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This flower is called "Living Rock Cactus" or Ariocarpus fissuratus . This plant grows in the dry Big Bend area of west Texas. It blooms in late summer and fall.
Picture from University of Texas Plant Resource Center |
In this picture you can see why it is called a rock cactus... how many do you see?
(Hint ... not all of them are blooming.)
Picture from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |
Want more information check out The Lacy Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and The Plant Resource Center at University of Texas Libraries.
5 comments:
Hi Pamela Jo .. I love rock cactii .. they always amaze me how they come to life, and live on year after year ..
I can see three - but I guess there might be lots on each plant ..
Thanks for visiting .. cheers Hilary
How pretty! Pink rocks... ;)
Oh! These are wonderful!
Twenty!
All right, no idea.
Amazing how resilient beauty in nature can be
loving all the sites from A to Z
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