![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/06t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3015/jpeg/27t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/10t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/13t.jpg) Inflorescence of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2756/jpeg/26t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/01t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3262/jpeg/04t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/24t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3262/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/04t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3607/jpeg/28t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 24, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/06t.jpg) Blooming elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3607/jpeg/27t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 24, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2366/jpeg/04t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/25t.jpg) Green lynx spider on elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2366/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flower spike of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/09t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/10t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3622/jpeg/15t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3622/jpeg/13t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3622/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close-up of a flower of some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3001/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/13t.jpg) Some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/16t.jpg) Flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/28t.jpg) Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flowers of some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/17t.jpg) Inflorescence of some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2994/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close-up of flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/30t.jpg) Blazing star (gayfeather, Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/29t.jpg) Purple flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/18t.jpg) Terminal flower on inflorescence of some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/12t.jpg) Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3001/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flower of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/15t.jpg) Green lynx spider on gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3001/jpeg/03t.jpg) Blooming blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3001/jpeg/19t.jpg) Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3001/jpeg/20t.jpg) Flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2744/jpeg/18t.jpg) Close-up of flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3416/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1100/jpeg/05t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris) at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2994/jpeg/16t.jpg) Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3019/jpeg/23t.jpg) Green lynx spider on gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 8, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2994/jpeg/17t.jpg) Blooming narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2994/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1100/jpeg/08t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris) in front of a pine tree at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/08t.jpg) Flower buds of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/21t.jpg) Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata), close up of flowers with imbricated phyllaries enclosing each cluster, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3607/jpeg/21t.jpg) Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 24, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close-up of orange-yellow rust fungus Puccinia poarum (Puccinia liatridis) on basal leaves of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3416/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flower of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3510/jpeg/08t.jpg) Shoot of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3416/jpeg/15t.jpg) Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1063/jpeg/02t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1411/jpeg/14t.jpg) Liatris (gayfeather) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2744/jpeg/05t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris) flower on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1455/jpeg/25t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dry seeds of gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3633/jpeg/04t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3189/jpeg/11t.jpg) Green lynx spider on gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2738/jpeg/07t.jpg) Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2529/jpeg/07t.jpg) Shoot of gayfeather (Liatris) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3410/jpeg/13t.jpg) Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/12t.jpg) Fluffy dry seeds of gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1455/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/04t.jpg) Seeds of gayfeather (Liatris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/785/jpeg/15t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, August 9, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3410/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2738/jpeg/15t.jpg) Flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3172/jpeg/23t.jpg) Top view of a shoot of gayfeather (Liatris) at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/785/jpeg/16t.jpg) Skipper butterfgly on gayfeather (Liatris) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, August 9, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/19t.jpg) Opening flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/20t.jpg) Young flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3054/jpeg/09t.jpg) Elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3054/jpeg/10t.jpg) Side view of elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/16t.jpg) Orange-yellow rust fungus Puccinia poarum (Puccinia liatridis) on a leaf of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/17t.jpg) Orange-yellow rust fungus Puccinia poarum (Puccinia liatridis) on basal leaves of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/20t.jpg) Basal leaves of gayfeather (Liatris) with orange-yellow rust fungus Puccinia poarum (Puccinia liatridis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/18t.jpg) Underside of basal leaves of gayfeather (Liatris) with orange-yellow rust fungus Puccinia poarum (Puccinia liatridis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/04t.jpg) Shoot of gayfeather (Liatris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3237/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/09t.jpg) Elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3420/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of elegant sunburst lichen Rusavskia elegans (formerly Xanthoria elegans) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/670/jpeg/13t.jpg) Flower buds of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/01t.jpg) Close-up of a flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/32t.jpg) Close-up of flowers of trailing fuzzy-bean (Strophostyles helvola) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3015/jpeg/18t.jpg) Close-up of cross section of bolete mushrooms Boletus patrioticus(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2778/jpeg/04t.jpg) Elegant stinkhorn mushroom (Mutinus elegans) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3015/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on bark of a fallen twig of a pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/670/jpeg/19t.jpg) Green lynx spider with immobilized prey, Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) butterfly, on a flower of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of a flower of hairy Ruellia (Ruellia humilis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3612/jpeg/22t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris bracteata(?)) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight collected on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2755/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of gills of bracket mushroom Trametes aesculi (Trametes elegans) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 16, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/670/jpeg/20t.jpg) Green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans) injecting paralyzing venom into the body of Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) butterfly on liatris (narrow-leaf gayfeather) flower on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
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