Pictured here are examples of Purple Coneflower, Echinacea sanguinea. The flowers are made up of many tiny florets like other members of the … [Read more...] about Purple Coneflowers Feed Many Kinds Of Insects
Asteraceae
Red-dome Blanket Flower In West Texas
Gaillardia pinnatifida, Red-dome Blanket Flower is the name of this strikingly colored wildflower with its deep red disk and lemon yellow petals. This … [Read more...] about Red-dome Blanket Flower In West Texas
Yellow Spiny Daisy Provides Early Spring Color
Pictured above is the perennial plant known as Yellow Spiny Daisy, Machaeranthera pinnatifida. It is one of the first flowers to bloom in early spring … [Read more...] about Yellow Spiny Daisy Provides Early Spring Color
Beauty On The Prairie, Four-nerve Daisy
It is spring time in Texas and the wildflowers are coming up. Pictured above is an example of Tetraneuris scaposa, the Four-nerve Daisy. This member … [Read more...] about Beauty On The Prairie, Four-nerve Daisy
Common Checkered-skipper on White Prairie Aster
The Common Checkered-skipper butterfly, Pyrgus communis, is found in the Southern United States during February through October. Its remarkable white … [Read more...] about Common Checkered-skipper on White Prairie Aster