Konrad Wothe / Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

Tim Fitzharris / American Painted Lady (Cynthia virginiensis) butterfly on Coneflower (Echinacea sp), New Mexico

Jim Brandenburg / Coneflower (Echinacea sp) field, Wisconsin

Michael Quinton / Yellowstone fire, sprouting wildflower near burnt Lodgepole pine cone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Matthias Breiter / Blacksamson Echinacea (Echinacea angustifolia)flower growing petals, Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada

Thomas Lazar / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) newly emerged, on Purple cone flower {Echinacea purputea} drying wings in the sun, Wisconsin, USA

Thomas Lazar / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) newly emerged, on Purple cone flower {Echinacea purputea} drying wings in the sun, Wisconsin, USA

Albert Lleal / Italian Stone Pine (Pinus pinea) SEM close-up view of a male flower showing cone-shaped stamens at 35x magnification

Albert Lleal / Italian Stone Pine (Pinus pinea) SEM close-up view of a male flower showing cone-shaped stamens at 14x magnification

Tim Fitzharris / American Painted Lady (Cynthia virginiensis) butterfly on Coneflower (Echinacea sp), New Mexico

Piotr Naskrecki / Cone-headed Katydid (Pseudorhynchus robustus) on flowering Acacia, Guinea, West Africa

Tim Fitzharris / American Painted Lady (Cynthia virginiensis) butterfly on Coneflower (Echinacea sp), New Mexico

Niall Benvie / Scots pine {Pinus sylvestris} flower. UK.

Tim Fitzharris / American Painted Lady (Cynthia virginiensis) butterfly on Coneflower (Echinacea sp), New Mexico

Jim Brandenburg / Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera) cluster, Nebraska

Jim Brandenburg / Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) field, Minnesota

Tim Fitzharris / Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja miniata) surrounded by pine cones, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Brian Lightfoot / Scots pine flower with cone developing {Pinus sylvestris} Aviemore, Scotland, UK

Jim Brandenburg / Abstract coneflowers on tallgrass prairie, North America