Hooker’s Sandwort (Eremogone hookeri)

Hooker’s Sandwort (Eremogone hookeri)

Hooker’s Sandwort (Eremogone hookeri), Honeysuckle Family (Caryophyllaceae), native and fount on sandstone outcroppings, sandy bluffs, and limestone breaks from plains to foothills, on the Eastern and western slopes. Blooms May through July. photo by Mo...
Black Twinberry fruit (Lonicera involucrata)

Black Twinberry fruit (Lonicera involucrata)

Black-Twinberry fruit (Lonicera involucrata), Honeysuckle Family (Caprifoliaceae), Native and common along streams and creek and in meadows, often with willows, from plains to alpine, on the eastern and western slopes. blooms from June through August. Photo taken by...
Fourwing Saltbush (Atriplex canescens)

Fourwing Saltbush (Atriplex canescens)

Fourwing Saltbush (Atriplex canescens), Goosewood Family (Chenopodiaceae). A native shrub common on dry slopes and the plains from the plains to the foothills on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from May through August. Photo by Mo...
Prairie Violet (Viola pedatifida)

Prairie Violet (Viola pedatifida)

Birdtooth violet (Viola pedatifida), Violet Family (Violaceae), native and imperiled in Colorado (S2), but common globally. Rare in dry grasslands and open ponderosa pine forests along the front range from plains to foothills only on the eastern slope. Photo by Steve...
Vicky-Ramakka Frazera speciosa

Vicky-Ramakka Frazera speciosa

2016 Photo Contest 1st place Native Plant Category, “Frazera speciosa”. Photo by Vicky Ramakka Elkweed (Frasera speciosa), Gentian Family (Gentianaceae), native and common on open slopes and in forest openings from the lower foothills to alpine on the...