Patch Phacelia (Phacelia splendens)

Patch Phacelia (Phacelia splendens)

Patch Phacelia (Phacelia splendens), Waterleaf Family (Hydrophyllaceae), a rare species (G3S3, vulnerable in Colorado and globally). There are 19 occurrences from 5 counties in Colorado and 8 occurrences in New Mexico. At least one occurrence is threatened by Off Road...
Heliotrope Phacelia (Phacelia crenulata var. corrugata)

Heliotrope Phacelia (Phacelia crenulata var. corrugata)

Heliotrope Phacelia (Phacelia crenulata var. corrugata), Waterleaf Family (Hydrophyllaceae), native and found on sandstone bluffs, gravelly hillsides, and clay slopes, known from the westernmost counties in Colorado, on semi-desert shrublands on the western slope....
Rocky Mountain Alumwort (Heuchera bracteata)

Rocky Mountain Alumwort (Heuchera bracteata)

Rocky Mountain Alumroot (Heuchera bracteata), native and vulnerable globally (G3) but not ranked (SNR) in Colorado where it is common in rock crevices and on rocky cliffsides, but only in the northern Front Range (not south of Clear Creek Co.) and in Grand Co. on the...
Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis)

Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis)

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)

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...