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Artemisia filifolia
Sandsage (Artemisia filifolia) is a native shrub, common in sandy places on the eastern plains, especially in sandsage grasslands on the sand dune fields along the eastern border. Photo by Russ Klienman.

Liatris ligulistylis
Rocky Mountain Blazing Star (Liatris ligulistylis) is considered to be endangered in Colorado (S2) and grows in wet meadows and along streams. Photo by Mo Ewing.

Trifolium nanum
Dwarf Clover (Trifolium nanum) is common in alpine tundra, and cushion plant communities. Photo by Loraine Yeatts.

Kobresia myosuroides
Bellardi Bog Sedge (Kobresia myosuroides) is an indicator plant of the Alpine Turf plant community, but also occasionally can be found in montane meadows. Photo by Mo Ewing.

Pomaria jamesii
James’ Holdback (Pomaria jamesii) is found in rocky or sandy soil, in
open prairie, or along roadsides, scattered on the eastern plains,

Cherleria obtusiloba
Alpine Stitchwort (Cherleria obtusiloba, formerly Minuartia obtusiloba) is common on alpine tundra and occasionally in subalpine spruce-fir forests. Photo by Frank Morrey.

Carex elynoides
Blackroot Sedge (Carex elynoides) is an indicator plant of the Apine Turf Plant Community and common in alpine tundra and meadows. Photo by Loraine Yeatts.

Solidago simplex var. simplex
Mt. Albert Goldenrod (Solidago simplex var. simplex) is one of several species in the goldenrod genus that is found in alpine turf plant communities. Photo by Mo Ewing.

Gutierrezia sarothrae
Broom Snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae) is a very common shrub on the plains. It gets its name from the fact that native Americans used it as a broom. Photo by Mo Ewing.

Mirabilis linearis
Narrowleaf Four O’clock (Mirabilis linearis) is common throughout the state, especially on the plains and in open places in mountain valleys. Photo by David Elwonger.

Oenothera coronopifolia
Crownleaf Evening Primrose (Oenothera coronopifolia) is a native plant common in the shortgrass prairie but also abundant in the montane. May through August. Photo by Rick Brune.

Oreocarya virgata
Miners Candle (Oreocarya virgata) is common in sandy soil of the foothills and mountains along the Front Range.

Paronychia pulvinata
Rocky Mountain Nailwort (Paronychia pulvinata) is a classic cushion plant found on alpine tundra and rocky slopes, in the subalpine, alpine and occasionally montane. Photo by Frank Morrey.

Sibbaldia procumbens
Creeping Sibbaldia (Sibbaldia procumbens) is common in alpine tundra and on rocky, subalpine slopes or spruce-fir forests. Photo by Ed Ogle.

Carex-scirpoidea
Northern Single-spike Sedge (Carex-scirpoidea) is another sedge found in the Alpine Turf Plant Community but is also and is found in fens, along the margins of lakes and streams. Photo by Loraine Yeatts.

Ribes lepanthum
Trumpet Gooseberry (Ribes lepanthum) in fruit, is a native shrub which grows on dry, sandy hillsides, often with Pinyon-Juniper and Ponderosa pines. Photo by Jim Pisarowicz.

Ericameria nauseosa
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) is a common shrub on the plains and semi-desert shrublands and actually does contain rubber (latex). Photo by Mo Ewing.

Tonestus pygmaeus
Pygmy Goldenweed (Tonestus pygmaeus) is locally common in rocky soil of the alpine tundra, but is also widespread in the mountains. Photo by Loraine Yeatts.

Oenothera lavandulifolia
Lavender-leaf Sundrops (Oenothera lavandulifolia) is common on outcrops, and in shortgrass prairie, pinyon-pine, and other dry places. Photo by Carol McGowan.

Silene acaulis
Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) is a pioneer species of alpine fellfields and grows a root up to six feet long. Photo by Ed Ogle.

Solidago rigida
Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida) is found on the eastern plains and along roadsides and in open meadows of the outer foothills. Photo by Curt Nimz.

Aconitum columbianum
Columbian Monkshood (Aconitum columbianum) is almost always blue-flowered, but here is an example which is white-flowered. Photo by LaDonna Ward.

Bouteloua curtipendula
Side Oats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) is a grass which is common on the plains, in the foothills, and in sagebrush and pinyon-juniper woodlands. Photo by Sue Dingwell.

Anticlea elegans
Mountain Deathcamus (Anticlea elegans) is a highly poisonous plant that is too toxic for all bees, except one species, Andrena astragali which collects the pollen but does not eat it. Photo by Mo Ewing.