Two New Colorado Species

Two New Colorado Species

Two New Species Found in Colorado Jennifer Ackerfield, the Head Curator of Natural History Collections at the Denver Botanic Gardens has written a blog about the “discovery” of two new species in Colorado.  The first species, Physaria nelsonii, was...
Colorado Pollinators Photo Gallery

Colorado Pollinators Photo Gallery

Colorado Native Plant Pollinators This gallery contains photos of Colorado native plant pollinators.Click on the photo to see a full-size image and information about the pollinator.Scroll through using the left & right arrows.Click the “i” to see information about...
The Rare Plants Of Colorado

The Rare Plants Of Colorado

The Rare Plants of Colorado Certain plants may be considered rare because only a few of them exist, or because they exist only in a very small geographic range, or both. The term ‘rare’ is not a scientific definition, but it is a convenient way to describe a wide...
The Artemisia Genus in Colorado

The Artemisia Genus in Colorado

The Artemisia Genus in Colorado    This three-part series of articles on the Artemisia genus and some of its species, which first appeared in our magazine, the Aquilegia,  was written by Jim Borland, a CoNPS member who has been fooling around with...
Physaria Genus Photo Gallery

Physaria Genus Photo Gallery

Physaria Genus Photo Gallery The Genus Physaria The genus Physaria is one of the 44 genera in the mustard family (Brassicaceae) in Colorado. Species in this genus usually have a basal rosette of leaves, and yellow (rarely white or purple) flowers. The fruits, as in...