Many-flowered Monkey-flower (Mimulus floribundus)

Many-flowered Monkey-flower (Mimulus floribundus)

Many-flowered Monkey-flower (Erythranthe floribunda), Plantain Family (Plantaginaceae), Native and Vulnerable (S3) in Colorado, but secure globally. It grows in moist places, cliff overhangs, along streams, and in moist rock crevices from plains to montane on the...
Alpine Lewisia (Lewisia pygmaea)

Alpine Lewisia (Lewisia pygmaea)

Alpine Lewisia (Lewisia pygmaea var. pygmaea), Miner’s Lettuce Family (Montiaceae. Native and common in alpine meadows and forest openings. Grows in foothills to alpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from May through August. A second variety, var....
Rocky Mountain Spring Beauty) Claytonia rosea)

Rocky Mountain Spring Beauty) Claytonia rosea)

Rocky Mountain Spring Beauty) Claytonia rosea), Miners Lettuce Family (Montiaceae). Native and common in ponderosa pine forests in early spring. Found from Plains to montane on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from March through May. Photo by Mo...
Narcissus Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora)

Narcissus Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora)

Narcissus Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora), Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae). Native and common in moist meadows, spruce-fir forest openings and the alpine. Found from montane to alpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from June through August. Photo by Lenore...
Narrowleaf Cottonwood (Populus angustifolia)

Narrowleaf Cottonwood (Populus angustifolia)

Narrowleaf Cottonwood (Populus angustifolia), Willow Family (Salicaceae), native and common along streams and rivers and in floodplains from the plains to the subalpine on the Eastern and Western Slopes. Blooms in April and May. Photo by SW CO Wildflowers....