During our trip through Texas in the spring of 2015 we were treated to splashes of color from the wildflowers blooming beside the roads, in fields, in the woods, and beside trails. We had timed our trip in hopes of seeing bluebonnets and weren’t disappointed. We were also treated to many other wildflowers including many I couldn’t identify.
Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush along Park Road 4
Indian Blanket Flowers
Indian Paintbrush
Periwinkle at Longhorn Cavern
Golden Ragwort at Inks Lake
Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush at Lake Arrowhead
Spiderwort at Inks Lake
Phlox at Inks Lake
Unidentified Wildflower at Inks Lake
Wildflowers in Llano
Wild Mint Llano
White Prickly Poppy Llano
Unidentified wildflower
Wildflowers at Padre Island National Seashore
Love the blooms here
Cactus Flower at Inks Lake
Claret Cup Cactus Flower Enchanted Rock Summit Trail
Unknown wildflower beside a rest area in the Texas Plains
Texas Stork’s Bill beside a rest area in the Texas Plains
Unknown wildflower beside a rest area in the Texas Plains
Unknown wildflower beside a rest area in the Texas Plains
I would love to get some help in identifying the unknown flowers! Please leave a comment if you know what any of these are, or if I have gotten any of the identifications wrong. Thank you!
Wandering Dawgs 
LOVE these pictures. Mike’s in the middle of mixing barbecue at the moment, but will check them all out later. We love wildflowers and let them grow on our downward slope on the hill we live on. Keep the pictures coming. We enjoy. Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you. So glad you enjoyed the flowers!
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We were lucky to be in many places as the wildflowers were blooming this spring. It is amazing how many different flowers there are. Ever hike shows us new flowers. You certainly found a ton of beauties:)
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Thank you! I loved seeing all the brilliant colors and never got tired of seeing the bluebonnets!
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Bottom left purple flower looks like the hardy geranium or cranesbill that we have here in the UK. Third on the right on the third row might be the same. The white flower looks like scilla but there are many different varieties and I’m no expert! Good luck.
I’ll see if i can get Jude at https://smallbluegreenflowers.wordpress.com/ to have a look. She’s very knowledgeable.
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I’d say you’re in the right family. Most likely this is Erodium texanum, called Texas stork’s bill:
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ERTE13
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Thanks so much for taking the time to look at my photos and helping me out with the identification! I’m so glad Jude asked to you to take a look and to have the link to your blog.
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You’re welcome.
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Thank you for the help and for getting in touch with Jude! The link will be a great resource.
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I have asked Steve to have a look, he is the Texas wild flower expert. Or maybe pop along to his blog and do a search. https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com/
Jude xx
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Thank you for contacting Steve and for his link! Both your blogs will be a great resource.
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No worries. Steve is a brilliant flower photographer too, I learn a lot from his site. (oh and I also have a flower site, but it is not wild flowers, though some do occasionally pop up on it: https://smallbluegreenflowers.wordpress.com/
Jude xx
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Steve has already been a big help! Thanks again!
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The one three up from the bottom in the first column appears to be Gaillardia suavis, called perfumeballs, pincushion daisy, fragrant gaillardia, or rayless gaillardia:
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=GASU
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The little white flowers one picture up from the bottom right corner appear to be wild garlic, Allium drummondii:
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ALDR
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The third one down in the third column looks like Nemophila phacelioides, baby blue-eyes:
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=NEPH
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Thank you! I thought that’s what they might be but wasn’t sure.
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The flowers of “Wild Mint Llano” don’t look like flowers in the mint family but they do look like the flowers of Phacelia congesta, known as blue curls:
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PHCO2
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Yes, I think you are right. They were growing wild beside a trail to the Llano River.
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Nice range of wildflowers. Even if I appreciate them, i’m not capable of identifying them.. apart from the Periwinkle 🙂
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How very beautiful! Those Texas Blue Bonnets are just breathtaking! I am also grateful for you to tell us what each one is… THANK YOU! And Thank you to Steve for naming some of the others! What a lovely world we live in to have such beauties grace our presence! Loved this post!
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Thank you! The bluebonnets really were spectacular. I really appreciate Steve helping with the identification. He helped me a lot more than the book of Texas Wildflowers I bought!
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