Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)

Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)

Golden Current (Ribes aureum), Gooseberry Family (Grossulariaceae), A native, common species growing on dry, often sandy slopes along ditches and streams and along roadsides on the Eastern and Western Slopes from the plains to the foothills. Blooms from April through...
White River Beardtongue (Penstemon scariosus var. albifluvis)

White River Beardtongue (Penstemon scariosus var. albifluvis)

White River Beardtongue (Penstemon scariosus var. albifluvis), Plantain Family (Plantaginaceae), G4S1 (uncommon globally, critically imperiled in Colorado). Grows on shale slopes in desert shrub and pinyon-juniper communities on the Western Slope, semi-desert...
Inland Sedge (Carex interior)

Inland Sedge (Carex interior)

Inland Sedge (Carex interior), Sedge Family (Cyperaceae), common, growing in moist meadows, fens and along streams from the plains to the montane on the Eastern and Western Slope of Colorado. Blooms from May through August. Photo taken by Loraine...
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia), Campanulaceae (Bellflower Family). Native, common in dry, rocky soil of slopes and meadows from the foothills to the alpine on the Eastern and Western slopes of Colorado. Blooms in June to August The family and genus names,...
Lanceleaf Moonwort (Botrychium lanceolatum)

Lanceleaf Moonwort (Botrychium lanceolatum)

Lance-leaf Moonwort (Botrychium lanceolatum), Adder’s Tongue Family (Ophioglossaceae), native and common but easily overlooked in montane and subalpine meadows, openings in forests and on rocky slopes on the Eastern and Western slopes of Colorado. Photo by...