 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
 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
 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
 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(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2023
 Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) 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
 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 15, 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
 Flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Flowers of 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 12, 2020
 Close-up of flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
 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
 Flower buds of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 Dry seeds of gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 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
 Fluffy dry seeds of gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Flower of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
 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
 Shrubby (narrow-leaf) water-primrose (Ludwigia octovalvis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
 Gayfeather (Liatris) flower on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
 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
 Gayfeather (Liatris) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, August 9, 2009
 Close-up of a flower of some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Gayfeather (Liatris) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
 Gayfeather (Liatris) at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
 Flower of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Terminal flower on inflorescence of some gayfeather (Liatris) 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
 Flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
 Skipper butterfgly on gayfeather (Liatris) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, August 9, 2009
 Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
 Gayfeather (Liatris) in front of a pine tree at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
 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
 Close-up of flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
 St. Andrew cross flower (Hypericum, Ascyrum hypericoides) 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 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
 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
 Some gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Shoot of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
 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
 Fluffy seeds of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Blazing star (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
 Purple flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Blue flower of Purple dewdrop (Lobelia puberula) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, with 2 short ear-like upper petals and 3 broad wedge-shaped lower petals. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 Some fungus on underside of a magnolia leaf on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, September 22, 2018
 Close-up of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Seeds of gayfeather (Liatris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 20, 2020
 Blooming blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Green lynx spider on gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Green lynx spider on gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
 Shoot of gayfeather (Liatris) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
 Dead tree on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 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
 Thin round fungus on underside of a magnolia leaf on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, September 22, 2018
 Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
 Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 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
 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, August 7, 2021
 Stinkhorn mushroom (Phallus) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 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, October 1, 2022
 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, 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
 Fruits of beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 Purple dewdrop (Lobelia puberula) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 Pink fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 Flower buds in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, August 9, 2009
 Flowers of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 Acorns knocked down by a passed tropical storm Ike on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 White flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 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
 A pine cone knocked down by a passed tropical storm Ike on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 Buds of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 Pine cones and berries knocked down by a passed tropical storm Ike on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 Gayfeather (Liatris) on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 9, 2022
 Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) in area of floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, September 22, 2018
 Blue flowers with coiled stamens of Bastard pennyroyal (Trichostema dichotomum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 Flower buds of orange milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
 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
 Flower buds of White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
 Flower buds of Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, Texas, February 22, 2009
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