Looks to be a member of the dandelion level of phenomena.

For Linda Jones

Beyond this deprived border, prairie grasses still turn into a sea. You can imagine the light as the winds roll across its surface, and almost hear the sound.

Northeast of Garden City

This was photographed beside a country road looking over a vast sea of wheat. The cracked earth at the edge has lost its natural cover of wild grasses and sage brush.

Scott County

Dry Lake, one of the largest of the playa basins on the western Kansas plains, is unusually wet this year. The rare occurance is a result of heavy spring rains. Playas are naturally occurring, ecologically important wetlands that contain water only temporarily, after a rain. Evaporation will soon dry the pools.

Every once in awhile….  okay, pretty often I come across critters I can’t identify. This unusual wildflower is one of them. It was found in southwest Kansas against a background of scarlet globemallow.  Can any of you help me out with this?