Thickleaf Draba (Draba crassa)

Thickleaf Draba (Draba crassa)

Thickleaf Draba (Draba crassa), Mustard Family (Brassicaceae) is native and common in alpine tundra and scree slopes throughout the mountains down to the subalpine and rarely in the montane life zone. It blooms from July through August on the eastern and western...
San Juan Gillia (Aliciella haydenii)

San Juan Gillia (Aliciella haydenii)

San Juan Gillia (Aliciella haydenii), Phlox Family (Ponemoniaceae) is imperiled in Colorado (S2) and vulnerable globally (G3). It is found on shale, gravelly soil, barren outcroppings, sometimes with pinyon-juniper or sagebrush, known from the southwestern counties in...
Purple Mustare (Chorispora tenella)

Purple Mustare (Chorispora tenella)

Purple Mustard (Chorispora tenella), Mustard Family (Brassicaceae) is an introducd, common weedy plant found on open slopes, along roadsides, in fields, vacant lots, and in other disturbed areas from the plains to the montane on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms...
Parry’s Primrose (Primula parryi)

Parry’s Primrose (Primula parryi)

Parry’s Primrose (Primula parryi), Primrose Family (Primulaceae), native and common along streams, in moist meadows, and in the alpine from montane to alpine on the Eastern and Western Slopes. Blooms from June through August. Photo by Loraine...