Seed collection time pt 2!
Following up from last week, this week in central TX we have:
Annual (tall) winecup, callirhoe leiocarpa. Not many are ready but the ones growing in areas with a lot of exposure/heat island effect are. Ready when both the seedheads and the stem holding the seedheads are brown at least an inch or so down.
Golden grounsel, packera sp. Ready when they are fluffy and about to blow away. Love these for shade, they stay evergreen in winter too.
Damianita, chrysactinia mexicana. Pic for illustration only, I didn’t actually collect these from the plants at the wildflower center because I’m not an animal. My personal plants for some reason bloomed and dropped seed in January but they seem to be outliers, the wild patches seem to be setting now.
previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/TexasNativePlants/s/RU3SwZ7jvs