Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium sp.)

I found this in a post regarding identification of little bluestem: posted by: carol_the_dabbler on 05.22.2007 at 05:27 pm in Native Plants Forum If you and your hubby like the looks of the broomsedge, and would like something similar to grow along your driveway, you might check into little bluestem. As a couple of people have already mentioned, it looks a whole lot like broomsedge. However, it is more suited to cultivation (for example, several sites mention that when soil fertility increases, little bluestem will thrive, whereas broomsedge will die out). [...] Of course, if what you already have turns out to be little bluestem, then transplant away. Here's one site's idea of how to tell the difference in spring/summer: "... go to the base of the plant and look at the shoots. Little Bluestem shoots are flattened and pink in color; Broomsedge shoots are yellowish in color." Do the shoots look pink? I'm not sure if it's the only grass with pink shoots, but that would make it more likely to be little bluestem. You did mention something about pink...

It's a Swan-flower pipevine bloom so naturally the flower looks like a pitcher plant flower. The only reason I know about it is because I was at a country cemetery on the far south side of San Antonio and saw a pipevine swallowtail caterpillar frantically crawling along the ground. There was not a pipevine in sight, just a mown meadow. I had my camera so posted a picture of the cat on one of the forums asking what in the world it could be eating and was introduced to this unusual member of the pipevine family. The foliage is grasslike so is hard to spot. It's a very small plant so the caterpillar has to crawl along the ground from plant to plant to subsist. I've looked and looked for it on later visits to the old family cemetery near Kicaster and could not find it. How very interesting that you have it growing at your place and happened to see the flowers :-) I had the impression it liked the more sandy soils south of S. A.. Wow! Build a little fence around it ... LOL. Here is a link that might be useful: Aristolochia longiflora ...

I wouldn't call it over reacting but reading between the lines for clues if it would work for me so just ignore me. It is a matter of habit. I am on baking caliche and highly pourous limestone on top of a ridge. It is a very different soil condition from Tr2. Oklahoma summer breaks a full month before mine and starts a bit later, (not much). I have a tendency to think we are similar but then I see that OKC is over 10F cooler than me today. Due to a shrinking water level in my tanks, I can't water. so I tend to be very cautious about my plant picks. This linked source of plants for hot dry conditions, is based on plants that can do 90F for 2 months. This year we have had above 90 for almost 6 months and .3 of an inch of water in the last 4 months. We are 90 today and 95 tomorrow and the day after. The AC is running . The source was written in Lancaster Pennsylvania which makes me leery (where I needed sweaters in June during last summer visit).