I don't know where these little suckers came from but they've just started growing from my fence behind and to the side of, my carport. They'll die in winter but come back strong in the summer. They've been getting lots of water because of the rains here. When the wind blows or I rub against them, they give off an odor akin to welding steel or cutting metal.
Northern TX is much dryer and has more drought and prairie fires than the south. South, towards the Gulf of Mexico are usually fairly wet. We do have water shortages from time to time though.
