Flowers range in color from blue-violet to pink-purple to lavender. They are star-shaped and have 5 white stamens. Flowers open one at a time.
Environments: Dry
Southern Bluet
Solitary, tiny, four petaled white flowers
Spotted Beebalm
Flowers in whorled clusters of 2-6 at the top of the stem. Each cluster of flowers is supported by large whitish to pink-purple leaf-like bracts. The flowers are yellow with purple spots, split into 2 lips. The lower lip has 3 lobes with a notched middle lobe, the upper lip is arched and hairy at the tip.
Texas Yellow Flax
Pale yellow 5 petaled flowers on scattered branches.
Tiny Bluet
Flowers are blue-lavender and have a darker, red center.
Toothed White-topped Aster
White aster flowers with a creamy-white center.
Venus’ Looking Glass
Star-shaped flowers in groups of 1-3 on the top half of the stem.
Wild Quinine
Flower heads in a flat-topped, branched cluster. Petals are very short with a white center disk.
Yellow Star-grass
Clusters of 1-3 star-shaped yellow flowers. The leaves look like blades of grass.