Rocky Mountain Sky Pilot (Polemonium confertum)

Rocky Mountain Sky Pilot (Polemonium confertum)

Rocky Mountain Sky Pilot (Polemonium confertum), in the Phlox Family (Polemoniaceae), is a native species found in alpine tundra, known from the mountains southwest of Denver, in the subalpine and alpine on the eastern and western slopes. This is an an endemic plant...
Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)

Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)

Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum), in the Poppy Family (Paparvaraceae) is a native plant that grows in dry alpine meadows and scree slopes, distributed along the Continental Divide on the highest mountains, only in the alpine at 11,600-14,000 ft. It bloom from June...
Mule’s Ears (Wyethia amplexicaulis)

Mule’s Ears (Wyethia amplexicaulis)

Mule’s Ears (Wyethia amplexicaulis), in the Aster Family (Asteraceae), is a native plant common in wet to dry, open meadows and on open hills and slopes, often with sagebrush, from the foothills to the montane on the eastern and western slopes. It blooms from...
Hook-spurred Violet (Viola adunca)

Hook-spurred Violet (Viola adunca)

Hook-spurred Violet (Viola adunca), in the Violet Family (Violaceae) is native and common on open slopes, in meadows and open forests, and in alpine tundra. It is found from from the foothills to the alpine on the eastern and western slopes. It blooms from May through...
Nuttall’s Violet (Viola nuttallii)

Nuttall’s Violet (Viola nuttallii)

Nuttall’s Violet (Viola nuttallii), in the Violet Family (Violaceae), is a native, widespread species which is common on open hills and in grasslands and meadows, from the plains to the subalpine on the eastern and westerns slopes. It blooms from April through...