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This little lady here....
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| Monarch Butterfly Picture from Wikpedia |
....picked our next flower. The "Butterflyweed" Asclepias tuberosa , also know as "orange milkweed" or "butterfly milkweed". This plant attracts many species of butterflies. The Monarch larvae feed on the leaves as well. This plant grows in the sandy open soils of the eastern half of Texas. While the butterflies love this plant, it is poisonous to cattle.
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| Picture from University of Texas Plant Resource Center |
And of course I can't leave out this famous Texas flower, I think the state would revoke my birth certificate.
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| Picture from University of Texas Plant Resource Center |
Want to know the legend of the bluebonnet check out my blog post from last year here.
8 comments:
PJ. How exquisite! And the names - Texas Bluebonnet, how sweet! I'm loving this theme so far...
Thanks for your visit/comments on Ann's childhood.
Denise
Lovely flowers! I could look at plant photos all month :)
Welcome to the Challenge!
KarenG
Really cool. Those Monarchs come through Monterrey, where I live, every year in the migration. It's such a beautiful site. The sky fills with them.
I had no idea the butterfly weed was poisonous to cattle. Gorgeous picture of the butterfly!
Those are beautiful flowers and it is awesome learning about them. Thanks for your post.
Lovely flowers. We have Blue Bonnets in the UK but we give them the name Lupin as their common name. I love the rich colours of their spikes but we've had an attack of huge greenfly on them in the last few years and they've suffered badly.
I blogging the A to Z Challenge too at A to Z of Nostalgia
I've always tried to grow butterfly bushes, but can never keep them alive. *sigh* love your post!
Elizabeth
A to Z co-host
I take it ants really like bluebonnets as well?
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