Today I participated in a plant ride. A group of us spent the morning touring the Hyde Park neighborhood in Austin, TX on bicycles to learn about local plants. It was organized by Tamara and Eric under the auspices of the Austin Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine.

Discussing the many health benefits of loquats

Learning about datura

Inspecting the poppies

Asclepias curassavica

Nasturtium in fromt (orange), Borage (Borago officinalis) behind, and behind that an artichoke

Aquilegia sp. (Columbine)

Datura. Highly toxic; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datu

Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)

Smelling datura leaf

Looking at salvia

White flower: Flowering tobacco (Nicotiana sylvestris); Purple: delphiniums; red: salvia

Chaste Berry tree (Vitex agnus-castus)