This tiny flower caught my eye the other day in the Meadow. I'd never seen one before! So I posted an image on Facebook and got a lot of responses. Louie Bond, my editor at Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine, just awhile ago posted the correct name: purple milkweed vine (Matelea biflora). Jason Singhurst, a plant ecologist/botanist with TPWD's Wildlife Diversity Program, figured it out.
Isn't it just COOL? Now I just gotta figure out the other vine I photographed, too. Looks like a mini morning glory....
P.S. Jason graciously look at the photos above and said the plant may be some species of Convolvulus (bindweed). Thanks, Jason!
4 comments:
They are both super cool! I've never seen that milkweed vine before, think I'm jealous now :)
It's "just" a plant we'd probably step on normally. Then I leaned down yesterday and got a better look. Wow!
Biiiiindweeeeeeed. So dreadful.
Hmmm, get the feeling you've had some encounters with the species that you're trying to BLOCK.
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