Texas Parks & Wildlife, Volume 67, Number 10, October 2009 Page: 16
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SIGHTS & SOUNDS
T EXAS PARKS & WILDLI El ANDll H DIOSept. 27 - Oct. 4:
Garner SP's summer
traditions; learning
from frontier history;
Monahans Sandhills
State Park; environ-
mentally innovative
golf course; Texas
shorebirds.
Oct. 4 - 11:
Attack of the invasive
plants; springtime at
Lost Maples; changing
roles of game war-
dens; restoring the
"worst ranchland" in
Blanco County; drag-
onflies.Oct. 11 - 18:
Cleaning up Lavaca
Bay; CCC history at
Lake Brownwood SP;
calling all campers;
Hueco Tanks; forest
fungi.
Oct. 18 - 25:
Neighborhood fishing;
Eisenhower SP; mes-
quite; volunteers at
Pedernales SP; Lake
Ray Roberts sunset.
Oct. 25 - Nov. 1:
Carp fishing is catching
on; Bonham State
Park; birding for begin-
ners; Neches River.TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE
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www.passporttotexas.org ORS=16 * OCTOBER 2009
Super ardy Maximilian sunflowers keep their aces
turned toward the sun.In a community garden at a San Anto-
nio library, Joan Miller grows one of her
favorite Texas natives for bright fall color -
Maximilian sunflowers.
"I dug up about eight plants from our
property in Bandera County and trans-
planted them here," says Miller, who vol-
unteers at the garden, supported by the
Landa Gardens Conservancy. "I love them
because they bloom late summer into fall
and do well no matter what."
Even complete neglect doesn't offend
Helianthus maximiliani, cousin to the com-
mon sunflower. With little more than full
sun and occasional showers, this long-
stemmed, unbranched perennial thrives
along highways and across fields, standing
anywhere from three to 10 feet high. Large
colonies can form from a single plant.
Up to 3 inches wide, the yellow-petaled
faces of Maximilian sunflowers track the
sun throughout the day. Livestock graze
the species, and birds love the seeds. So did
Native Americans, who once cultivated
sunflowers for food, dye and fibers. The
plant's rootlets, which look like mini pota-
toes, taste similar to aJerusalem artichoke,I \ ~~.,~f
according to Edible and Useful Plants of Texas
and the Southwest.
As its common and botanical names
imply, Maximilian sunflowers have regal
connections. The species was christened
after Prince Maximilian ofWied-Neuwied,
a German naturalist who explored the
American West in the 1830s. *
-SheylSmith-Rodgers
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