Floating Water Primrose

Floating Water Primrose

Flint Hills Wildlife Refuge, Hartford, Kansas – As I explore country roads I watch for unfamiliar wildflowers. I’ll pause for a moment, capture a few photos, then add’em to my library of images, a little like butterflies pinned in a display case. The...
Greenthread Wildflowers #1

Greenthread Wildflowers #1

This fine-stemmed beauty is most common in southwest parts of Kansas.This patch was was found along a roadside east of Ellinwood, Kansas (Barton County)To learn more about this wildflower check Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses.Take a country drive and you’ll find...
Blackeyed Susan Forest

Blackeyed Susan Forest

Marion County, Kansas – These wild blackeyed susans tower like a forest above the camera, but are really only a couple feet high. The camera and a wide angle lens were placed on the ground and pointed straight up toward the sky, giving you a bug’s eye view of a...
Backlit Bud

Backlit Bud

Found along a Lyon County, Kansas roadside – I believe this is a wild blackeyed susan, with just a tiny bit of milkweed fluff mixed in with the natural hairs of the plant. The fine hairs help protect many wildflowers from insects and dehydration.