The Aquilegia Is Many Things!

The Aquilegia Is Many Things!

It’s a native wildflower! It’s a magazine! It’s a logo! It’s Aquilegia coerulea! This glamorous native plant is in bloom right now, perfect timing for our announcement that back issues our Society’s magazine of the same name can be can...
Clematis hirsutissima, Sugar Bowls

Clematis hirsutissima, Sugar Bowls

Of all the common names for Clematis hirsutissima, Sugar Bowls is surely the best. The other common names include Hairy Clematis (ugh), Vase Flower, Leatherflower, and Lion’s Beard. No contest in my mind! Although they are defined as being ‘common’...
Bearberry

Bearberry

The urn-shaped blossoms of Bearberry. Worth getting down on your knees for! Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, commonly known as  Bearberry is blooming now. You have to be on the lookout for these little treasures, because they’re not only tiny but often partially hidden...
A Native Dandelion

A Native Dandelion

Nothocalais cuspidata, native to Colorado and appearing at the right time for our native pollinators. That’s right! This is a native dandelion, not a European import. Nothocalais cuspidata has many common names associated with it:  Wavyeaf dandelion, Sharp...
Early Purple Milkvetch

Early Purple Milkvetch

#WildflowerWednesdayExecutive Director Maggie Gladdis says: Early Purple Milkvetch (Astragalus shortianus) are some of the first flowers to emerge. Although I am eager to see some flowers, I am loving this spring snow! We need it! So stay sleeping Astragalus and we...