A Walk Through the Wildflowers

Monday morning started with glorious Kansas weather 

and lots of wildflowers along the walking path. 

Great waves of Black-eyed Susan rudbeckia in the field, clouds of white 

fleabane along the path and a fringe-leaf ruellia (wild petunia) 

named for its hairy stem and leaves.

Erect dayflower. A relative of spiderwort, it blooms after the spiderwort is gone. 

This one is a soft blue but I have seen many clusters in brilliant blue.

Black-eyed Susan rudbeckia (and a bug.)

Unidentified purple flowers (must be a new variety never before seen in Kansas.)

Dandelion. Of course.

Bright purple flowers – I think this is wild alfalfa.

White fleabane grows in big clumps along the path along with mounds 

of white morning glory.

Hairy gayfeather.

This prairie clover's purple flowers have faded but the seed heads

 are still beautiful.