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Colorado Wild Flowers

by Harold DeWitt Roberts

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Author
Roberts, Rhoda N., 1886-
Credits
Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
QK: Science: Botany
Subject
Wild flowers -- Colorado -- Identification
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 62263
Release Date
May 28, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.COLORADO WILD FLOWERS
  2. 2.Acknowledgments:
  3. 3.Lily Family Yucca or Spanish Bayonet , Yucca glauca , NUTT. — SOME COMMON COLORADO WILD FLOWERS
  4. 4.FOREWORD
  5. 5.LIFE ZONES
  6. 6.PLAINS
  7. 7.FOOTHILLS
  8. 8.MONTANE
  9. 9.SUB-ALPINE
  10. 10.ALPINE
  11. 11.Lily Family Sand Lily, Leucocrinum montanum , NUTT.
  12. 12.Lily Family Wood Lily, Lilium umbellatum , PURSH
  13. 13.Lily Family Mariposa, Calochortus gunnisonii , WATS.
  14. 14.Lily Family Glacier Lily, Erythronium grandiflorum , PURSH
  15. 15.Orchid Family Yellow Lady’s Slipper, Cypripedium calceolus , L.
  16. 16.Four o’Clock Family Prairie Snowball , Abronia fragrans , NUTT.
  17. 17.Buckwheat Family Sulphur Flower, Eriogonum umbellatum , TORR.
  18. 18.Buckwheat Family Sand Begonia, Rumex venosus , PURSH
  19. 19.Purslane Family Spring Beauty, Claytonia lanceolata , PURSH
  20. 20.Pink Family Moss Campion, Silene acaulis , L.
  21. 21.Buttercup Family Pasque Flower, Pulsatilla ludoviciana , HELLER
  22. 22.Buttercup Family Globe Anemone, Anemone globosa , NUTT.
  23. 23.Buttercup Family Nelson’s Larkspur, Delphinium nelsonii , GREENE
  24. 24.Buttercup Family Snow Buttercup, Ranunculus adoneus , GRAY
  25. 25.Buttercup Family Globeflower, Trollius laxus , SALISB.
  26. 26.Buttercup Family Columbine, Aquilegia coerulea , JAMES
  27. 27.Poppy Family Prickly Poppy, Argemone intermedia , SWEET
  28. 28.Mustard Family Wallflower, Erysimum asperum , DC.
  29. 29.Saxifrage Family Snowball Saxifrage, Saxifraga rhomboidea , GREENE
  30. 30.Orpine Family Queen’s Crown, Sedum rhodanthum , GRAY
  31. 31.Rose Family Bush Cinquefoil, Potentilla fruticosa , L.
  32. 32.Pea Family Prairie Pea, Lathyrus stipulaceus , B. AND ST. J.
  33. 33.Pea Family Deer Clover, Trifolium nanum , TORR.
  34. 34.Pea Family Lambert’s Loco, Oxytropis lambertii , PURSH
  35. 35.Pea Family Golden Banner, Thermopsis divaricarpa , A. NELS.
  36. 36.Loasa Family Stickweed, Mentzelia nuda , T. AND G.
  37. 37.Cactus Family Strawberry Cactus, Echinocereus triglochidiatus , ENGELM.
  38. 38.Cactus Family Grizzly Bear Cactus, Opuntia trichophora , BRITTON AND ROSE
  39. 39.Evening Primrose Family Yellow Evening Primrose, Oenothera brachycarpa , GRAY
  40. 40.Evening Primrose Family Fireweed, Epilobium angustifolium , L.
  41. 41.Heath Family Pipsissewa, Chimaphila umbellata , NUTT.
  42. 42.Primrose Family Brook Primrose , Primula parryi , GRAY
  43. 43.Primrose Family Shooting Star, Dodecatheon radicatum , GREENE
  44. 44.Gentian Family Fringed Gentian, Gentiana elegans , A. NELS.
  45. 45.Milkweed Family Milkweed, Asclepias speciosa , TORR.
  46. 46.Morning-glory Family Bush Morning-glory, Ipomoea leptophylla , TORR.
  47. 47.Waterleaf Family Purple Fringe, Phacelia sericea , GRAY
  48. 48.Borage Family Alpine Forget-me-not, Eritrichium elongatum , JOHNSTON
  49. 49.Phlox Family Sky Pilot, Polemonium viscosum , NUTT.
  50. 50.Phlox Family Scarlet Gilia, Gilia aggregata , SPRENG.
  51. 51.Figwort Family Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja integra , GRAY
  52. 52.Figwort Family Penstemon, Penstemon unilateralis , RYDB.
  53. 53.Composite Family Gaillardia, Gaillardia aristata , PURSH
  54. 54.Composite Family Rabbit Brush, Chrysothamnus nauseosus , H. AND C.
  55. 55.Composite Family Easter Daisy, Townsendia sericea , HOOK.
  56. 56.Composite Family Showy Fleabane, Erigeron speciosus , C. FONG
  57. 57.Composite Family Alpine Sunflower, Hymenoxys grandiflora , PARKER
  58. 58.Composite Family Thistle, Circium undulatum , SPRENG.
  59. 59.CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS
  60. 60.HOW PLANT POPULATIONS MAINTAIN THEMSELVES AND SPREAD
  61. 61.FLOWER FORMS
  62. 62.PLANT PARTS
  63. 63.LEAF FORMS
  64. 64.BOOKS DEALING WITH COLORADO WILDFLOWERS
  65. 65.OTHER MUSEUM PICTORIALS
  66. 66.INDEX
  67. 67.Cattail Family Cattail, Typha latifolia , L.
  68. 68.Transcriber’s Notes

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