Rocky Mountain Day Hikes

White Wildflowers of
​Rocky Mountain National Park

Each photograph includes: 
Common Name,
Latin Name,
Family Name,
Life Zone,
​and Season
Mountain Dryad,
Mountain Avens
Dryas octopetala,
Rose Family,
Alpine,
June-August
Rock Jasmine
Androsace chamaejasme,
Primrose Family,
Alpine,
June-August
Alpine Spring Beauty
Claytonia megarhiza, 
Miner’s Lettuce Family,
Alpine,
June-August
Rocky Mountain Snowlover
​Chionophila jamesii,
Plantain Family,
Alpine,
July-August
Alpine Sandwort,
Alpine Stitchwort
Minuartia obtusiloba,
Pink Family,
Alpine,
June-September
White Marsh Marigold
Caltha leptosepala,
Buttercup Family,
​Subalpine-Alpine,
May-July
Globeflower
Trollius laxus,
Buttercup Family,
Subalpine-Alpine,
May-July
Narcissus Anemone
Anemone narcissiflor,
Buttercup Family,
Subalpine-Alpine,
May-August
Alplily, Alpine Lily
Lloydia serotina,
Lily Family,
Subalpine-Alpine,
June-August
Brandegee’s Sky Pilot,
Honey Polemonium
​Polemonium brandegeei,
Phlox Family,
Subalpine-Alpine,
June-August
Parry’s Lousewort
Pedicularis parryi,
Broomrape Family,
Subalpine-Alpine,
Late June-August
(Photo: M.Borneman)
Alpine Phlox
Phlox condensata,
Phlox Family,
Subalpine-Alpine, 
​June-September
Alpine Bistort
​Bistorta vivipara,
Buckwheat Family,
Subalpine-Alpine,
June-September
Arctic Gentian
Gentiana algida,
Gentian Family,
Subalpine-Alpine,
Late July-September
Mouse-eared Chickweed
Cerastium arvense,
Pink Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
April-July
American Bistort
Bistorta bistortoides,
Buckwheat Family, 
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
June-August
Mountain Death Camas,
Wand Lily
Zigadenus elegans,
False Hellebore Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
​June-August
​Side-Flowered Mitrewort,
White Mitrewort
Mitella stauropetala,
Saxifrage Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
June-August
Alpine Milkvetch
​Astragalus alpinus,
Pea Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
June-August
Fendler's Sandwort
Eremogone fendleri,
Pink Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
​June-August
Dotted Saxifrage,
Spotted Saxifrage
Saxifraga bronchialis,
Saxifrage Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
​June-September
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium,
Sunflower Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
​June-September
Wood Nymph
Moneses uniflora,
Heath Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
​July-September
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)
Heartleaf Bittercress
Cardamine cordifolia,
Mustard Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
​June-August
Sickletop Lousewort
Pedicularis racemosa,
Broomrape Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
(Photo: M. Borneman)
Giant Lousewort
Pedicularis procera,
Broomrape Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
June-August
(Photo: M. Borneman)
​Bracted Lousewort,
Fernleaf Lousewort,
Payson’s Lousewort
Pedicularis bracteosa,
Broomrape Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
June-August
Buckbean
​Menyanthes trifoliata,
Buckbean Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
June-August
Hooded Lady’s Tresses
Spiranthes romanzoffiana,
Orchid Family, 
Montane-Subalpine,
​July-September
Pearly Everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea,
Sunflower Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
July-September
Brooke Saxifrage
​Micranthes odontoloma,
Saxifrage Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
July-September
​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
Cow Parsnip
Heracleum maximum,
Parsley (Carrot) Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
June-August
​Fendler’s Meadow-rue
Thalictrum fendleri,
Buttercup Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
June-August
Silverleaf Phacelia,
Silverleaf Scorpionweed
​Phacelia hastata,
Waterleaf Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
June-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
Richardson's Geranium
​Geranium richardsonii,
Geranium Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
June-September
​White Campion
Silene latifolia,
Pink family,
Foothills-Montane.
June-September.
Non-Native plant, Introduced.
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