This American Basket-flower is absolutely gorgeous in the morning sun. The odd thing is that it is even more beautiful before it blooms.

This past Saturday The Nature Conservancy hosted a Wildflower Tour at Clymer Meadow. I shot the event for them to help with re-populating their stock of images. They are already using some of my images on their web sites and Facebook pages.

You may recall that my Texas Master Naturalist class had a field trip to Clymer Meadow last spring. There were quite a few new flowers this year since the year has been much wetter than last spring. You will see that I was especially taken with the gorgeous American Basket-flower. This flower may be the only flower that is even more beautiful before it blooms and when it blooms it is like an Independence Day fireworks display.

So I have updated and combined the photos from both shoots and you can see them here.