Wildflowers
TERMS
- Perennial - lasting from year to year
- Biennial - flowers every other year
- Annual - of only 1 year's duration
| SPECIES - *denotes introduced species | Flower Color | Flower Time | LifeSpan |
| ASTERS -Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata) -Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense*) -Common Sagewort (Artemisia campestris) -Cut-leaf Daisy (Erigeron compositus) -Goldenrod (Solidago spp) -Gray Sagewort (Artemisia ludoviciana) -Heath-leaved Aster (Aster pansus) -Leafy Arnica (Arnica chamissonis) -Microseris (Microseris troximoides) -Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans*) -Ox-eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum*) -Pineapple Weed (Matricaria matricarioides) -Pussytoes (Antennaria microphylla) -Salsify (Tragopogon dubius*) -Sow Thistle (Sonchus oleraceus*) -Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa*) -Sunflower (Helianthus nutallii) -Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare*) -Wooly groundsel (Senecio canus) -Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) |
Orange Purple Green White Yellow Gray White Yellow Yellow Purple White Yellow Pink/Wte Yellow Yellow Purple Yellow Yellow Yellow White |
Jun-Jul Jul-Aug Jul-Sep May-Jun Aug-Sep Jun-Oct Aug Jul Jun-Jul Jun-Oct May-Oct May-Sep May-Aug Jun-Jul Jul-Sep Jun-Oct Jul-Aug Aug-Oct Jun-Aug May-Oct |
Perennial Perennial Biennial Perennial Perennial Perennial Perennial Perennial Perennial Biennial Perennial Annual Perennial Ann/Bien Annual Bien/Per Perennial Perennial Perennial Perennial |
| BALSAM -Spurless Jewelweed (Impatiens ecalcarata) |
Orange |
Jul-Aug |
Annual |
| BEDSTRAW -Northern Bedstraw (Galium boreale) |
White |
Jun-Aug |
Perennial |
| BORAGES -Forget-me-not (Myosotis laxa) -Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale*) |
Blue Purple |
Jun-Aug Jun-Aug |
Annual Biennial |
| BUCKWHEAT -Curly Dock (Rumex crispus*) -Douglas' Knotweed (Polygonum douglasii) -Umbrella Plant (Eriogonum umbellatum) -Water Lady's-thumb (Polygonum amphibium) |
Green White Cream Pink |
Jun-Sep Aug Jun-Aug Jun-Jul |
Perennial Annual Perennial Perennial |
| BUTTERCUPS -Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens*) -Lesser Spearwort (Ranunculus flammula) -Meadowrue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) -Rock Clematis (Clematis columbiana) -Sagebrush Buttercup (Ranunculus glaberrimus) -Western Clematis (Clematis ligusticifolia) |
Yellow Yellow White Blue Yellow White |
Jun-Jul Jun-Jul Jun-Jul Jun-Jul Apr Jun-Jul |
Perennial Perennial Perennial Perennial Perennial Perennial |
| CACTI -Brittle Cholla (Opuntia fragilis) |
Yellow |
Jun-Jul |
Perennial |
| CATTAILS -Cattail (Typha latifolia) |
Brown |
Jun-Jul |
Perennial |
| DOGBANE -Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) |
Pink |
Jun-Sep |
Perennial |
| FIGWORTS -Butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris*) -Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus) -Mullein (Verbascum thapsus*) -Penstemon (Penstemon procerus) -Water speedwell (Veronica anagallis-aquatica*) |
Yellow Yellow Yellow Blue Blue |
Aug Jun-Aug Aug Jun-Jul Jun-Sep |
Perennial Ann/Per Biennial Perennial Bien/Per |
| GERANIUMS -Filaree (Erodium cicutarium*) |
Pink |
May-Aug |
Annual |
| HAREBELLS -Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) |
Blue |
Jun-Aug |
Perennial |
| HEATH -Pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea) -White Wintergreen (Pyrola elliptica) |
Pink White |
Jun-Aug Jul |
Perennial Perennial |
| HORSETAILS -Horsetail (Equisetum spp) |
Green |
Jun-Sep |
Ann/Per |
| IRISES -Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacorus*) |
Yellow |
Jun-Jul |
Perennial |
| LILIES -Death Camas (Zigadenus venenosus) -False Solomon's Seal (Smilacina stellata) -Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum) |
Cream White Pink |
May-Jul May-Jun Jun-Jul |
Perennial Perennial Perennial |
| MINTS -Betony (Stachys palustris) -Field Mint (Mentha arvensis) -Purple Dragon's-head (Physostegia parviflora) -Scullcap (Scutellaria galericulata) -Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) |
Pink Purple Purple Blue Purple |
Jul-Aug Jul-Aug Jun-Aug Jun-Aug Jun-Sep |
Perennial Perennial Perennial Perennial Perennial |
| MUSTARDS -Draba (Draba verna) -Rockcress (Arabis holboellii) -Tumblemustard (Sisymbrium loeselii*) |
White Pink Yellow |
Apr-May May May-Aug |
Annual Bien/Per Ann/Bien |
| NETTLES -Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica*) |
Gray |
Jun-Sep |
Perennial |
| NIGHTSHADES -Black Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger*) -Climbing nightshade (Solanum dulcamara*) |
Cream Purple |
Jun-Aug Jun-Aug |
Annual Perennial |
| PARSNIPS -Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa*) -Water-hemlock (Cicuta douglasii) -Water-parsnip (Sium suave) |
Yellow White White |
Jun-Jul Jun-Aug Jul-Aug |
Bien/Per Perennial Perennial |
| PEAS -Licorice-root (Glycyrrhiza lepidota) -Slender Vetch (Vicia tetrasperma*) -Velvet Lupine (Lupinus leucophyllus) -Wooly Vetch (Vicia villosa*) |
White Lavendar Blue Purple |
Jul-Aug Jun-Aug Jun-Aug Jun-Aug |
Perennial Ann/Bien Perennial Ann/Bien |
| PHLOXES -Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum) -Microsteris (Microsteris gracilis) -Narrow-leaf Collomia (Collomia linearis) -Scarlet Gilia (Gilia aggregata) |
Blue Pink Pink Red |
May-Jun Apr-Jun Jun-Aug Jun-Aug |
Perennial Annual Annual Biennial |
| PINKS -White Campion (Lychnis alba*) |
White |
Jul-Aug |
Bien/Per |
| PLANTAINS -Indian Wheat (Plantago patagonica) |
White |
Jun-Jul |
Perennial |
| PORTULACAS -Narrow-leaved Montia (Montia linearis) |
Pink |
May-Jul |
Annual |
| PRIMROSES -Fairy Candelabra (Androsace occidentalis) -Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata) |
White Yellow |
Apr-Jun Jul-Aug |
Annual Perennial |
| SAXIFRAGES -Woodlandstar (Lithophragma parviflora) |
White |
Apr-Jun |
Perennial |
| SEDUMS -Stonecrop (Sedum lanceolatum) |
Yellow |
Jun-Jul |
Perennial |
| WATERLEAVES -Threadleaf Phacelia (Phacelia linearis) |
Blue |
Apr-Jun |
Annual |
Last updated:
August 25, 2008
