Previously, we have written about the importance of sunflowers in a native garden. If you can only plant one plant, plant a sunflower as you get so much value in one plant: beauty, habitat value, and… ...

It takes a bold blossom to compete with the beloved bluebonnet in Texas. Maybe that's why some wildflowers wait until fall to take their bows or deliver an encore in autumn. They might be late ...

SAN ANTONIO — Sunflowers, esperanza and Texas lantana all bloom in summer, making them the July choices in our 12-month color plan. There are a number of native sunflower species. My favorite, and the ...

Native plants play a critical role in our ecosystem for beneficial insects, birds, wildlife and important microorganisms living in and on the soil. Native perennials provide a range of flowers that ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the nuclear ribosomal DNA was sequenced from 73 samples representing 46 of the 49 species of ...