Recommended Native Plant List & Color Photo Guide

Asclepias speciosa: Showy Milkweed White Rock | Photo by Dana Ecelberger

Cleomella | Cleome serrulata

Rocky Mountain Bee Plant

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

Erysimum capitatum

Western Wallflower

Photo by Craig Martin

Gaillardia pulchella

Pinwheel Flower

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

Helianthus annuus

Annual Sunflower

Photo by Craig Martin

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

Jenna Stanek

Asclepias asperula

Antelope Horn Milkweed

Photo by Jenna Stanek

Asclepias latifolia

Broadleaf Milkweed

Photo by Craig Martin

Asclepias speciosa

Showy Milkweed

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

Asclepias subverticillata

Horsetail Milkweed

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly Weed

Photo by Craig Martin

Berlandiera lyrata

Chocolate Daisy

Photo by Craig Martin

Cirsium neomexicana

New Mexico Thistle

Photo by Craig Martin

Dalea purpurea

Violet Prairie Clover

Photo by Craig Martin

Gaillardia pinnatifida

Red Dome Blanketflower

Photo by Craig Martin

Geranium caespitosum

Pineywoods Geranium

Photo by Craig Martin

Heliomeris multiflora

Showy Goldeneye

Photo by Craig Martin

Liatris punctata

Spotted Gayfeather

Photo by Craig Martin

Linum lewisii

Wild Blue Flax

Photo by Craig Martin

Mirabilis multiflora

Showy Four-O-Clock

Photo by Craig Martin

Monarda fistulosa

Bee Balm

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

Oenethera caespitosa

Tufted Evening Primrose

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

Penstemon barbatus

Scarlet Bugler Penstemon

Photo by Craig Martin

Penstemon jamesii

James’ Penstemon

Photo by Craig Martin

Penstemon palmeri

Palmer’s Penstemon

Photo by Craig Martin

Penstemon pinifolius

Pineleaf Penstemon

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

Photo by Craig Martin

Penstemon secundiflorus

Sidebells Penstemon

Photo by Craig Martin

Penstemon strictus

Rocky Mountain Penstemon

Photo by Craig Martin

Ratibida columnifera

Upright Prairie Coneflower

There is a red form of this flower

Photo by Craig Martin

Rudbeckia laciniata

Cut Leaf Coneflower

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

Sphaeralcea coccinea

Scarlet Globemallow

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

Sphaeralcea fendleri

Fendler’s Globemallow

Photo by Craig Martin

Zinnia grandiflora

Prairie Zinnia

Photo by Craig Martin

Amorpha fruticosa

Indigo Bush

Photo by Craig Martin

Arctostaphylos pungens

Pointleaf Manzanita

Photo by Craig Martin

Cercocarpus montanus

Mountain Mahogany

Chamaebatiaria millifolium

Fernbush

Photo by Craig Martin

Chrysothamnus /Ericameria nauseous

Chamisa | Rubber Rabbitbrush

Photo by Craig Martin

Dasiphora fruticosa

Shrubby Cinquefoil

Photo by Craig Martin

Fallugia paradoxa

Apache Plume

Photo by Craig Martin

Prunus virginiana

Chokecherry | Bitterberry

Photo by Craig Martin

Rhus trilobata

Three Leaf Sumac

Fall foliage & Forestiera pubescens in the background

Photo by Dana Ecelberger

Forestiera pubescens

New Mexico Olive

Photo by Craig Martin

Pinus edulis

Pinyon Pine

Photo by Craig Martin

Pinus ponderosa

Ponderosa Pine

Photo by Craig Martin

Quercus gambelii

Gambel Oak

Photo by Craig Martin

Bouteloua gracilis

Blue Grama Grass

Photo by Craig Martin

Koelaria macrantha

Prairie Junegrass

Photo by Craig Martin

Pascopyrum smithii

Western Wheatgrass

Hilaria jamesii

James’ Galleta

Photo by Craig Martin

Schizachyrium scoparium

Little Bluestem

Photo by Craig Martin

Sorghastrum nutans

Indian Grass

Photo by Craig Martin

Sporobolus cryptandrus

Sand Dropseed

Photo by Craig Martin

Clematis columbiana

Rocky Mountain Clematis

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