Nettleleaf Giant Hessop (Agistache urticifolia)
Nettle-leaf Giant Hessop (Agistache urticifolia), Mint Family (Lamiaceae). Native and common on rocky outcroppings and in meadows and forest openings and sometimes in moist places from the foothills to the subalpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from June...
White Checker-bloom (Sidalcea candida)
White Checker-bloom (Sidalcea candida), Mallow Family (Malvaceae). Native and common along streams, in meadows, and in moist places from foothills to subalpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from June through September. Photo by Lenore...
Fishhook Cactus (Sclerocactus parviflorus)
Fishhook Cactus (Sclerocactus parviflorus), Cactus Family (Cactaceae), native, S3 vulnerable in Colorado. Found in open, dry places, on clay, shale, or adobe hillsides, and often with pinyon-juniper sin the simi-desert shrublands of the western slope. Blooms from...