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Bilateral Symmetry - Figwort Family

     

Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family
Purple Sage (Texas Barometer Bush) Leucophyllum frutescens
Bush 5-8 feet tall with fuzzy gray/green leaves. Flowers about 1" wide and blooms after rains throughout the summer. Lavender flowers are fuzzy. Slow-growing, drought-tolerant. This plant has many cultivated varieties.
Photos taken in Val Verde County, Texas, August 2005
(Native of South Texas)

        

Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family
Fendler's Beardtongue (Fendler's Penstemon) Penstemon fendleri
Flower about 1" long along the sides of the spike. The common name describes the fuzzy, orange "tongue". Plant grows 12"-18" tall. Ovate leaves reduce in size as they ascend.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, May 2005, April 2007
(Native of Texas - Taylor, etc.)
See similar Wild Foxglove

Similar Species

Buckley's Beardtongue Penstemon buckleyi
Blue flower spike.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coke)

Wild Foxglove Penstemon cobaea
Blue flower spike.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, etc.)

Large Beardtongue Penstemon grandiflorus
Blue flower spike.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Callahan)

Guadalupe Beardtongue (Guadulupe Penstemon) Penstemon guadalupensis
Light purple.
(Native of Texas - Brown, Nolan, Coke)

Heller's Beardtongue (Heller Penstemon) Penstemon triflorus
Pink with red stripes and white edge.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Callahan, Coleman, Brown, Runnels, Coke, Nolan)

Labiatae (Lamiaceae) - Mint family
Obedient Plant (or False Dragonhead, Narrow-leaf Physostegia) Physostegia angustifolia (P. edwardsiana)
2-3 feet tall.
(Native of Texas, east and central - not listed in my area)

           

Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family
Purple Gerardia Agalinis purpurea
Flower about 1" long with a wide tube and small hairs. Throat has yellow lines and purple spots. Leaves are linear, 1/2"-1 1/2" long. Upright to sprawling plant, 1-2 feet tall, occasionally to 4 feet..
Photos taken in Coleman County, Texas, September 2005
(Native of Texas)

        

Schrophulariaceae - Figwort family
Persian Speedwell (Birdseye Speedwell) Veronica persica
Flower about 1/8" wide. Plant is ground hugging. Leaves are thick, scalloped, and hairy.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, March 2005
(Introduced, native of Europe - not listed in my area)
See similar Neckweed

  

Schrophulariaceae - Figwort family
Corn Speedwell Veronica arvensis
Flower about 1/16" wide. Plant is about 2" tall. Leaves are long and hairy.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, March 2005
(Introduced, native of Europe - Brown)
See similar Neckweed