Nic Mallory Dimitri

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Vegetation of the Hill Country and South Texas
Plains

• By
• Nic Mallory Dimitri

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Blue Bonnet

• State flower
• Up to 3 feet tall
• Blooms in early March
• The official state flower
• Mostly is in South Texas

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Texas Dandelion

• Milky sap
• 6 to 20 in. tall
• Comes in only 1 color
• Yellow only
• Different than a common dandelion

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Drummond's phlox

• Some grow to 20 inches high
• Is part of the phlox family
• Are red pink blue purple white
• Took them back to england forgarden planting

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Indian blanket

• Also called fire wheel
• Lives in sandy soils
• Grows to 1 to 2 feet tall
• Blooms April throw May

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Black eyd Susan

• Blooms May throw September
• Related to coneflowers
• Part of the sunflower family
• Leaves with jagged edges

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Indian paintbrush

• Known scarlet paintbrush
• Several species of paintbrush
• One of the most beautiful flowers
• Many paintbrush are parasitic

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Flowierng dogwood

• Grows to 40 feet high
• Was used to dogs with mange
• Widespread in the woods of east Texas
• Noticed in the spring with their white showy
  flowers

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Pink even Primrose

• Grows 8-18 inches high.
• Is part of the evening family primrose
• April to June in East and Central Texas

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Mexican Hat

• It grows 1 to 3 ft. high
• Looks like sombreros
• Have yellow tips
• Grow all over Texas