 Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
 Close-up of flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
 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
 Gayfeather (Liatris) flower on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
 Close-up of a flower of some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Terminal flower on inflorescence of some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Flower of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2023
 Flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2023
 Flower buds of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 Green lynx spider on gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 8, 2021
 Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 23, 2021
 Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
 Blooming elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
 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
 Flower buds of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 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
 Some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 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
 Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Inflorescence of some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Flowers of some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Gayfeather (Liatris) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
 Liatris (gayfeather) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
 Shoot of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Dry seeds of gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Gayfeather (Liatris) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
 Purple flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Close-up of flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
 Blazing star (gayfeather, Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Gayfeather (Liatris) at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
 Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Shoot of gayfeather (Liatris) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
 Blooming blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Close-up of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
 Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Fluffy dry seeds of gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Green lynx spider on gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
 Seeds of gayfeather (Liatris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 20, 2020
 Flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
 Green lynx spider on gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
 Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 21, 2020
 Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
 Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
 Blooming narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
 Flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
 Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 18, 2022
 Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
 Flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 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
 Close-up of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Inflorescence of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 18, 2022
 Close-up of flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
 Gayfeather (Liatris) in front of a pine tree at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
 Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
 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
 Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
 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
 Young flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
 Opening flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 Gayfeather (Liatris) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, August 9, 2009
 Shoot of gayfeather (Liatris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Skipper butterfgly on gayfeather (Liatris) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, August 9, 2009
 Half-dry flower of branched blazing star (Aggie-land gayfeather, Liatris cymosa) in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, September 5, 2023
 Flower of branched blazing star (Aggie-land gayfeather, Liatris cymosa) collected in David E. Schob Nature Preserve. College Station, Texas, July 13, 2023
 Red leaves and flower buds of mustang grape on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Yellow flower of rock-rose (Helianthemum carolinianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Yellow flower of rock-rose (Helianthemum carolinianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Gayfeather (Liatris) on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 9, 2022
 Flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
 Flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata) in dew on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
 Snow-on-the-prairie (Euphorbia bicolor) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 2, 2023
 Field of snow-on-the-prairie (Euphorbia bicolor) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 2, 2023
 Flower of Pink fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
 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
 Green berries of Southern wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
 Grey berries of Southern wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
 St. Andrew cross flower (Hypericum, Ascyrum hypericoides) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
 Back lit St. Andrew cross flower (Hypericum, Ascyrum hypericoides) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
 Flower of hairy Ruellia (Ruellia humilis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 8, 2021
 Tiny mushrooms Marasmius epiphyllus(?) on petioles and veins of rotting oak leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 17, 2023
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