Texas Honey Plants

Chapter 11

VIRGINIAN SPIDERWORT. Commelina Virginica L.

Spiderwort family. Commelinaceae.

"Moist thickets and borders of rivers southern and southwestern Texas." (Coulter). Hunter: moist fence corners and open woods; honey yield unimportant, valuable for pollen. April, May.*

SPIDERWORT. Tradescantia gigantea Rose.

Spiderwort family. Commelinaceae.

"On plains or prairies, Texas." (Small). New Braunfels; in and about hedges of woodlands; honey yield unimportant but good for early pollen. March, May.*

SORGHUM. Sorghum vulgare Pers.

Gra.s.s family. Gramineae.

Hunter: cultivated for hay crops, etc., valuable for abundant yield of pollen; some honey. June, August.*

INDIAN CORN. Zea mays L.

Gra.s.s family. Gramineae.

"Cultivated in fields for grain; honey yield not positively known; valuable for its pollen in abundance. May, June.*

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