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Foto: R.C. Römer

Locally common in places although signs of harvesting by man a possible threat

We were so happy to see a giant toe biter! I remembered to flip it over to take a picture.

I think. Flower looked different than M. reticulata.

I counted 5 plants

On cedar glade/limestone barren complex

In deep sand along fence line under post oak.

Helotes Powerline Easement Trail

It’s like cane and chain cholla in the same plant

I’m not sure what this is?

An endangered species growing in Texas

Found growing next to the trailer of the McAllen Nature Center.

yellow flowered phase

The last picture is UV photography, aka Bug Vision
I am pretty sure these tiny flowers are probably pollinated by tiny native bees, with typical UV reflective colorations to attract bees.

More than hundreds
The last picture is UV flora, aka UV flora bug vision
The flower doesn't have any unique nectar guide, maybe because it's a wet land plant that grow in low light.

Paronychia wilkinsonii, west base of the Guadalupe Mountains 2.5 miles south of the Chaves County line, 32.4786 -105.1421, Otero County, New Mexico, 2 Sep 2013.

common in littoral forest, often right at HWM, where epiphytic; pollination (by the famous moth) success seems variable from patch to patch - good here, bad in others

UV flora, shot by a full spectrum camera with UV bug vision filters stack

Is this some kind of Mallard hybrid? Help!

Some kind of mutation causing leaves to grow out of the flowers!

Near fence along roadside.

Drainage ditch

Looks like this is a first for iNaturalist.

Two observations combined into one.

Foot for size reference. Monarch caterpillars visible. Tarantula Hawk seen feeding

Many individuals in the population with inflorescent colors ranging from magenta to pale pink, even whitish.
N29.90036303 W-101.0012825

Like domestic mallard, but tail different and frequent head bobbing

Batsto Lake, Wharton State Forest

Along Juniper Ridge Trail at Pedernales State Park