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Arctic Gentian (Gentiana algida)

Arctic Gentian (Gentiana algida)

by | Feb 21, 2021

Arctic Gentian (Gentiana algida), Gentian Family (Gentianaceae), native and common in moist subalpine and alpine meadows and usually one of the last plants to bloom in the alpine, on the Eastern and Western Slopes. Blooms July through September. Photo by Loraine...
Daisyflower (Commelina erecta)

Daisyflower (Commelina erecta)

by | Feb 19, 2021

Daisyflower (Commelina erecta), Rockrose family (Clusiaceae), Native and found along roadsides and on open prairie, on the plains on the Eastern Slope. Blooms June through August. photo by Loraine...
Penland’s Eutremia (Eutremia penlandii) in fruit

Penland’s Eutremia (Eutremia penlandii) in fruit

by | Feb 19, 2021

Penland’s Eutremia (Eutremia penlandii), in fruit, Mustard Family (Brassicaceae), G12S12 (Critically imperiled in Colorado and globally). Grows in the alpine on solufluction lobes in the tundra. (solufluction is a gradual processes in which a mass of soil moves...
Penland’s Eutremia (Eutremia penlandii) in flower

Penland’s Eutremia (Eutremia penlandii) in flower

by | Feb 19, 2021

Penland’s Eutremia (Eutremia penlandii), Mustard Family (Brassicaceae), G12S12 (Critically imperiled in Colorado and globally). Grows in the alpine on solufluction lobes in the tundra. (solufluction is a gradual processes in which a mass of soil moves down a...
3rd-plant-Ogle_WoodLily-Lilium-philadelphicum

3rd-plant-Ogle_WoodLily-Lilium-philadelphicum

by | Feb 16, 2021

Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum), Lily Family (Liliaceae), S3 (secure globally, vulnerable in Colorado), grows in the plains to foothills on the Eastern and Western Slopes of Colorado in moist, shaded forests and meadows., Photo by Ed...