Texas Mountain Laurel

Sophora secundiflora

 

This Central Texas native produces bright red seeds which were once used by Native Americans as a hallucinogenic drug during tribal rituals. Highly poisonous. Showy, spring blooming lavender flowers, with strong, pleasant scent similar to that of grape Kool-Aid. Large shrub to small tree. Drought tolerant.

 

Travis County, Texas, USA; March 31, 2015.

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