Recommended Native Plant List & Color Photo Guide

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Cleomella | Cleome serrulata

Rocky Mountain Bee Plant

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/cleome_serrulata.shtml

Erysimum capitatum

Western Wallflower

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=erca14

Gaillardia pulchella

Pinwheel Flower

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=GAPU

Helianthus annuus

Annual Sunflower

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=hean3

Helianthus petiolaris

Prairie Sunflower

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=hepe

Verbesina enceloides

Golden Crownbeard or Cowpen Daisy

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VEEN

Jenna Stanek

Asclepias asperula

Antelope Horn Milkweed

Photo by Jenna Stanek

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ASAS

Asclepias latifolia

Broadleaf Milkweed

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=asla4

Asclepias speciosa

Showy Milkweed

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=assp

Asclepias subverticillata

Horsetail Milkweed

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ASSU2

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly Weed

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=astu

Berlandiera lyrata

Chocolate Daisy

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=bely

Cirsium neomexicana

New Mexico Thistle

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.americansouthwest.net/plants/wildflowers/cirsium-neomexicanum.html

Dalea purpurea

Violet Prairie Clover

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=dapu5

Eriogonum jamesii

James’ Buckwheat

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Yellow%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/eriogonum%20jamesii.htm

Gaillardia pinnatifida

Red Dome Blanketflower

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=GAPI

Geranium caespitosum

Pineywoods Geranium

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=GECA3

Heliomeris multiflora

Showy Goldeneye

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEMU3

Liatris punctata

Spotted Gayfeather

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=lipu

Linum lewisii

Wild Blue Flax

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=lile3

Mirabilis multiflora

Showy Four-O-Clock

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=mimu

Monarda fistulosa

Bee Balm

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=mofi

Oenethera caespitosa

Tufted Evening Primrose

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=oeca10

Penstemon barbatus

Scarlet Bugler Penstemon

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=peba2

Penstemon jamesii

James’ Penstemon

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PEJA

Penstemon palmeri

Palmer’s Penstemon

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=pepa8

Penstemon pinifolius

Pineleaf Penstemon

(there is a yellow cultivar of this available in nurseries)

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PEPI3

Penstemon secundiflorus

Sidebells Penstemon

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PESE11

Penstemon strictus

Rocky Mountain Penstemon

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=pest2

Ratibida columnifera

Upright Prairie Coneflower

There is a red form of this flower

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=raco3

Rudbeckia laciniata

Cut Leaf Coneflower

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=rula3

Sphaeralcea coccinea

Scarlet Globemallow

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SPCO

Sphaeralcea fendleri

Fendler’s Globemallow

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=spfe

Zinnia grandiflora

Prairie Zinnia

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=zigr

Amorpha fruticosa

Indigo Bush

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=amfr

Arctostaphylos pungens

Pointleaf Manzanita

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=arpu5

Cercocarpus montanus

Mountain Mahogany

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=cemo2

Chamaebatiaria millifolium

Fernbush

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=chmi2

Chrysothamnus /Ericameria nauseous

Chamisa | Rubber Rabbitbrush

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/ericameria_nauseosa.shtml

Dasiphora fruticosa

Shrubby Cinquefoil

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=dafr6

Fallugia paradoxa

Apache Plume

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=FAPA

Nolina microcarpa

Bear Grass

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=nomi

Prunus virginiana

Chokecherry | Bitterberry

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PRVI

Rhus trilobata

Three Leaf Sumac

Fall foliage & Forestiera pubescens in the background

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=rhtr

Forestiera pubescens

New Mexico Olive

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=fopu2

Pinus edulis

Pinyon Pine

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=pied

Pinus ponderosa

Ponderosa Pine

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_ponderosa.php

Quercus gambelii

Gambel Oak

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=quga

Bouteloua gracilis

Blue Grama Grass

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=bogr2

Koelaria macrantha

Prairie Junegrass

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=KOMA

Pascopyrum smithii

Western Wheatgrass

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=pasm

Hilaria jamesii

James’ Galleta

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/pleuraphis_jamesii.shtml

Schizachyrium scoparium

Little Bluestem

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SCSC

Sorghastrum nutans

Indian Grass

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=sonu2

Sporobolus cryptandrus

Sand Dropseed

Photo by Craig Martin

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SPCR

Clematis columbiana

Rocky Mountain Clematis

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=clco2