photo by: Mike Yoder

An Echinacea plant, also known as purple coneflower, stands tall on the Akin Prairie Saturday, June 2, 2018, during the prairie's annual wildflower walk.

Nature lovers hiked through the Akin Prairie, a 16-acre tract native wildflower prairie at 1852 North 1150 Road, for the prairie’s Wildflower Walk on Saturday, June 2.

Photos by Mike Yoder/Lawrence Journal-World

photo by: Mike Yoder

Participants hike through the Akin Prairie Saturday, June 2, 2018, during the prairie’s annual Wildflower Walk.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Zinnia Rice, 3, foreground right, and her brother Samson, 5, background left, look at flowers during the Wildflower Walk on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at the Akin Prairie.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Kelly Kindscher, a Kansas Land Trust founder and author of “Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie” and “Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie,” talks about the strong fibers of the leaf of the rattlesnake master wildflower during the Wildflower Walk on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at the Akin Prairie.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A participant holds a bouquet of wildflowers at the Wildflower Walk Saturday, June 2, 2018, at the Akin Prairie. The Akin Prairie, a 16-acre tract native wildflower prairie, is located at 1852 North 1150 Road, just southeast of Lawrence.