigadenus nuttallii) in bloom along South Meyersville Road near FM 1155 S., north from Chappell Hill, Texas. April 7, 2010.
Blooming half flower (beach cabbage, Scaevola sericea, Scaevola taccada) in a park at Al Markhiya Street near a corner with Onaiza. Doha, Qatar, May 2, 2015
Rare succulent plant Caralluma europaea var. judaica going to bloom by starry flowers in Negev Desert, on a mountain ridge behind Yeroham reservoir. The Middle East, March 8, 2001
Blooming flowers in a yard of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2012
Tightly clustered blooms of red cockscomb flower (Celosia cristata) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 28, 2010
Massive bloom of Wishbone flower (Torenia fournieri) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 14, 2012
Ben Gurion Boulevard in Beer-Sheva. Flowers of cacti symbolize the Zionist utopian vision of a blooming Negev. The Middle East, April 24, 2000
Massive bloom of wishbone flower in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 14, 2012
Flower of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2014
Flower bud of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2014
Summer-blooming thistle flower (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 10, 2014
Flower bud of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 10, 2014
Blooming Passion flower (Passiflora) in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, July 11, 2014
Passion flower (Passiflora) in bloom in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, July 11, 2014
Blooming passion flower (Passiflora) on Park Hudson Trail. College Station, Texas, August 12, 2014
Half flower (beach cabbage, Scaevola sericea, Scaevola taccada) in bloom in a park at Al Markhiya Street near a corner with Onaiza. Doha, Qatar, May 26, 2015
Blooming shoo-fly plant (Nicandra physalodes) with flower buds in a shady spot on Al Furqan Street in Al Luqta area. Doha, Qatar, January 22, 2016
Wild radish (Raphanus sativus) blooming in pink flowers on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, February 26, 2016
Blooming morning glory (Convolvulus cephalopodus) with emerging flowers on sand dunes near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
Blooming yellow eastern pasque flower (Pulsatilla flavescens, wind flower, meadow anemone, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
Blooming common pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris, wind flower, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in a pine forest on a sand hill near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2019
Common pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris, wind flower, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in bloom in a pine forest on a sand hill near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2019
Blooming straggler daisy (prostrate lawn flower, Calyptocarpus vialis) with slime mold Diachea leucopodia on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 30, 2020
White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) in bloom on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 6, 2020
Flowers of multi-bloom tephrosia (Tephrosia onobrychoides) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2020
Back lit flowers of multi-bloom tephrosia (Tephrosia onobrychoides) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2020
Pink flowers of multi-bloom tephrosia (Tephrosia onobrychoides) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2020
Pink and white flowers of multi-bloom tephrosia (Tephrosia onobrychoides) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2020
Details of flowers of multi-bloom tephrosia (Tephrosia onobrychoides) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2020
Close-up of flowers of multi-bloom tephrosia (Tephrosia onobrychoides) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2020
Close-up of white and pink flowers of multi-bloom tephrosia (Tephrosia onobrychoides) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2020
Blooming basket flower (Centaurea americana) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2020
Blooming st. Andrew cross flower (Hypericum, Ascyrum hypericoides) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
Blooming late-flowering boneset (Eupatorium serotinum) on sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 23, 2020
Blooming Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnaris) in area of a former pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, November 3, 2020
Early blooming black eyed susan flower (Rudbeckia hirta) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, February 8, 2021
Blooming pale firewheel flower (Gaillardia pulchella) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 15, 2021
Blooming crown flower (Calotropis gigantea) in the Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 10, 2021
Late-flowering boneset (Eupatorium serotinum) in bloom on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
Blooming crown flower (Calotropis gigantea) in the Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 2, 2021
Blooming cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) near Alum Creek in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 22, 2021
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) in bloom near Alum Creek in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 22, 2021
Late blooming black eyed susan flower (Rudbeckia hirta) at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021
Blooming woolly-white (Hymenopappus) with a flower beetle on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
Blooming rough-leaf dogwood (Cornus drummondii) with various flower beetles in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 24, 2022
Flower bud of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 13, 2022
Flower of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 13, 2022
Unopened flower of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 13, 2022
Flower of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 22, 2022
Flower head of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 22, 2022
Opening flower of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 22, 2022
Flower of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 27, 2022
Blooming crown flower (Calotropis gigantea) in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, July 7, 2022
White bloom of crown flower (Calotropis gigantea) in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, July 7, 2022
Blooming late-flowering boneset (Eupatorium serotinum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 13, 2023
Blooming Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus), phenotype without ray flowers, in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2024
Flower bud of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2024
Blooming pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 1, 2024
Blooming basket flower (Centaurea americana) in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, May 20, 2024
Basket flower (Centaurea americana) in bloom in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, May 20, 2024
A perfectly symmetrical winter basal rosette of a yellowcress (Rorippa species, likely Southern marsh yellowcress, Rorippa teres) blooming on the exposed sandy shore of Lake Somerville. This native wetland pioneer is a member of the mustard family (Brassicaceae). During the cooler months, it forms this flat, circular spray of deeply cut (pinnatifid) leaves to anchor firmly in the shifting sand while maximizing sun exposure and avoiding cold winds. At the very center, the plant has just begun to bolt, producing the tiny, four-petaled yellow flowers characteristic of its family. Texas, February 28, 2026
A playful piece of garden art utilizing an antique wrought-iron bed frame, creating a literal "flower bed". The dark, heavily rusted metal frame features a classic design with curved corners and vertical iron spindles on both the headboard and footboard. Rather than holding a mattress, the space between the head and foot of the bed is completely filled with densely growing, low-profile green vegetation, pruned flat to mimic the shape and height of a mattress. This living "mattress" blends seamlessly into the surrounding garden landscape, with various other plants, shrubs, and spring-blooming bulbs growing freely around the base of the rusty metal legs and intertwined through the iron bars. Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, March 5, 2026
On the dry bottom of Flag Pond, the exposed basin was covered with an almost continuous green-and-yellow carpet of cursed buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus), turning what is usually open water into a bright spring sheet of bloom. The plants spread densely across the dark, uneven mud, with only a few bare patches and scattered taller shoots breaking the surface of the low, fine-textured vegetation.The broad open expanse, distant tree line, and heavy gray clouds make the scene feel both striking and a little surreal, as if the pond has briefly become a flowering meadow. Near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2026
This composite image documents four stems of Hedeoma hispida (Rough False Pennyroyal) demonstrating the plant s appearance under two different lighting conditions against a dark background. The top panel shows the specimens under standard white light. The stems feature opposite, linear leaves and are covered in fine, bristly hairs, giving the plant its "rough" descriptor. Clusters of tiny, tubular, purplish-blue flowers emerge from the leaf axils along the upper portions of the stems, nestled within spiky, bristly calyces. The overall coloration is a vibrant, natural green with delicate violet floral accents. The bottom panel reveals the same four specimens illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight. Under UV excitation, the plant exhibits striking fluorescence. The previously purplish-blue flowers fluoresce a brilliant, vivid pinkish-red, while the green stems, leaves, and bristly hairs emit a cool, icy blue-white glow. This stark contrast highlights the complex photochemical properties of the plant tissues, transforming the subtle daytime appearance into a dramatic, high-contrast display. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2026 Blooming Rough False Pennyroyal (Hedeoma hispida) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight collected on a lawn at crossing of Holleman Drive and Dartmouth Street. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2026
Flower head of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 2, 2026
Top view of a flower of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 2, 2026
Close-up of a flower of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 2, 2026
Unopened flower of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 2, 2026
Side view of a flower of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 2, 2026
Opening flower of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 2, 2026
Flower bud of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 2, 2026
