Flowers are organized in alphabetical order by English family name, genus, and species. Click on a link to obtain additional photos of a species, plus comments. Those additional pages are bandwidth-intensive and best used with a high speed connection.
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Agave Family, Banana Yucca, Yucca baccata
Agave Family, Narrowleaf or Plains Yucca, Yucca intermedia
Amaranth Family, Four-Winged Saltbush, Atriplex canescens
Amaranth Family, Winterfat, Krascheninnkovia (or Ceratoides) lanata
Asparagus Family, Feathery False Solomon's-Seal, Maianthemum racemosum
Asparagus Family, Starry False Solomon's-Seal, Maianthemum stellatum
Asparagus Family, Beargrass, Nolina
Aster Family, Western Yarrow, Achillea millefolium
Aster Family, Fragrant Snakeroot, Ageratina herbacea
Aster Family, Mule Fat or Seepwillow, Baccharis salicifolia
Aster Family, Emory's Baccharis, Baccharis salicina
Aster Family, Baby Aster, Chaetopappa ericoides
Aster Family, Buena Mujer or Mexican Devilweed, Chloracantha spinosa
Aster Family, Horseweed, Conyza
Aster Family, Fleabane or Showy Daisy, Erigeron (can also look light purple)
Aster Family, Coulter's Horseweed, Laennecia coulteri
Aster Family, Ox-Eye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare
Aster Family, Blackfoot Daisy, Melampodium leucanthum
Aster Family, Cotton Batting Plant, Pseudognaphalium stramineum (white outside, yellow disk)
Aster Family, White Prairie Aster, Symphyotrichum falcatum
Aster Family, Annual Townsend Daisy, Townsendia annua
Aster Family, Easter Daisy, Townsendia exscapa
Bignonias Family, Northern Catalpa, Catalpa speciosa
Borage Family, Hidden Flower or Thicksepal Catseye, Cryptantha crassisepala
Borage Family, Stickseed, Hackelia (can be blue)
Borage Family, Phlox or Bindweed Heliotrope, Heliotropium convolvulaceum
Borage Family, Salt Heliotrope, Heliotropium curassavicum
Borage Family, Franciscan Bluebells, Mertensia franciscana
Borage Family, Variable-Leaf Scorpion-Weed, Phacelia heterophylla
Buckthorn Family, Fendler's Buckbrush, Ceanothus fendleri
Buckwheat Family, Nodding Buckwheat, Eriogonum cernuum
Buckwheat Family, James' Buckwheat, Eriogonum jamesii
Buckwheat Family, Slender Buckwheat, Eriogonum microtheca or microthecum
Buckwheat Family, Redroot Buckwheat, Eriogonum racemosum
Buckwheat Family, Wright's Buckwheat, Eriogonum wrightii
Buckwheat Family, Silver Lace Vine (Fallopia baldschuanica)
Buckwheat Family, Pale Smartweed, Persicaria lapathifolia (can also be pink)
Buckwheat Family, Prostrate Knotweed, Polygonum aviculare
Bunchflower Family, Mountain Death Camas (Anticlea elegans)
Buttercup Family, Baneberry, Actaea rubra
Buttercup Family, White Virgin's-Bower, Clematis ligusticifolia
Cleomaceae, Red-Whisker Clammyweed, Polanisia dodecandra
Dogbane Family, Dogbane, Apocynum
Dogbane Family, Spider Milkweed or Antelope Horns, Asclepias asperula
Dogbane Family, Broadleaf Milkweed, Asclepias latifolia
Dogbane Family, Showy Milkweed, Asclepias speciosa
Dogbane Family, Horsetail Milkweed or Yerba lechosa, Asclepias subverticillata
Evening Primrose Family, Scarlet Gaura, Oenothera suffrutescens (can also be pink)
Evening Primrose Family, white to very pale evening primrose, Oenothera spp.
Four O'Clock Family, Sand Verbena, Abronia
Gooseberry Family, Trumpet Gooseberry, Ribes leptanthum (can show some pink)
Gooseberry Family, Wolf's Currant, Ribes wolfii
Heath Family, Sidebells (Orthilia secunda)
Honeysuckle Family, Japanese Honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica (can also be yellow)
Honeysuckle Family, Snowberry, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius (also pink)
Honeysuckle Family, Tobacco Root, Valerianus edulis (flower heads look light green)
Hydrangea Family, Cliff Fendlerbush, Fendlera rupicola
Hydrangea Family, Little-Leaf Mock Orange, Philadelphus microphyllus
Lily Family, Gunnison's Mariposa Lily, Calochortus gunnisonii
Lily Family, Sego Lily, Calochortus nuttallii
Lizard's Tail Family, Yerba Mansa, Anemopsis californica
Loasa Family, Blazing Star or Desert Stickleaf, Mentzelia multiflora
Madder Family, Northern Bedstraw, Galium boreale
Madder Family, Fragrant Bedstraw, Galium triflorum
Mallow Family, Flower-of-an-Hour (Hibiscus trionum)
Mallow Family, Common Mallow, Cheeseweed, Malva neglecta
Mallow Family, Alkali Mallow, Malvella leprosa
Mallow Family, White Checkermallow, Sidalcea candida
Milkwort Family, White Milkwort, Polygala alba
Mint Family, Horehound, Marrubium vulgare
Mint Family, Cutleaf or Lacy Germander, Teucrium laciniatum
Morning Glory Family, Field Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis (often includes splashes of pink to lavender)
Morning Glory Family, Dodder, Cuscuta
Moschatel Family, Red Elderberry, Sambucus racemosa
Mustard Family, Shepherd's Purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris
Mustard Family, Spectacle Pod, Dimorphocarpa wislizeni
Mustard Family, Sweet Alyssum, Lobularia maritima
Mustard Family, Pepperweed, Lepidium
Mustard Family, Watercress, Nasturtium officinale (leaves shown)
Orchid Family, Summer or Spotted Coralroot Orchid, Corallorhiza maculata
Orchid Family, Rattlesnake Orchid, Goodyera oblongifolia
Parsley Family, Oshá, Porter's Lovage, Ligusticum porteri
Parsley Family, Sweet Cicely, Osmorhiza
Pea Family, Milkvetch, Astralagus spp.
Pea Family, White Prairie Clover, Dalea candida
Pea Family, Foxtail Prairie Clover, Dalea leporina
Pea Family, Prairie Bundleflower, Desmanthus illinoensis
Pea Family, American licorice or wild licorice, Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Pea Family, Bush Vetchling, Lathyrus eucosmus (can also be pink)
Pea Family, Everlasting Pea or Perennial Peavine, Lathyrus latifolius
Pea Family, White Sweetclover, Melilotus albus
Phlox Family, Miniature Woollystar, Eriastrum diffusum
Phlox Family, Eyed Gilia, Gilia ophthalmoides
Pink Family, Fendler's Sandwort, Eremogone fendleri
Pink Family, Sticky Starwort, Tuber Starwort, Pseudostellaria jamesiana
Pink Family, Chickweed, Stellaria
Plantain Family, Sand or Bush Penstemon, Penstemon ambiguus (can also be lavender)
Plantain Family, Wandbloom Penstemon, Penstemon virgatus (can also be purple)
Plantain Family, English Plantain, Plantago lanceolata
Potato Family, Chinese Thorn-Apple, Datura quercifolia
Potato Family, Sacred Datura or Thornapple, Datura wrightii
Potato Family, Silverleaf Nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium (usually purple not white)
Potato Family, Black Nightshade, Solanum sp.
Primrose Family, Rock Jasmine, Androsace
Rose Family, Saskatoon Serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia
Rose Family, Mountain Mahogany, Cercocarpus montanus
Rose Family, Hawthorn, Crataegus
Rose Family, Apache Plume, Fallugia paradoxa
Rose Family, Wild Strawberry, Fragraria vesca
Rose Family, Mountain Spray, Holodiscus dumosus
Rose Family, Crab Apple, Malus pumila
Rose Family, Mountain Ninebark, Physocarpus monogynus
Rose Family, American Plum, Prunus americana
Rose Family, Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana
Rose Family, Cliffrose, Purshia stansburyana
Rose Family, Red Raspberry, Rubus idaeus
Sandalwood Family, Bastard Toadflax, Comandra umbellata
Saxifrage Family, Little-Leaf Alumroot, Heuchera parviflora
Soapberry Family, Tropical Soapberry or Amolillo, Sapindus saponaria
Spurge Family, Texas Croton, Croton texensis
Spurge Family, Square-Seed Spurge, Euphorbia exstipulata
Spurge Family, Saw-Tooth Sandmat, Euphorbia serrula
Sumac Family, Smooth Sumac, Rhus glabra (red fruit shown; flowers can be white or green)
Sumac Family, Poison Ivy, Toxicodendron radicans (leaves shown)
Violet Family, Canada Violet, Viola canadensis
Watermilfoil Family, Parrot Feather, Myriophyllum aquaticum
Water-Plantain Family, Arum-Leaf Arrowhead, Sagittaria cuneata