Another Texas wildflower mixture
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We’re not done yet with mixtures of spring wildflowers. The yellow flower making its first appearance in these pages is the Nueces coreopsis, Coreopsis nuecensis, which doesn’t grow in Austin but is found not far to the south and southeast. By now you probably recognize the Indian paintbrushes, firewheels (also called Indian blankets), bluebonnets, and phlox mixed in among the coreopsis. This is yet another picture from our almost-300-mile grand tour of wildflowers south of Austin on March 31.
© 2012 Steven Schwartzman
Portraits of Wildflowers 
I would love to see these in person!
TBM
April 21, 2012 at 6:23 AM
I take it you’ve added our Texas wildflower extravaganza to your 50 Year Project—but I hope it won’t take that long for you to get to see one of these displays.
Steve Schwartzman
April 21, 2012 at 7:12 AM
Un seul mot pour qualifier ça : Beauté.
lancoliebleue
April 21, 2012 at 6:47 AM
Et un seul mot pour te répondre: Merci.
Steve Schwartzman
April 21, 2012 at 7:09 AM
Beautiful. Definitely worth that long trip!
Cathy
April 21, 2012 at 6:58 AM
Yes, it definitely was. I’m glad all of you have gotten to go along vicariously and have had to travel only as far as your computer screens.
Steve Schwartzman
April 21, 2012 at 7:16 AM
WOW! So pretty and colorful 🙂
jkgphotos
April 21, 2012 at 7:56 AM
I don’t want to sound blasé, but we saw hundreds of dense flower displays like this one.
Steve Schwartzman
April 21, 2012 at 8:10 AM
I’ve heard folks around Houston comment on the “cosmo” or some such flower. I wonder if there’s some in that mixture above.
georgettesullins
April 21, 2012 at 8:05 AM
Cosmos is a genus native primarily to Mexico that people like to cultivate in many other places. According to the USDA map there’s one species, Cosmos parviflora, that grows natively in Texas, but only in the Big Bend, not in my central part of the state. Because the word cosmos ends in an s, some people have mistakenly thought it’s a plural and have created the new singular cosmo.
Steve Schwartzman
April 21, 2012 at 8:18 AM
I love this one!! I think it would look sooo pretty enlarged and on my wall, framed:)
Just A Smidgen
April 21, 2012 at 9:01 AM
It would add more than a smidgen of color to your wall, wouldn’t it?
Steve Schwartzman
April 21, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Absolutely.. it would be stunning!! 😀
Just A Smidgen
April 21, 2012 at 3:10 PM
So pretty… 🙂
Carol Welsh
April 21, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Thank you, lover of all things in nature.
Steve Schwartzman
April 21, 2012 at 10:52 AM
🙂
Carol Welsh
April 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM
I am so envious of your surroundings…your photos help with the imagination of what it truly must be like to see all this color nature provides for us to enjoy. Thank you Steve!
dhphotosite
April 21, 2012 at 10:11 AM
You’re welcome, David. I do hope someday you can see it for real.
Steve Schwartzman
April 21, 2012 at 10:53 AM
What a profusion! One could get lost in there for days with all the composition possibilities.:-)
Steve Gingold
April 21, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Yes, I could get lost in the profusion for long periods—in fact I often do.
Steve Schwartzman
April 21, 2012 at 10:55 AM
Love all the colors in this Steven! A 300 mile grand tour sounds awesome!
Michael Glover
April 21, 2012 at 11:44 AM
Thanks, Michael. I was exhausted by the end of the afternoon, when the temperature had risen to 92°, but the trip was worth it and we saw lots and lots of wildflowers.
Steve Schwartzman
April 21, 2012 at 12:30 PM
[…] case this morning’s wildflower mixture left you wanting a closer look at the Nueces coreopsis, Coreopsis nuecensis, here’s your shot […]
Nueces coreopsis « Portraits of Wildflowers
April 21, 2012 at 1:30 PM
You have my sympathy on that 92 degrees. It’s a little early for that – I’ve had to move into my late lunch/late dinner routine that usually begins in June.
I don’t know why I’ve not thought of this before. These colors and random mixes of flowers are so reminiscent of antique quilts – those made before people went to “quilt stores” to buy coordinating fabrics. In fact, it may be that quilters were capturing the joy of their wildflower mixes to bring a little summer into their winters.
shoreacres
April 22, 2012 at 4:39 PM
And the 92° was on March 31.
Your quilt hypothesis is certainly plausible, and it should be checkable as well for someone willing to put in the time to read old diaries, letters, etc. Or maybe the research has already been done and long since reported in books and magazines about quilting.
Steve Schwartzman
April 22, 2012 at 5:10 PM
LOVE IT – BEAUTIFUL!!!
cravesadventure
April 22, 2012 at 7:48 PM
Here in central Texas we don’t have the majestic scenery that you’ve shown in your blog, but these wildflower displays are our answer to them.
Steve Schwartzman
April 22, 2012 at 8:01 PM