Wildflowers of Rocky Mountain National Park

August/September-Montane-Yellow Flowers

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

Avalanche Lily,
Glacier Lily
Erythronium grandiflorum,
Lily Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
June-August

Golden Draba
Draba aurea,
Mustard Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
June-August

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

Alpine Golden Buckwheat
Eriogonum flavum,
Buckwheat Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
June-September

Rocky Mountain Goldenrod
Solidago multiradiata,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
July-September

Heartleaf Arnica
Arnica cordifolia,
Sunflower Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
June-September

Rocky Mountain Pond Lily
Nuphar polysepala,
Waterlily Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
June-September

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

Wooton’s Ragwort
Senecio wootonii,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
June-August

Western Golden Ragwort,
Cut-leaf Groundsel
Senecio eremophilus,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
June-September

Tasselflower,
Brickellbush
Brickella grandiflora,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
July-September

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

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.

Yellow Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja flava,
Broomrape Family,
Foothills-Montane,
June-September

Cutleaf Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane,
July-September

Broom Ragwort,
Narrow-leaved Butterweed,
Broom Senecio
Senecio spartiodes,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane,
July-September

Rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa,
Foothills-Montane,
August-October

M Borneman