Doesn't look quite like a standard-issue Indian paintbrush. The orange is more muted, and the petals look oddly felty.
It reminded me the of the yellow paintbrush we saw ~a week ago. Could it be C. purpurea?
At Slaughter Creek Trail, in south Austin
First of the season for this late-flying species.
Several trees left in this construction site have P. tenuiloba surviving at their bases.
Base of tree in construction site.
Tail and head was missing, as in someone purposely killed this rattlesnake and wanted “evidence “….