Nyctaginia capitata

Photographs in this collection originally appeared in the book "Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend" (2005) by Roy L. Lehman, Ruth O'Brien and Tammy White.One color photograph of Nyctaginia capitata (also know as scarlet muskflower), a perennial flowering plant from the Four-O'Clock family found on dry sand or caliche in openings or along roads near Mathis