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Photo taken: Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.
The rough gumweed, is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae that grows in dry rocky slopes and on top of mesas. (Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindelia_scabra)

Photo taken: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, North Carolina.

Iris germanica, commonly called common flag or German iris, is the presumed father of most modern bearded iris cultivars. Origin species plants are probably native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean. (Missouri Botanical Garden. https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/)

Photo taken: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, North Carolina. Chinese ground orchid is a terrestrial, herbaceous perennial in the orchid family, native to the grassy slopes of central and southern Japan and the cool mountain slopes of China. (North Carolina State Extension. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/). 

Photo taken: Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden, Washington.

The Lenten rose, is a perennial flowering plant and species of hellebore in the buttercup family, native to Greece and Turkey. (Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helleborus_orientalis)

Photo taken: Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden, Washington.

Darmera peltata, commonly called umbrella plant, is thick-rhizomed perennial which is native to mountain stream banks and woodlands from southwestern Oregon to northern California. (Missouri Botanical Garden. https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/)

Photo taken: Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.

The Cross Timbers and Prairies Ecological Region is the primary ecological region of north-central Texas. (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. https://tpwd.texas.gov/)