Slaughter Creek
Spring blooms are just beginning to pop in the Texas Hill Country. I spent a little over an hour in the Slaughter Creek Metropolitan Park in the southern suburbs of Austin. This refuge consists mostly of shallow limestone juniper forests, all within a floodplain. Light rain in the morning hours had coated the blooms in an attractive misting of water.
Lindheimera texana, Texas yellowstar
Phlox roemeriana, Goldeneye phlox
Salvia texana, Texas sage
Erigeron modestus, Plains fleabane
Lupinus texensis, Texas bluebonnet
Bouchetia erecta, Painted Tongue
Oenothera speciosa, Showy evening primrose
Tetraneuris scaposa, Four nerve daisy
Melampodium leucanthum, Blackfoot daisy
Coreopsis lanceolata?
Echinocereus reichenbachii, Lace cactus
Pediomelum latestipulatum, Texas plains scurfpea
Castilleja indivisa, Indian paintbrush
Engelmannia peristenia, Engelmann daisy
Chamaesaracha coronopus, Green false nightshade
Nemastylis geminiflora, Prairie celestials