Spring Poppies Near El Paso March 2010
Within the last few days, the Texas Mountain Trail Photo a Day blog site has taken photographs of poppies near Franklin Mountain at El Paso, Texas. This photo was taken on March 8, 2010. The type of poppy here is the Argemone mexicana, native in a triangle of Webb, Val Verde and Travis counties. These poppies are also known as Texas Prickly-poppies, as the stems are prickly. Of the twenty species in North America, eight species are in Texas. (Please see Mary Motz Wills and Howard S. Irwin, Roadside Flowers of Texas, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1961, pp. 117-118.)
Poppies Near El Paso March 2010
Notice the Franklin Mountains in the distance. Click the link below for more information.
Sage to Meadow ~ Jack Matthews 