Purple Paintbrush (Castilleja purpurea) and Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa) hybrid, Idabel, Oklahoma airport prairie.

Kentucky Lady's Slipper orchids (Cypripedium kentuckiense) in front and Large Yellow Lady's Slipper orchids (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens) in back, Mount Magazine, AR

Spring Beauties, Mt. Magazine, AR

Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea), Creek, Charons Garden Wilderness, Wichita Mountains

Purple Coneflower with Dewdrop, Mt. Magazine, AR

Sunrise on Gayfeather, Presson-Oglesby Prairie, AR

Wichita Pincushion Cactus in Bloom near Ranch House Ruins, Wichita Mtns., OK

Monarch at Cherokee Prairie

Summer Sunrise with Sunflowers and Gayfeather, Flanagan Prairie

Elk Mountain and Coreopsis

Sunrise, Meadow Beauties, Flanagan Prairie, AR

Dew Drop, Grass Pink Orchid, Franklin County, AR

Ashy Sunflower and Grasshopper, Flanagan Prairie, AR

Canada Wild Rye grass, (Elymus canadensis), Cherokee Prairie

Pinewoods Lily, Miller County Sand Hills Natural Area, AR

Purple Paintbrush (Castilleja purpurea), Idabel Airport Prairie

There are many different species of paintbrush in Oklahoma; Purple Paintbrush is my favorite.

Coreopsis and Mountain at Sunset, Treasure Lake Area, Wichita Mountains

Purple Coneflowers, Pontotoc Ridge, Oklahoma

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia), Purple Variation, Pontotoc Ridge Preserve

These showy flowers put the Nature Conservancy's Pontotoc Ridge Preserve on the map. This preserve is in south central Oklahoma and protects a mosaic of woodlands, limestone glades, and prairies.

Dew Covered Spiderwort, Presson-Oglesby Prairie, AR

Early May Wildflowers, Cherokee Prairie, AR

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, J.T. Nickel Preserve, Oklahoma

Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) and Prairie Bishop (Bifora ameriana) at sunrise, Pontotoc Ridge Preserve

Prairie Rose Gentian at Sunrise, Oka' Yanahli, OK