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US-285; 7 mi. N Sanderson

Dermatophyllum juanhintonianum (B.L.Turner) B.L.Turner
New names in Dermatophyllum (Fabaceae). Phytoneuron 2012-3: 1–4. Published 1 January 2012.

I found one plant is pubescent at the same limestone foothill...both foliage and stems.

But it hasn't bloomed yet.

With lake level at about 14 ft. below normal pool elevation these organisms proliferate over an area of at least several hundred sq. ft. at this locality on a slowly drying mud flat.

huge shrub sprawling over cliff edge pretty high up

About 15 foot vine growing into the canopy of a Mesquite Tree

Hybrid of Y. arkansana and Y. pallida with Y. arkansana in background. Y. pallida nearby.

Nueces River at Tom Nunn Crossing, Uvalde County Texas

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Flower after being pollinated
The last picture is UV flora, aka Bee vision.
Shot by a full spectrum camera with special UV pass + IR block filters stack

Matelea chihuahuensis, Animas Valley on the northwest side of the Animas Mountains, southwest of Whitmire Pass, 31.756 -108.737, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, 2 Aug 2015.

This a drawing of a plant from life I observed---it is not a "human artifact"

A Texas Species of Greatest Conservation Need.

Efloras.org
M. pachyrhiza Petal apex acute or rounded.
M. oligosperma petal apex cuspidate

All of them are blooming, because it rained.