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Meadow Pink Blossom, 12 May 2018

Meadow Pink Blossom, 12 May 2018

This is another 'first' for me. Since I avidly began attempting to catalog the variety of wildflowers in my area about 10 years ago, this is the firs...
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This is another 'first' for me. Since I avidly began attempting to catalog the variety of wildflowers in my area about 10 years ago, this is the first Meadow Pink I have found. I rely on three different websites for most of my flower identification in Texas and this one wasn't on them.

I know it's only a flower, though for me, it's another 'feather' in my cap. Enjoy.
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Jun, 2018

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