Wildflowers of Rocky Mountain National Park

June/July-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

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

Yellow Coralroot
Corallorhiza trifida,
Orchid Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
June-July

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

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

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

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

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.

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