Sky Pilot (Polemonium viscosum)

Sky Pilot (Polemonium viscosum)

Sky Pilot (Polemonium viscosum), Phlox Family (Polemoniaceae). Native and common in high meadows, alpine and on talus or scree slopes montane to alpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from June through August. Photo by Mo...
Purple Locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii)

Purple Locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii)

Purple Locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii), Pea Family (Fabaceae). Native and common from the plains to subalpine, often in rocky soil on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from April through August. Photo by Mo...
Clustered broomrape (Orobanche fasciculata)

Clustered broomrape (Orobanche fasciculata)

Clustered broomrape (Orobanche fasciculata), Broomrape Family (Orobanchaceae). Native and common, usually parasitic on sagebrush, from plains to montane on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from May through August. Photo by Mo...
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....