Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)
Golden Current (Ribes aureum), Gooseberry Family (Grossulariaceae), A native, common species growing on dry, often sandy slopes along ditches and streams and along roadsides on the Eastern and Western Slopes from the plains to the foothills. Blooms from April through...
White River Beardtongue (Penstemon scariosus var. albifluvis)
White River Beardtongue (Penstemon scariosus var. albifluvis), Plantain Family (Plantaginaceae), G4S1 (uncommon globally, critically imperiled in Colorado). Grows on shale slopes in desert shrub and pinyon-juniper communities on the Western Slope, semi-desert...
Aquilegia coerulea ssp forma daileyae
Spurless Colorado Columbine (Aquilegia coerulea ssp. forma daileyae), Hellebore Family (Helleboraceae); grows in meadows and along streams and in forests from plains to the alpine; blooms June to August. Even though this is the spurless form of Aquilegia coerulea, it...