Introducing white ... a large shrub but can be pruned as a small tree. The leaves are reminiscent of butterfly wings. Kidneywood (Eysenhardtia orthocarpa) is another underused native plant.

One option: looking west to the Chihuahuan Desert ... large evergreen shrub will be covered with masses violet, purple, pink or white flowers. Produces dense, green-gray or silver-gray leaves ...

Its white, woolly leaves blend seamlessly with the desert gravel ... from preserving plant diversity in fragile ecosystems,” said Keily Peralta, a study co-author. Big Bend National Park ...

Desert milkweed ... overwatered or kept moist. The plant may produce solitary narrow leaves after summer rains. The fruit pods break open to release seeds with white fluffy plumes.

They are native to the Sonoran Desert and are well ... which pollinate the plant. The flowers of the stapelia are large and fleshy. They range in color from white to pink to purple.

Walking through the boundless landscape of red rocks and limestone cliffs in Texas' Big Bend National ... a references to the white “wool” that covers the small plant's leaves.