Monday, September 27, 2021

Mountain thistle (Acanthus montanus)

 
Large prickly herb native to West Africa. Cultivated as an ornamental plant and also possibly escaped and naturalized in the hill country waste places and roadsides.   

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Phyllanthus gardnerianus

 An indigenous perennial herb or sub shrub of montane rain forests above 1000 m elevations, often in disturbed areas.

Flower size - About 4 mm across.