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Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis)

Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis)

by | Oct 5, 2021

Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis), Pink Family (Caryophyllaceae), an introduced species listed on the Colorado noxious weed B list. Subject to eradication, but well established and common in disturbed places, along roadsides, and in floodplains and gravel bars of...
Sagebrush Bluebells (Mertensia oblongifolia)

Sagebrush Bluebells (Mertensia oblongifolia)

by | Sep 30, 2021

Sagebrush Bluebells (Mertensia oblongifolia), Borage Family (Boraginaceae), native and found on dry slopes, often with sagebrush, known from Moffat and Rio Blanco Cos., on the western slope, from semi-desert shrubland to foothills. Blooms from May through June. Photo...
Pinnate Moonwort (Botrychium pinnatum)

Pinnate Moonwort (Botrychium pinnatum)

by | Sep 28, 2021

Pinnate Moonwort (Botrychium pinnatum), Ophioglossaceae (Adder’s Tongue Family) is a fern ally, native, but imperiled (S2) in Colorado (but secure globally with populations from Alaska and the Canadian Yukon south to Arizona. It grows on grassy slopes, stream...
Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus)

Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus)

by | Sep 26, 2021

Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus), Rose Family (Rosaceae), native and common and forming large stands on dry hillsides, often with pinyon-juniper, oaks, ponderosa pine or Douglas-fir from plains to montane on the eastern and western slopes. Mountain...
Pale Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium pallidum)

Pale Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium pallidum)

by | Sep 25, 2021

Pale Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium pallidum), Iris Family (Iridaceae), native and vulnerable in Colorado and globally. Found in moist meadows and along streams, known from the south-central counties (Archuleta, Conejos, Rio Grande, Saguache), sometimes found growing...