![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/644/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mexican hat flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/644/jpeg/13t.jpg) Group of Mexican hat flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/663/jpeg/23t.jpg) Mexican hat flowers at sunrise in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 9, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/644/jpeg/14t.jpg) Two Mexican hat flowers (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/663/jpeg/24t.jpg) Mexican hat (Ratibida columnaris) cylindrical flowerhead with dark red-purple disk flowers and yellow and brown ray flowers on Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 9, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/648/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cylindrical flowerhead of Mexican hat (Ratibida columnaris) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 31, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/663/jpeg/20t.jpg) Mexican hat flower with a bee on Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 9, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3146/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mexican hat flowers (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2698/jpeg/09t.jpg) Mexican hat flowers (Ratibida columnaris) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/858/jpeg/06t.jpg) Mexican hat flowers (Ratibida columnaris) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/861/jpeg/17t.jpg) Mexican hat flowers (Ratibida columnaris) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 16, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2263/jpeg/02t.jpg) Mexican hat flowers (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 20, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3537/jpeg/19t.jpg) Field of Mexican hat flowers (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2263/jpeg/05t.jpg) Mexican hat flowers (Ratibida columnifera) near a pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 20, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2263/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dark colored Mexican hat flowers (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 20, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3109/jpeg/13t.jpg) Leaves of Mexican hat flowers (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, February 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3537/jpeg/18t.jpg) Field of black eyed susan and Mexican hat flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/637/jpeg/20t.jpg) Long, cone-shaped receptacle of Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 27, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/641/jpeg/16t.jpg) Golden headed weevil (Compsus auricephalus) snout beetle on Mexican hat flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2698/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mexican hat flowers (Ratibida columnaris) on Wildflower Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/663/jpeg/22t.jpg) Yellow color variant of Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) on Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 9, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/623/jpeg/11t.jpg) Field of flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 28, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/623/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spiderwort flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 28, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/679/jpeg/10t.jpg) Aster flowers in dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/633/jpeg/09t.jpg) Bluebonnet flowers in morning dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 19, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/631/jpeg/14t.jpg) Fleabane daisy(?) flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 13, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/644/jpeg/15t.jpg) Bull nettle flowers with a caterpillar(?) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/623/jpeg/18t.jpg) Bluebonnet flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, near Loop Trail. Washington, Texas, March 28, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/657/jpeg/21t.jpg) Buttonweed (Diodea virginiana) flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/627/jpeg/10t.jpg) Bluebonnet flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, near Loop Trail. Washington, Texas, April 5, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/977/jpeg/18t.jpg) Weeds grown on bottom of dried pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 6, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/627/jpeg/09t.jpg) Bluebonnet and paintbrush flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, near Loop Trail. Washington, Texas, April 5, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/631/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flowers of curly dock (Rumex crispus)(?) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 13, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/641/jpeg/23t.jpg) White flowers of rough-leaf dogwood (Cornus drummondii) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/648/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bull nettle (mala mujer, Cnidoscolus texanus) flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 31, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/627/jpeg/11t.jpg) Bluebonnet and showy primrose flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, near Loop Trail. Washington, Texas, April 5, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/633/jpeg/22t.jpg) Flowers of Indian paintbrush in dew with cut-off funnel-like red-tipped calyx in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 19, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3146/jpeg/21t.jpg) Mexican hat (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/623/jpeg/17t.jpg) Small bluets (Hedyotis crassifolia) flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, on Loop Trail. Washington, Texas, March 28, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/668/jpeg/16t.jpg) Flowers of cowpen daisy (golden crownbeard, Verbesina encelioides) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 7, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2699/jpeg/17t.jpg) Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2699/jpeg/18t.jpg) Blooming Mexican hat (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/741/jpeg/24t.jpg) Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 3, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2254/jpeg/01t.jpg) Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 2, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1408/jpeg/14t.jpg) Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 17, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/657/jpeg/14t.jpg) Green flowers of Zizotes milkweed (Asclepias oenotheroides) near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/627/jpeg/15t.jpg) Opening flowers of Green milkweed (Asclepias viridis) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, near Loop Trail. Washington, Texas, April 5, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2248/jpeg/05t.jpg) Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/866/jpeg/23t.jpg) Young grasshopper on Mexican hat flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, June 5, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1408/jpeg/25t.jpg) Orange Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 17, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1409/jpeg/01t.jpg) Yellow Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 17, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/858/jpeg/07t.jpg) Flower head of Mexican hat (Ratibida columnaris) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1044/jpeg/09t.jpg) Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) in dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 19, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2698/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnaris) with a caterpillar in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1044/jpeg/08t.jpg) Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 19, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/745/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cylindrical part of a flower of Mexican hat (Ratibida columnifera) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 9, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3339/jpeg/16t.jpg) Basal leaves of Mexican hat (Ratibida columnaris) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, February 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3013/jpeg/03t.jpg) Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnaris) in area of a former pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2809/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnaris) in area of a former pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, November 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/588/jpeg/01t.jpg) Mexican Hat wildflower near a loop trail in northern part of Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, June 2, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2809/jpeg/14t.jpg) Blooming Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnaris) in area of a former pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, November 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/587/jpeg/26t.jpg) Mexican Hat wildflowers on roadside of loop trail in northern part of Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, June 2, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/725/jpeg/02t.jpg) Field of bluebonnets and paintbrush flowers at Old Washington Town Site Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 22, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/662/jpeg/22t.jpg) Inflorescence of woolly croton (hogwort, Croton capitatus) with swollen ovaries of female flowers and creamy stamens on male flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 3, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/725/jpeg/05t.jpg) Field of bluebonnets and paintbrush flowers in mist at Old Washington Town Site Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 22, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/662/jpeg/19t.jpg) Snow-on-the-prairie (Euphorbia bicolor) with linear floral leaves having white margins and small fan-like male flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 3, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/625/jpeg/14t.jpg) Squaw-weed flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/625/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pink phlox flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2765/jpeg/14t.jpg) Freshly grown hydnoid crust fungus Hymenochaetopsis olivacea (Hydnoporia olivacea) on a dry cypress elm(?) tree in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/625/jpeg/08t.jpg) Bluebonnet and paintbrush flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos Historic Site, near Loop trail. Washington, Texas, March 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/625/jpeg/09t.jpg) Lupin and Indian paintbrush flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos Historic Site, near Loop trail. Washington, Texas, March 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/625/jpeg/06t.jpg) Field of bluebonnet and paintbrush flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos Historic Site, near Loop trail. Washington, Texas, March 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/625/jpeg/07t.jpg) Field of lupin and paintbrush flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos Historic Site, near Loop trail. Washington, Texas, March 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/625/jpeg/15t.jpg) Bull nettle (mala mujer, Cnidoscolus texanus) flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/648/jpeg/05t.jpg) Wildflowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 31, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/641/jpeg/12t.jpg) Wild parsley(?) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/648/jpeg/11t.jpg) Engelmann daisy (?) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 31, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/679/jpeg/18t.jpg) Cap of a toadstool in dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/648/jpeg/14t.jpg) Green grasshopper in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 31, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/679/jpeg/13t.jpg) Sandburs in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/668/jpeg/12t.jpg) Grass in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 7, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/621/jpeg/17t.jpg) Pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site in fog. Washington, Texas, March 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/641/jpeg/13t.jpg) Millipede feeding on blackberry in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/633/jpeg/08t.jpg) Bluebonnet in morning dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 19, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/648/jpeg/04t.jpg) Blooming magnolia tree in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 31, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/621/jpeg/23t.jpg) Bluebonnet flower in dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/633/jpeg/12t.jpg) Indian paintbrush in dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 19, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/621/jpeg/25t.jpg) Grass and paintbrush in dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/631/jpeg/21t.jpg) Ladybird with aphids in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 13, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/631/jpeg/20t.jpg) Winecup flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 13, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/627/jpeg/08t.jpg) Meadow with bluebonnet in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 5, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/662/jpeg/20t.jpg) Berries of poison ivy in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 3, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/631/jpeg/08t.jpg) Engelmann s daisy in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 13, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/638/jpeg/26t.jpg) Prairie parsley flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 3, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/668/jpeg/13t.jpg) Roots of vine in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 7, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/679/jpeg/16t.jpg) Small aster in dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/679/jpeg/15t.jpg) Goldenrod (Solidago) in dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/621/jpeg/21t.jpg) Paintbrush flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/667/jpeg/20t.jpg) Fruit of magnolia in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 30, 2008
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