Blooming arrowhead (duck potato, Sagittaria falcata(?)) in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 25, 2009
A house decorated by air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) near 2228 Royal Street near Elysian Fields Avenue in Faubourg Marigny. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 5, 2006
Western Horse Nettle (Potato-weed, Solanum dimidiatum) near Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 8, 2008
Arrowhead (duck potato, Sagittaria falcata(?)) flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 9, 2014
Potato-weed (solanum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2008
Field of cultivated sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) in a small kitchen garden on Al Muhandiseen Street in Al Lejbailat area. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2016
Potato-weed (solanum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 19, 2010
Horse nettle (potato-weed, Solanum) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
A potato stone (limestone bulbus) near Bulbusei Gir, 3 miles south-west from Eilat. The Middle East, January 17, 2002
Potato-weed (western horse nettle, Solanum dimidiatum) in Lick Creek Park, on Deer Run Trail. College Station, Texas, June 21, 2008
Back lit leaf of Air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 27, 2009
Flower of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) taken from Al Sham Street(?) in West Bay. Doha, Qatar, February 4, 2016
Arrowhead (duck potato, Sagittaria falcata(?)) in Big Thicket park near Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
Air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) on arbor in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 2, 2009
Leaf of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 20, 2009
Back lit flower of Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 7, 2012
Western horse nettle (Potato-weed, Solanum dimidiatum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, June 15, 2008
Blooming Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 9, 2014
Leaves of cultivated sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) on Al Muhandiseen Street in Al Lejbailat area. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2016
Potato-weed (solanum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2009
Potato plant (Solanum tuberosum) on Al Intisar Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, January 18, 2016
Potato stones (bulbusim) near Bulbusei Gir, 3 miles south-west from Eilat. The Middle East, January 17, 2002
Cultivated potato field near Rozhdestveno, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 24, 2004
Flower of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) on Al Sham Street in West Bay. Doha, Qatar, November 27, 2014
Potato-weed (solanum) damaged by snout beetles on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 30, 2008
Air potatoes at a parking of Bayou Coquille Trail in Barataria Preserve. South from New Orleans, Louisiana, December 22, 2006
Shoot of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) on Al Sham Street in West Bay. Doha, Qatar, November 27, 2014
Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2012
Potato flowers (Kartoshka) in a kitchen garden in Lavriki, 2 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 26, 2012
Horse nettle (potato-weed, Solanum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 7, 2013
Horse nettle (potato-weed, Solanum) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
Potato-weed (solanum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 7, 2012
Close up of a flower of Potato-weed (solanum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 7, 2012
Fruits of Horse Nettle (Potato-weed, Solanum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 16, 2012
White flower of Potato-weed (solanum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 24, 2013
Potato-weed (Solanum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 26, 2014
Close up of a flower of Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 9, 2014
Dry stuff "Tom Irani" looking like slices of potato in spice section in Souq Waqif (Old Market). Doha, Qatar, December 23, 2014
Potato plant (Solanum tuberosum) near Al Istiqlal Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, January 13, 2016
Potato flowers in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 28, 2017
Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) on a recent forest cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2018
Air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, September 28, 2018
Seedling of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) near the creek crossing on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 23, 2019
Wild potato vine (Ipomoea pandurata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 21, 2019
Wild potato vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 21, 2019
Air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, September 3, 2020
Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 23, 2019
Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 10, 2019
Blooming Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 10, 2019
Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2019
Potato-like stones and fossilized sea shells in red sandstone near Whiskey Bridge of Brazos River, on Highway 21 west from Bryan. Texas, November 29, 2019
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, September 3, 2020
Potato earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma bovista(?)) on a lawn in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, January 6, 2021
Potato earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma bovista) in prairie in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 24, 2021
Seedling of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 19, 2021
Seedling of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
Young tender leaves of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
Young leaves of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 11, 2021
Fresh shoots of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 11, 2021
Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 17, 2021
Flower of wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 20, 2021
Wild potato vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 28, 2021
Flower of wild potato vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 28, 2021
Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 1, 2021
Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 12, 2021
Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021
Potato earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma bovista(?)) in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, October 29, 2021
Potato earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma bovista)(?) under crape myrtle in College Station Cemetery. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2021
Wild potato vine (Ipomoea pandurata) on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, June 12, 2022
Dark purple leaves of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, July 2, 2022
Young plant of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 4, 2023
Seedling of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 4, 2023
Potato earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma bovista) on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 9, 2023
Potato earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma bovista) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Potato earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma bovista) in Tarkhovka Park, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 2, 2024
The truck in this close-up is a Soviet-era GAZ-51 (or possibly its four-wheel-drive variant, the GAZ-63), which has been repurposed into a striking, semi-ruined art installation in Tallinn s Old Town. The distinct rounded hood, vertical grille slats, and cab shape identify it as a GAZ-51, one of the most widely produced trucks in the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1975. It was a workhorse of Estonian agriculture and industry during the Soviet occupation. The truck is in a state of deliberate decay, with peeling blue paint revealing rust, missing headlights, and a weather-beaten interior. This "ruined" aesthetic allows it to blend into the surrounding greenery, symbolizing the passage of time. The door features a stylized graffiti tag of a dragonfly, adding a layer of modern urban art to the vintage industrial canvas. A large, green, pipe-like structure (resembling a telescopic boom, grain auger, or water cannon) is mounted on the back. This industrial attachment gives the truck a fantastical, almost "Mad Max" or steampunk appearance, repurposing a utility vehicle into a whimsical sculpture. There is a local story that the owner of this specific plot of land (which is private, unlike the surrounding city-owned park) placed the truck and other objects (like manure heaps or potato patches in previous years) as a form of protest or disruption because the city would not grant permission to construct a new building on the site. Estonia, October 16, 2025
Potato earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma bovista) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 14, 2025
