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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
Picture
Picture

Yellow Stonecrop,
Spearleaf Stonecrop

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

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

Mountain Parsley
Cymopterus lemmonii,
Parsley (Carrot) Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
May-July
Picture
Photo M. Borneman

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

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

Leafy Cinquefoil,
Bigflower Cinquefoil

Potentilla fissa,
Rose Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
May-August
Picture

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

Oregon Grape,
Creeping Barberry

Mahonia repens,
Barberry Family, 
Montane,
April-June
Picture

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

Nuttall Buttercup,
Tadpole Buttercup

​Ranunculus ranunculinus,
Buttercup Family,
Foothills-Montane,
April-June
Picture
Picture

Wavy-leaf Dandelion,
​Sharppoint Prairie Dandelion

Nothocalais cuspidata,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane,
April-June
Picture
Picture

Whiskbroom Parsley
Harbouria trachypleura,
Parsley (Carrot) Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-July
Picture
Picture
Photo M. Borneman

Meadow Arnica,
Foothill Arnica

Arnica fulgens,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-August
Picture
Picture

Common Yellow Salsify,
Yellow Goatsbeard

Tragopogon dubius,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-August
Picture
Picture

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

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

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

Golden Smoke,
Scrambled Eggs

Corydalis aurea,
Fumitory Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-August
Picture
Picture

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

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

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

Fendler’s Ragwort
Packera fendleri,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-September
Picture
Picture
Photo M. Borneman

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

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