New 1,000-page guide helps you identify East Texas wildflowers
Native Plants
If you've ever stopped on a trail wondering what that purple flower or vining legume actually is, this guide puts a name and a drawing next to hundreds of East Texas plants you're likely to walk past.
This is the second book in a multi-volume set documenting every plant family found in East Texas, picking up where the first volume left off and covering groups like the acanthus family and the huge bean and pea family. It's packed with black-and-white illustrations so you can match a leaf or flower shape in the field to the actual species, making it a serious reference for anyone who wants to know exactly what's growing nearby.
Key Findings
Volume 2 of the Illustrated Flora of East Texas spans the plant families from Acanthaceae (acanthus family) through Fabaceae (bean/legume family).
The book runs 1,072 pages and includes black-and-white illustrations plus an index for field identification.
Published by the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) Press as part of the Sida, Botanical Miscellany series, priced at $89.95.
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A new illustrated field guide covers hundreds of East Texas wildflower and plant families, from the acanthus family through the bean family, giving naturalists and gardeners a detailed tool to identify what's growing in their own backyard or favorite trail.
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Illustrated Flora of East Texas, Volume 2. Acanthaceae–Fabaceae
George M. Diggs, Jr., Barney L. Lipscomb, and Robert J. George. 15 June 2026. Illustrated Flora of East Texas, Volume 2. Acanthaceae–Fabaceae. Sida, Bot. Misc. 69. (ISBN-13: 978-1-889878-83-6, flex...
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