Wildflowers of Rocky Mountain National Park

April/May-Montane-Yellow Flowers

Each Wildflower includes:
Common Name,
Latin Name,
Family Name,
Life Zone,
and Season

Western Wallflower
Erysimum capitatum,
Mustard Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
May-August

Yellow Stonecrop,
Spearleaf Stonecrop
Sedum lanceolatum,
Stonecrop Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
May-September

Nuttall’s Violet
Viola nuttallii,
Violet Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
April-June

Mountain Parsley
Cymopterus lemmonii,
Parsley (Carrot) Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
May-July

Photo M. Borneman

Golden Banner
Thermopsis divaricarpa,
Pea Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
May-August

Lambs-Tongue Ragwort
Senecio integerrimus,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
May-August

Leafy Cinquefoil,
Bigflower Cinquefoil
Potentilla fissa,
Rose Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
May-August

Sagebrush Buttercup
Ranunculus glaberrimus,
Buttercup Family,
Montane,
March-June

Oregon Grape,
Creeping Barberry
Mahonia repens,
Barberry Family,
Montane,
April-June

Sulphur-flower
Eriogonum umbellatum,
Buckwheat Family,
Foothills-Montane,
March-August

Nuttall Buttercup,
Tadpole Buttercup
Ranunculus ranunculinus,
Buttercup Family,
Foothills-Montane,
April-June

Wavy-leaf Dandelion,
Sharppoint Prairie Dandelion
Nothocalais cuspidata,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane,
April-June

Whiskbroom Parsley
Harbouria trachypleura,
Parsley (Carrot) Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-July

Photo M. Borneman

Meadow Arnica,
Foothill Arnica
Arnica fulgens,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-August

Common Yellow Salsify,
Yellow Goatsbeard
Tragopogon dubius,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-August

Many Flowered Puccoon
Lithospermum multiflorum,
Borage Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-August

Narrow-leaf Puccoon
Lithospermum incisum,
Borage Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-August

Mountain Bladderpod
Lesquerella montana,
Mustard Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-August

Golden Smoke,
Scrambled Eggs
Corydalis aurea,
Fumitory Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-August

Bigflower Cinquefoil
Potentilla fissa,
Rose Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-August

Western Prickly Pear
Opuntia macrorhiza,
Cactus Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-August

Blanketflower
Gaillardia aristata,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-September

Fendler’s Ragwort
Packera fendleri,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-September

Photo M. Borneman

Dalmatian Toadflax
Linaria dalmatica,
Plantain Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-October
(Introduced, noxious weed)