Blackroot Sedge (Carex elynoides)

Blackroot Sedge (Carex elynoides)

An indicator plant of the Alpine Turf Plant Community, the Blackroot Sedge (Carex elynoides) is in the Sedge Family (Cyperaceae). It is a native sedge and common in alpine tundra and meadows from the subalpine to the alpine (rarely in the montane). Blooms from June...
Narrowleaf Four O’clock (Mirabilis linearis)

Narrowleaf Four O’clock (Mirabilis linearis)

Narrowleaf Four O’clock (Mirabilis linearis) in the Four O’Clock Family (Nyctaginaceae) is a native wildflower common throughout the state, especially on the plains and in open places in mountain valleys in the montane on the eastern and western slopes....
Trumpet Gooseberry (Ribes lepanthum)

Trumpet Gooseberry (Ribes lepanthum)

Trumpet Gooseberry (Ribes lepanthum) (in fruit) in the Gooseberry Family (Grosulariaceae) is a native shrub which is found on dry, often sandy hillsides, sometimes with pinyon-juniper or ponderosa pine, from the plains to the edge of the subalpine. on the eastern and...
Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida)

Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida)

Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida), in the Aster Family (Asteraceae), is a native plant, common on the eastern plains and along roadsides and in open meadows of the outer foothills and into the lower montane. There is only one old record of its occurrence on the...