Texas Wildflowers
Picture of Wooly White 'Old Plantation'
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Written by American Author Sky Taylor

Texas is a Big State

Wildflowers are quite prolific in Texas and because it's such a big state the assortment will differ greatly from region to region. In fact, Texas is so big that it could easily be broken into several large states.

If we start our journey at Dalhart Texas - just a stone throw's from Amarillo, and if we travel all the way down to Brownsville, we would have gone almost 900 miles - and we'd still be in Texas. To put this distance into perspective, we could travel from Dalhart through Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and end up in Bismarck, North Dakota for the same distance in mileage!

And just think about all the wildflowers that we could see along our journey.

Picture of Wooly White Wildflower

Every year at our house we are always surprised as to which types of wildflowers sprout in the spring. One year we may have a fine crop of brown Susans; another year the ground may be covered in a pink blanket of phlox and dotted with the rare phlox moth.

This year, we were overtaken with Wooly Whites. They tend to thrive in sandy soil - and it's very sandy where we live.

In addition, they tend to grow in clusters - so where one is standing, it will be surrounded with several of its friends.

There are several species of the Wooly White - often referred to as 'Old Plantation'. The leaves are just one method of identifying the specific species.

Often, they may be confused for the yarrow wildflower family.

When entering a heavy thatch of Wooly Whites, they will often tower over anyone four feet tall or under. Some reach heights of over six feet.

They do not have a particular scent to them - at least nothing that I can think of as identifiable.

Here are a couple of picture of the Wooly White thatches that sprouted in our yard this year:

Field of Wooly White Wildflowers

Field of Wooly White Wildflowers

Close Up Picture of Wooly White Wildflower

Picture of Wooly White Wildflowers

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