Wildflowers of Rocky Mountain National Park

April/May-Montane-White Flowers

Each Wildflower includes: 
Common Name,
Latin Name,
Family Name,
Life Zone,
​and Season
Mouse-eared Chickweed
Cerastium arvense,
Pink Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
April-July
Pygmyflower Rockjasmine,
​Northern Fairy Candelabra
Androsace septentrionalis,
Primrose Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
May-July
Cutleaf Daisy
Erigeron coulteri,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
​April-August
Snowball Saxifrage,
Diamond-leaf Saxifrage
Micranthes rhomboidea,
Saxifrange Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
​April-September
Mountain Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana,
Rose Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
​May-July
Small-leaf Pussy Toes,
Sunloving Catspaw
Antennaria parvifolia,
Sunflower Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
May-July
(Photo: M. Borneman)
​Canadian White Violet
Viola canadensis,
Violet Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
April-July
Fairy Bells
Prosartes trachycarpa,
Lily Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
​May-July
Gunnison’s Mariposa Lily
Calochortus gunnisonii,
Lily Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
May-July
Solomon’s Seal
Maianthemum racemosum,
Butcher’s Broom Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
May-July
Star Solomon's Seal,
Star Solomon's Plume,
False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum stellatum,
Butcher's Broom Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
​May-August
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum,
Onion Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
May-August
Northern Bedstraw
Galium boreale,
Madder Family,
Foothils-Montane-Subalpine,
​May-August
Stemless Easter Daisy
​Townsendia exscapa,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane,
April-June
Common Sand Lily
Leucocrinum montanum,
Agave Family,
Foothills-Montane,
​April-June
Miner’s Candle
Cryptantha virgata,
Borage Family,
Foothills-Montane,
​May-July
​Spiked Ipomopsis,
Spiked Skyrocket,
Spiked Gilia
​Ipomopsis spicata,
Phlox Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-July.
Parry’s Milkvetch
Astragalus parryi,
Parsley (Carrot) Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-July
Field Pennycress
Thlaspi arvense,
Mustard Family,
Foothills-Montane,
​May-August
Cutleaf Evening Primrose
​Oenothera coronopifolia,
Evening Primrose Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-August
White Stemless Evening Primrose,
Tufted Evening Primrose
Oenothera caespitosa,
Evening Primrose Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-August
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