Commonly Seen Plants
Common name	Scientific name	Family	Compiled by Doug Owen, Park Naturalist
yellow flowers
___ Arrow-Leaved Balsamroot	Balsamorhiza sagittata	Sunflower
___ Hawksbeard	Crepis (3 species)	Sunflower
___ Mountain Dandelion	Agoseris glauca	Sunflower
___ Salsify	Tragopogon dubius	Sunflower
___ Groundsel	Senecio (5 species)	Sunflower
___ Buckwheats	Erigonum (11 species)	Buckwheat
___ Desert Parsley	Cymopterus terebinthinus	Carrot
___ Gland Cinquefoil	Potentilla glanulosa	Rose
___ Leopard Lily	Fritillaria atropurpurea	Lily
___ Wayside Gromwell	Lithospermum ruderale	Borage
___ Hairy Golden-Aster	Heterotheca villosa	Sunflower
___ Sukdorf's Monkeyflower	Mimulus suksdorfii	Snapdragon
___ White Stem Stickleaf	Mentzelia dispersa	Loasa
___ Yellow Wood Violet	Viola orbiculata	Violet
___ Blazingstar	Mentzelia laevicaulis	Loasa
___ Prickly Pear cactus	Opuntia polyacantha	Cactus
___ Mullein	Verbascum thapsus	Snapdragon
red/purple/blue flowers
___ Indian Paintbrush	Castilleja chromosa	Snapdragon
___ Dwarf Monkeyflower	Mimulus nanus	Snapdragon
___ Wild Onion	Allium (8 species)	Lily
___ Scarlet Gilia	Gilia aggregata	Phlox
___ Wire Lettuce	Stephanomeria tenuifolia	Sunflower
___ Joe Pye Weed	Eupatorium occidentale	Sunflower
___ Hoary Aster	Machaeranthera canescens	Sunflower
___ Fernleaf Fleabane	Erigeron compositus	Sunflower
___ Blue Penstemon	Penstemon cyaneus	Snapdragon
___ Lupine	Lupinus (4 species)	Pea
___ Anderson Larkspur	Delpinium andersonii	Buttercup
___ Scorpionweed	Phacelia hastata	Waterleaf
___ Blue-eyed Mary	Collinsia parviplora	Snapdragon
___ Fireweed	Epilobium angustifolium	Primrose
___ Spiney Skeleton Plant	Stephanomeria spinosa	Sunflower
white flowers
___ Bitterroot	Lewisia rediviva	Purslane
___ Sego Lily	Calochortus nuttallii	Lily
___ Cryptantha	Cryptantha (8 species)	Borage
___ Scabland Penstemon	Penstemon deustus	Snapdragon
___ Lava Phlox	Leptodactylon pungens	Phlox
___ Dusty Maiden	Chaenactis douglasii	Sunflower
___ Western Yarrow	Achillea millefolium	Sunflower
___ Slender Woodland Star	Lithophragma tenella	Saxafrage
___ Ground Smoke	Gayophytum (5 species)	Primrose
___ Coyote Tobacco	Nicotiana attenuata	Nightshade
trees
___ Limber Pine	Pinus flexilis	Pine
___ Douglas Fir	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Pine
___ Quaking Aspen	Populus tremuloides	Willow
___ Rocky Mtn. Juniper	Juniperus scopulorum	Cedar
shrubs
___ Antelope Bitterbrush	Purshia tridentata	Rose
___ Rubber Rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus nauseosus	Sunflower
___ Tansy Bush	Chamaebatiaria millefolium	Rose
___ Sagebrush	Aretmisia (6 species)	Sunflower
___ Syringa	Philadelphus lewisii	Hydrangea
___ Squaw Currant	Ribes cereum	Currant
___ Golden Currant	Ribes aureum	Currant
___ Serviceberry	Amelanchier alnifolia	Rose
___ Rockspirea	Holodiscus dumosus	Rose
___ Choke Cherry	Prunus virginiana	Rose
___ Dwarf Goldenweed	Haplopappus nanus	Sunflower
ferns
___ Christmas Fern	Polystichum scopulinum	Fern
___ Brittle Bladder Fern	Cystopteris fragilis	Fern
___ Male Fern	Dryopteris felix-mas	Fern
grasses, etc.
___ Dwarf Mistletoe	Arceuthobium cyanocarpum	Mistletoe
___ Great Basin Wildrye	Elymus cinereus	Grass
___ Bottle Brush/Squirreltail Grass	Sitanion hystrix	Grass
___ Cheat Grass	Bromus tectorum	Grass
___ Indian Rice Grass	Oryzopsis hymenoides	Grass
___ Gray-Green Thistle	Cirsium canovirens	Aster
___ Tumbleweed	Salsola kali	Goosefoot
___ Sandberg Bluegrass	Poa secunda	Grass
___ Needlegrass	Stipa (5 species)	Grass

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Last Updated: 26-Mar-2002