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Flowers are shown in alphabetical order by English family name, genus, and species. Due to recent taxonomic changes, look for penstemons among the Plantain family members.
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Amaranth Family, Shadscale, Atriplex confertifolia
Amaryllis Family, Nodding Onion, Allium cernuum
Amaryllis Family, Geyer's Onion, Allium geyeri
Aster Family, Common or Lesser Burdock, Arctium minus (leaf shown; flowers resemble purple thistles)
Aster Family, Chicory, Cichorium intybus (compare with blue lettuce, below)
Aster Family, New Mexico Thistle, Cirsium neomexicanum
Aster Family, Yellow-Spine Thistle, Cirsium ochrocentrum
Aster Family, Purple Aster, Dieteria
Aster Family, Fleabane or Showy Daisy, Erigeron (can also be white)
Aster Family, Dotted Blazing Star or Dotted Gayfeather, Liatris punctata
Aster Family, Purple Aster, Machaeranthera
Aster Family, Blue Lettuce, Mulgedium pulchellum (compare with chicory, above)
Aster Family, Russian Knapweed, Rhaponticum or Acroptilon repens
Aster Family, Wire-Lettuce, Stephanomeria
Aster Family, Rocky Mountain Townsend Daisy, Townsendia eximia
Bellflower Family, Harebells, Campanula rotundifolia
Borage Family, Stickseed, Hackelia (can be white)
Borage Family, Franciscan Bluebells, Mertensia franciscana
Borage Family, Lanceleaf Bluebells, Mertensia lanceolata
Borage Family, Gypsum Scorpion-Weed, Phacelia integrifolia
Broomrape Family, Dwarf Lousewort, Pedicularis centranthera
Buttercup Family, Blue Columbine, Aquilegia coerulea
Buttercup Family, Leather Flower, Clematis sp.
Buttercup Family, Sapello Canyon Larkspur, Delphinium sapellonis (mix of purple, brown, and green)
Buttercup Family, Organ Mountain Larkspur, Delphinium wootonii (can also be white)
Cactus Family, Cane Cholla, Cylindropuntia Imbricata
Cleomaceae, Rocky Mountain Beeplant, Cleomella serrulata
Dayflower Family, Bird-Bill Dayflower, Commelina dianthifolia
Dayflower Family, Western Spiderwort, Tradescantia occidentalis
Dogbane Family, Climbing Milkweed, Funastrum crispum
Evening Primrose Family, Fireweed, Chamerion angustifolium (can be more pink)
Fig-Marigold Family, Western Sea-Purslane, Sesuvium verrucosum
Flax Family, Wild Blue Flax, Linum lewisii
Four O'Clock Family, Windmills or Trailing Four O'Clock, Allionia
Four O'Clock Family, Scarlet Spiderling, Boerhavia coccinea
Four O'Clock Family, White Four O'Clock, aka Mountain Four O'Clock, Mirabilis albida (can also be white)
Four O'Clock Family, Narrow-Leaf Four O'Clock, Mirabilis linearis (can also be pink)
Gentian Family, Arizona Centaury, Zeltnera
Geranium Family, Filaree, Heronbill, or Stork's Bill, Erodium circutarium
Geranium Family, Purple or Fremont Geranium, Geranium caespitosum
Geranium Family, Richardson's Geranium, Geranium richardsonii
Honeysuckle Family, Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum
Honeysuckle Family, Arizona Valerian, Valeriana arizonica
Iris Family, Rocky Mountain Iris, Iris missouriensis
Mint Family, Giant Hyssop, Agastache pallidiflora
Mint Family, Nettle-Leaf Giant Hyssop, Agastache urticifolia
Mint Family, Drummond's False Pennyroyal, Hedeoma drummondii
Mint Family, Henbit Deadnettle or Giraffeheads, Lamium amplexicaule
Mint Family, Bergamot or Beebalm, Monarda fistulosa
Mint Family, Pony Beebalm, Monarda pectinata (more often white to pale pink)
Mint Family, Blue Sage, Salvia azurea
Mint Family, Lanceleaf Sage, Salvia reflexa
Mint Family, Sawtooth Sage, Salvia subincisa
Mint Family, Chaste Tree or Lilac Chastetree, Vitex agnus-castus
Morning Glory Family, Field Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis (can also be all-white or more pink)
Morning Glory Family, Shaggy Dwarf Morning Glory, Evolvulus nuttallianus
Morning Glory Family, Ivy-Leaved or Ivy-Leaf Morning Glory, Ipomoea hederacea
Morning Glory Family, Bush Morning Glory, Ipomoea leptophylla
Morning Glory Family, Common Morning Glory, Ipomoea purpurea
Mustard Family, Rockcress, Boechera (can also be white)
Mustard Family, Blue Mustard, Chorispora tenella
Mustard Family, Slimleaf Plainsmustard, Hesperidanthus linearifolius
Orchid Family, Calypso Orchid, Calypso bulbosa
Parsley Family, Bulbous Spring Parsley? Vesper cf.
bulbosus
Pea Family, False Indigo-Bush, Amorpha fruticosa
Pea Family, Milkvetch, Astragalus spp.
Pea Family, Feather Plume or Feather Dalea, Dalea formosa
Pea Family, Woolly Prairie Clover, Dalea lanata
Pea Family, Everlasting Pea or Perennial Peavine, Lathyrus latifolius
Pea Family, Lupine, Lupinus
Pea Family, Alfalfa, Medicago sativa
Pea Family, Slimflower Scurfpea, Psoralidium tenuiflorum
Pea Family, Broom Dalea, Psorothamnus scoparius
Pea Family, Red Clover, Trifolium pratense
Pea Family, American Vetch, Vicia americana
Phlox Family, Tiny Trumpet, Collomia linearis
Phlox Family, Bluebowls, Giliastrum rigidulum
Phlox Family, Trumpet Gilia, Ipomopsis longiflora
Phlox Family, Many-Flowered Gilia, Ipomopsis multiflora
Phlox Family, Santa Fe Phlox, Phlox nana
Phlox Family, Jacob's Ladder, Polemonium foliosissimum
Plantain Family, Sand or Bush Penstemon, Penstemon ambiguus (varies from white to lavender)
Plantain Family, Broad-beard or Narrowleaf Penstemon, Penstemon angustifolius
Plantain Family, Inflated Penstemon, Penstemon inflatus
Plantain Family, James' Penstemon, Penstemon jamesii, or Arizona Penstemon, Penstemon ophianthus
Plantain Family, Desert Penstemon, Penstemon pseudospectabilis
Plantain Family, Rydberg's Penstemon, Penstemon rydbergii
Plantain Family, Sidebells Beardtongue? Penstemon secundiflorus
Plantain Family, Rocky Mountain Penstemon, Penstemon strictus
Plantain Family, Wandbloom Penstemon, Penstemon virgatus
Plantain Family, Dusky Penstemon, Penstemon whippleanus
Plantain Family, Water Speedwell, Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Plantain Family, Birdeye or Persian Speedwell, Veronica persica
Potato Family, Chinese Thorn-Apple, Datura quercifolia
Potato Family, Torrey Wolfberry, Lycium torreyi
Potato Family, Silverleaf Nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium (rarely, petals are white)
Plumbago Family, Trans-Pecos Sea-Lavender, Limonium limbatum
Verbena Family, Verbena, Glandularia bipinnatifida
Verbena Family, Blue Vervain, Verbena hastata
Verbena Family, Spike or New Mexico Vervain, Verbena mcdougalii
Verbena Family, Carpet Vervain, Verbena bracteata
Wood Sorrel Family, Violet Woodsorrel, Oxalis violaceae