Top: Butterfly Pea, Centrosema virginianum Bottom: Button Bush, Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cameron Parish, Louisiana
L: American White Waterlily, Nymphaea odorata; R:American Lotus, Nelumbo lutea; Below: Indian Blanket, Genus Gaillardia; Saltmarsh Mallow, Kosteletzkya pentacarpos
La. Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries Native Plant Garden
2000 Quail Dr., Baton Rouge, LA
Left and Center is American Beautyberry, Callicarpa americana. The green berries turn a beautiful reddish purple when ripe. Right is Rattlesnake Master, Eryngium yuccifolium, a member of the mint family.
Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
L-R: Blue Curls, Trichostema dichotomum; Spotted Horse Mint, Monarda punctata; Lindheimer’s Doveweed, Croton lindheimeri, growing in sandy soil on a cut over slope in Ruston, Louisiana.
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