Absolutely Awesome Wildflowers Continue to Bloom at Winfrey Point, White Rock Lake, Dallas

These wildflowers were all found in the Winfrey Point area at White Rock Lake in east Dallas, TX. The images were taken today after the morning rain, and yesterday.

Prickly Poppy (Pink)

Indian Paintbrush

Bachelor’s Buttons (Centaurea Cyanus)

Firewheel or Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)

A Variegated Fritillary butterfly pollinating the wildflowers

A field of assorted yellow wildflowers at Winfrey Point,
White Rock Lake

Bachelor’s Buttons (Centaurea Cyanus)

Pollen is running down this dying Prickly Poppy after the morning rain

Lazy Daisy (Aphanostephus skirrhobasis)

Prickly Poppy (Red)

Bachelor’s Buttons (Centaurea Cyanus)

A dying Firewheel (Indian Blanket) wild flower

Looks like a Tickseed (Coreopsis)

Firewheel wild flowers growing in a field at White Rock Lake

Phlox Red Drummond (Phlox Drummondii)

Clasping Coneflower

Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) 

Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa)

Bachelor’s Buttons (Centaurea Cyanus)

Prickly Poppy (Red)

Pearls of water adorn this wildflower after the early morning rain

Spider milkweed aka Antelope horns aka Green-flowered milkweed (Asclepias asperula), with flowers just beginning to open

The view below is from Winfrey Point, and overlooks White Rock Lake. Downtown Dallas, approximately five miles away, can be seen in the distance.

The view of downtown Dallas from Winfrey Point, White Rock Lake,
with wild flowers in the foreground

And to think that this urban oasis is in the midst of a thriving metropolis!

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