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Anemone: Thimbleweed, Tall Anemone Anemone virginiana* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Arrowhead: Common Arrowhead, Arrowleaf, Burhead, Wapato, Duck-potato, Broadleaf Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia* (Native) Family: Alismataceae - Water-plantain family | Bee Plant: Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Stinking Clover, Skunk Weed, Navajo Spinach Peritoma serrulata* (Native) Family: Cleomaceae - Spiderflower Family | Bellflower: Bluebell Bellflower, Bluebell, Harebell, Bluebell-of-Scotland, Blue Rain Flower, Heathbells, Witches Thimbles Campanula rotundifolia* (Native) Family: Campanulaceae - Bellflower family |
Bergamot, Beebalm: Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa* (Native) Family: Lamiaceae - Mint family | Blackberry: Thimbleberry, Western Thimbleberry, Salmonberry, Mountain Sorrel, White Flowering Raspberry, Western Thimble Raspberry Rubus parviflorus* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Blackfoot: Blackfoot Daisy, Rock Daisy, Plains Blackfoot, Arnica Melampodium leucanthum* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Blue Eyed Mary: Blue-eyed Mary, Maiden Blue Eyed Mary, Smallflower Blue Eyed Mary Collinsia parviflora* (Native) Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain family |
Broomrape: One-flowered Broomrape ; One-flowered Cancer Root, Ghostpipe, Naked Broomrape Orobanche uniflora* (Native) Family: Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family | Bugbane: Tassel Rue, False Bugbane, Carolina Bugbane Trautvetteria caroliniensis* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Bundleflower: Prairie Mimosa, Illinois Bundleflower, Prickleweed, Illinois Desmanthus Desmanthus illinoensis* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Catchfly: White Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis Silene latifolia* (Introduced) Family: Caryophyllaceae - Pink family |
Cliffrose, Bitterbrush: Stansbury's Cliffrose, Cliff Rose, Quininebush Purshia stansburiana* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Clover: White Clover Trifolium repens (Introduced) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Cow Parsnip: American Cow Parsnip, Masterwort, American Hogweed, Common Cowparsnip Heracleum maximum* (Native) Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family | Daisy: Oxeye Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Death Camas: Foothill Death Camas, Foothills Deathcamas, Panicled Death Camas, Sand-corn Toxicoscordion paniculatum* (Native) Family: Melanthiaceae - False-Hellebore Family | Dodder: Dodder Vine, Scaldweed Cuscuta gronovii (Native) Family: Cuscutaceae - Dodder family | Dogwood: Red-osier Dogwood, Western Dogwood, American Dogwood Cornus sericea* (Native) Family: Cornaceae - Dogwood family | Dogwood: Bunchberry, Bunchberry Dogwood, Dwarf Dogwood, Canadian Bunchberry, Dwarf Cornel, Creeping Dogwood Cornus canadensis* (Native) Family: Cornaceae - Dogwood family |
Elderberry: Common Elderberry, American Elderberry, American Black Elderberry Sambucus nigra ssp canadensis* (Native) Family: Adoxaceae - Muskroot Family | Elderberry: Western Blue Elder, Blue Elderberry Sambucus nigra ssp cerulea* (Native) Family: Adoxaceae - Muskroot Family | Elderberry: Red Elderberry, Red Elder, Rocky Mountain Elder, Scarlet Elderberry Sambucus racemosa* (Native) Family: Adoxaceae - Muskroot Family | Evening Primrose: Pale Evening Primrose, White Evening Primrose, Pale-Stemmed Evening Primrose Oenothera pallida* (Native) Family: Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family |
False-buckwheat: Japanese Knotweed, Crimson Beauty, Mexican bamboo, Japanese Fleece Flower, Reynoutria Fallopia japonica* (Introduced) Family: Polygonaceae - Buckwheat family | Fleabane: Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Fleabane: Prairie Fleabane, Lesser Daisy Fleabane Erigeron strigosus* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Fogfruit: Fogfruit, Lanceleaf Fogfruit, Northern Fogfruit Phyla lanceolata* (Native) Family: Verbenaceae - Verbena family |
Gentian: Arctic Gentian, Whitish Gentian Gentiana algida* (Native) Family: Gentianaceae - Gentian family | Germander: American Germander, Wood Sage, Canada Germander Teucrium canadense* (Native) Family: Lamiaceae - Mint family | Ipomopsis: Scarlet Gilia, Scarlet Skyrocket, Scarlet Trumpet, Skunk Flower Ipomopsis aggregata* (Native) Family: Polemoniaceae - Phlox family | Jacob's Ladder: Showy Jacob's Ladder, Jacob's Ladder, Skunky Polemonium, Skunkleaf Polemonium Polemonium pulcherrimum* (Native) Family: Polemoniaceae - Phlox family |
Jimsonweed: Jimsonweed, Jamestown Weed, Mad Apple, Moon Flower, Stinkwort, Thorn Apple, Devil's Trumpet Datura stramonium* (Introduced) Family: Solanaceae - Potato family | Jimsonweed: Sacred Datura, Sacred Thorn-apple, Indian Apple, Angel Trumpet Datura wrightii* (Native) Family: Solanaceae - Potato family | Knapweed: Bachelor's Button, Bluebottle, Cornflower, Garden Cornflower Centaurea cyanus* (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Ladyslipper: Yellow Ladyslipper, Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper, Greater Yellow Lady's Slipper, Small Flowered Yellow Lady's Slipper Cypripedium parviflorum* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family |
Larkspur: Carolina Larkspur, Blue Larkspur, Glade Larkspur, Prairie Larkspur, Pine Woods Larkspur Delphinium carolinianum* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Leather Flower: Western Clematis, Western White Clematis, Western Virgin's Bower, Creek Clematis, Old Man's Beard, Pepper Vine Clematis ligusticifolia* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Lousewort: Dwarf Lousewort, Spring Lousewort, Great Basin Lousewort, Wood Betony Pedicularis centranthera* (Native) Family: Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family | Lupine: Silvery Lupine, Silver Stem Lupine Lupinus argenteus* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family |
Mayflower: False Solomon's Seal, Feathery False Lily of the Valley, Solomon's Plume Maianthemum racemosum* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family | Mayflower: Starry False Solomon's Seal, Starry False Lily of the Valley, Starflower False Solomon's Seal Star-flowered Solomon's Plume Maianthemum stellatum* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family | Mayweed: Mayweed, Stinking Chamomile, Dog Fennel Anthemis cotula (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Meadow-rue: Western Meadow-rue, Western Meadowrue, Meadow Rue Thalictrum occidentale (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family |
Meadow-rue: Skunk Meadow Rue, Waxyleaf Meadowrue, Purple Meadow-rue Thalictrum revolutum* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Milkvetch: Canada Milkvetch, Little Rattlepod Astragalus canadensis* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Milkvetch: Schmoll's Milkvetch Astragalus schmolliae* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Milkweed: Swamp Milkweed, Western Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed, Eastern Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata* (Native) Family: Apocynaceae - Dogbane family |
Miterwort: Smallflower Miterwort, Side-flowered miterwort Mitella stauropetala (Native) Family: Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage family | Mock Vervain: Rose Vervain, Rose Mock Vervain, Rose Verbena, Sweet William, Clump Verbena Glandularia canadensis* (Native) Family: Verbenaceae - Verbena family | Morning Glory: Hedge Bindweed, Hedge False Bindweed Calystegia sepium* (Native) Family: Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family | Mullein: Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria (Introduced) Family: Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family |
Nightshade: Carolina Horse Nettle, Bull Nettle, Devil's Tomato Solanum carolinense (Native) Family: Solanaceae - Potato family | Onion: Tapertip Onion, Hooker's Onion Allium acuminatum* (Native) Family: Amaryllidaceae - Amaryllis family | Onion: Nodding Wild Onion, Nodding Onion, Allegheny Onion Allium cernuum* (Native) Family: Amaryllidaceae - Amaryllis family | Pearly Everlasting: Pearly Everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Phacelia: Silverleaf Phacelia, Timberline Phacelia, Mountain Phacelia Phacelia hastata* (Native) Family: Hydrophyllaceae - Waterleaf family | Phlox: Spreading Phlox Phlox diffusa* (Native) Family: Polemoniaceae - Phlox family | Pincushion: Dusty Maidens, Douglas' Dustymaiden, Chaenactis, Douglas False Yarrow Chaenactis douglasii* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Plantain: Narrowleaf Plantain, English Plantain, Buckhorn, Lanceleaf Plantain, Ribwort, Buckhorn, Ribgrass Plantago lanceolata (Introduced) Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain family |
Plum: Chokecherry, Western Chokecherry, Black Chokecherry Prunus virginiana* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Plum: American Plum, Wild Plum Prunus americana* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Poison Oak: Western Poison Ivy, Northern Poison Ivy Toxicodendron rydbergii* (Native) Family: Anacardiaceae - Cashew or Sumac family | Queen Anne's Lace: Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot Daucus carota* (Introduced) Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family |
Rockcress: Smooth Rockcress, Common Smooth Rock Cress Boechera laevigata* (Native) Family: Brassicaceae - Mustard family | Rocket: Dame's Rocket, Damask Violet, Night-scented Gilliflower, Queen's Gilliflower, Mother-of-the-evening, Summer Lilac Hesperis matronalis* (Introduced) Family: Brassicaceae - Mustard family | Serviceberry, Juneberry, Shadbush: Utah Serviceberry, Pale Serviceberry, Western Serviceberry Amelanchier utahensis* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Smartweed: Dotted Smartweed, Dotted Knotweed, Water Smartweed Persicaria punctata* (Native) Family: Polygonaceae - Buckwheat family |
Soapwort: Bouncing Bet, Common Soapwort, Crow Soap, Wild Sweet William, Soapweed Saponaria officinalis* (Introduced) Family: Caryophyllaceae - Pink family | Spring Beauty: Miner's Lettuce, Indian Lettuce, Winter Purslane Claytonia perfoliata* (Native) Family: Portulacaceae - Purslane family | Spring Beauty: Lanceleaf Spring Beauty, Western Spring Beauty Claytonia lanceolata* (Native) Family: Portulacaceae - Purslane family | Spurge: Snow-on-the-Mountain, Mountain Snow Spurge Euphorbia marginata* (Native) Family: Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family |
Starwort: Common Chickweed Stellaria media* (Introduced) Family: Caryophyllaceae - Pink family | Strawberry: Virginia Strawberry, Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Sweetclover: Yellow Sweetclover, Yellow Melilot, Common Melilot, Field Melilot, Cornilla Real, White Sweetclover Melilotus officinalis* (Introduced) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Sweetclover: White Sweetclover, White Melilot, Honey-Clover, Bokhara Clover Melilotus albus* (Introduced) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family |
Sweetroot: Longstyle Sweetroot, Sweet Anise, Aniseroot Osmorhiza longistylis (Native) Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family | Trillium: Western Trillium, Western White Trillium, Pacific Trillium, Oettinger's Trillium Trillium ovatum* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family | Trumpet Flower: Large Flowered Collomia, Grand Collomia, Mountain Collomia Collomia grandiflora* (Native) Family: Polemoniaceae - Phlox family | Trumpet Flower: Narrowleaf Collomia, Tiny Trumpet, Narrow-leaf Mountain Trumpet Collomia linearis* (Native) Family: Polemoniaceae - Phlox family |
Violet : Canada Violet Viola canadensis* (Native) Family: Violaceae - Violet family | Violet: Field Pansy, Wild Pansy, Johnny Jump-up Viola bicolor* (Native) Family: Violaceae - Violet family | Water Horehound, Bugleweed: Northern Bugleweed, Northern Water Horehound Lycopus uniflorus* (Native) Family: Lamiaceae - Mint family | Waterleaf: Ballhead Waterleaf, Cat's Breeches, Dwarf Waterleaf Hydrophyllum capitatum (Native) Family: Hydrophyllaceae - Waterleaf family |
Waterlily: American White Water Lily, Fragrant Water Lily, White Water Lily Nymphaea odorata (Native) Family: Nymphaeaceae - Water-lily family | Woodland-star: Smallflower Woodland-star Lithophragma parviflorum (Native) Family: Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage family | Yarrow: Common Yarrow, Milfoil Achillea millefolium* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | |
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