Fendler’s Sandwort (Eremogone fendleri)

Fendler’s Sandwort (Eremogone fendleri)

Fendler’s Sandwort (Eremogone fendleri), Pink Family (Caryophyllaceae), Native and common in sandy or rocky soil of open slopes, meadows, forests, and the slpine from foothills to alpine. Blooms from June through August on the eastern and western slopes. Photo...
American Bistort (Bistorta bistortoides)

American Bistort (Bistorta bistortoides)

American Bistort (Bistorta bistortoides), Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae), Native and common along streams, in moist meadows and marshes, aspen forest, and in alpine, from foothills to alpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from June through September. Photo...
Geum-rossii-var-trubinata-Yeatts

Geum-rossii-var-trubinata-Yeatts

Avens (Geum rossii var. turbinatum), Rose Family (Rosaceae). Native and very abundant on rocky tundra, forming a dense, tight turf in areas with relatively little winter snow cover, from montane to alpine on the eastern and western slopes. In the alpine this flower...
Prairie Violet (Viola pedatifida)

Prairie Violet (Viola pedatifida)

Prairie Violet (Viola pedatifida), Violet Family (Violaceae). Native and S2 (9mperiled in Colorado but secure globally). Found on dry grasslands and open ponderosa pine forests from plains to foothills along the Front Range on the eastern slope. Blooms April through...
Wolf’s Willow (Salix wolfi)

Wolf’s Willow (Salix wolfi)

Wolf’s Willow (Salix wolfi), Willow Family (Salicaceae). A native shrub, common in moist meadows, along lakes and streams, and in seepage areas, from foothills to subalpine on the eastern and western slops. Blooms Jay through June. Photo taken by Mo Ewing at...