• Aerial View of Padre Island National Seashore

    Padre Island

    National Seashore Texas

Wildflowers

  • Texas A&M Kingsville Herbarium Texas A&M Kingsville Herbarium

    Learn more about some of the more common wildflowers of south Texas.

  • Texas A&M Horticulture Texas A&M Horticulture

    Learn more about many of the flowers shown in the Padre Island NS wildflower photogallery.

Did You Know?

A Kemp's ridley returns to the Gulf with a radio transmitter so that her travels outside of nesting season can be tracked.

Kemp's ridley sea turtles are both the smallest and the most endangered sea turtles in the world.  Padre Island National Seashore is one of only a few places in the world where Kemp's ridley sea turtles come to nest. More...