FALL FLORA / PLAIN AND FANCY … A Photo Feature
Today’s post is just a lot of pretty pictures of fall flora I discovered over the week-end. You’ll find both plain (weeds) and fancy (flowers) and unless I’ve supplied a name, I have no idea what they are.
This is a fantastic looking flower. And check out the size of that seed pod. Here’s a close up look.
I wish this next display was growing in my garden. Guess the Zoo has better landscapers.
Behold the red clover and foxtail … the native flora of West Walnut Manor.
Found these colorful berries growing along the walks of the proposed retail and business mall. They look mighty pretty, but even the birds of the hood don’t stop to nibble on them.
So enjoy the pictures, and if you can identify any of them please leave a comment.
Posted on September 23, 2012, in A PHOTO FEATURE and tagged fall flora, photo feature, West Walnut Manor. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
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The first two pictures are of maypops or passionflora incarnata. They are very common on the roadsides of the south. It is also the state wildflower of Tennessee. The fruit of the maypop can be made into a basket for children to play with. My mom made us maypop baskets whenever we found a stand of the flowers and fruit.
The last picture is of pokeberry or phytolacca. It too is very common in the south. The birds love to eat the berries (which are poisonous to mammals) and then excrete them (usually on your car).
Thanks for the info! I had never seen the maypop before. The Zoo is apparently using a lot of wild flowers in their landscaping. And while I heard about the pokeberry, I never associated it with the weed that always grows in the cracks of pavement around here.
Lynn beat me to it! The pokeberry I recognized from growing up in the South. It’s funny, ’cause I just asked Rhonda last night if there were pokeberry bushes in Texas. (She’s never seen any.) The berries are toxic to us, but the young greens (prepared correctly; they should be cooked) are edible.
Which is where we get “poke” salad I guess? I had seen the plants before, but never knew what they were called. This year I’ve only seen one plant.