Sudetic Lousewort (Pedicularis sudetica ssp. scopulorum)

Sudetic Lousewort (Pedicularis sudetica ssp. scopulorum)

Sudetic Lousewort (Pedicularis sudetica ssp. scopulorum), Broomrape Family (Orobanchaceae) is found in bogs and marshes, moist meadows, and tundra, in subalpine and alpine areas on the eastern and western slopes. It blooms from June through August. This species is...
Rocky Mountain Monkey Flower (Erythranthe gemmiparus)

Rocky Mountain Monkey Flower (Erythranthe gemmiparus)

Rocky Mountain Monkey Flower (Erythranthe gemmipara), Lopseed Family (Phrymaceae) is critically imperiled globally (G1) and a Colorado endemic (S1) species with only eight known populations. It grows on shady ledges and overhangs, seepage areas, and rocky outcrops,...
Brook Saxifrage (Micranthes odontoloma)

Brook Saxifrage (Micranthes odontoloma)

Brook Saxifrage (Micranthes odontoloma), Saxifrage Family (Saxifragaceae), is a common species which grows in moist soil along streams and around lakes, from the foothills to alpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from July through September. Photo by...
Fountain Apple Moss (Philonotis fontana)

Fountain Apple Moss (Philonotis fontana)

Fountain Apple Moss (Philonotis fontana) is a moss in the Bartramiaceae family. It is upright, bright yellow-green and grows in wet places, especially abundant on seepage slopes, along highways and in fens from the alpine in the eastern and western slopes. Photo by Mo...
Man-on-Horseback mushroom (Tricholoma flavovirens)

Man-on-Horseback mushroom (Tricholoma flavovirens)

Man-on-Horseback mushroom (Tricholoma flavovirens) in the Tricholomataceae family is an edible mushroom, but can be easily mistaken for similar poisonous ones. Its cap is pale yellow at first, then greenish yellow to vivid yellow and ustally remaining yellow on the...