These poppies covered the sides of the railroad tracks until they were over-picked during the 1980s, I saw only a small cluster today. “In the early part of May the red Corn Poppies, first planted by the railroad in the 1890s, complete their annual show along the tracks near the Tarleton Avenue crossing. Bar ditches are lined with Pink Evening Primroses. Field flowers include the showy Wild-Foxglove (Penstemon cobaea). The dominant yellow flower this month is False Golden Wave (Thelesperma filifolium), Winecups (Callirhoe sp.) and Meadow Pinks (Sabatia campestris) are low-growing beauties. Sure to be seen this month and next are the red-tipped-with-yellow Firewheels (Gaillardia pulchella).”

Charleen Murray, “Wildflower Field Notes, 1969-1981,” Stephenville, Texas