Indian Paintbrush

Another wildflower sighting from my Austin trip. This one was on the median of the highway, so I had to be covert. I ran across one side when the traffic thinned out, then dropped to the ground ... there was a hill blocking the view on one side, but I'm sure people going the other way saw me out there laying on my big white hotel towel.

It's probably not illegal to pick these, but I'm guessing it's frowned upon to lay in the highway median.