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COLORADO NATIVE FLOWERS


  • Aspen daisy (showy daisy) - Erigeron speciosus - Part sun, Dry/Moist
  • Black-eyed susan - Rudbeckia hirta - Part sun, Dry/Moist
  • Blanket flower - Gaillardia aristata - Sun Dry
  • Blue flax - Adenolinum (Linum) lewisii - Sun Dry
  • Blue vervain - Verbena hastata - Sun Moist
  • Broom snakeweed - Gutierrezia sarothrae - Sun Dry
  • Bush sunflower - Helianthus pumilus - Sun Dry
  • Colorado columbine - Aquilegia caerulea - Sun/shade - Colorado State flower
  • Fringed sage - Artemisia - Dry
  • Golden banner - Thermopsis divaricarpa - Part sun, Moist
  • Goldenrod - Solidago spp. - Sun,Dry/Moist
  • Greenleaf penstemon (blue mist) - Penstemon virens - Part sun Dry
  • Harebell (bluebells) - Campanula rotundifolia - Part sun Moist
  • Lupine (silvery) - Lupinus argenteus - Sun Dry/Moist
  • Nelson's larkspur - Delphinium nelsonii - Sun Dry
  • One-sided penstemon - Penstemon secundiflorus -Part sun Dry
  • Prairie clover - Dalea purpurea - Sun Dry
  • Prairie coneflower - Ratibida columnifera - Sun Dry
  • Prairie sage (Sagewort) - Artemisia ludoviciana - Dry
  • Prickly pear cactus - Opuntia macrorhiza (compressa) - Sun Dry
  • Prickly pear cactus - Opuntia polyacantha Sun Dry
  • Pussytoes - Antennaria parvifolia - Dry Rocky Mountain beeplant - Cleome serrulata - Sun Dry
  • Rocky Mountain penstemon - Penstemon strictus - Part sun Dry/Moist
  • Rocky Mountain wild iris - Iris missouriensis - Part sun moist
  • Scarlet globe mallow - Sphaeralcea coccinea - Sun Dry
  • Showy milkweed - Asclepias speciosa - Sun, Moist
  • Spiderwort - Tradescantia occidentalis - Sun Dry/Moist
  • Spiny goldenweed - Machaeranthera pinnatifida - Sun Dry
  • Spotted gayfeather (Dottedgayfeather) - Liatris punctata - Sun Dry
  • Sulphur flower - Eriogonum umbellatum - Sun Dry
  • Swamp milkweed - Asclepias incarnata - Sun Moist
  • Tall beard-tongue - Penstemon virgatus - Part sun Dry/Moist
  • Western wallflower - Erysimum asperum - Sun Dry
  • Whipple's penstemon - Penstemon whippleanus - Part sun Dry
  • White evening primrose - Oenothera caespitosa - Sun Dry
  • White yarrow (Woolly yarrow) - Achillea lanulosa - Part sun Dry/Moist
  • Wild bergamot (Horsemint or Beebalm) - Monarda fistulosa - Part sun Dry/Moist
  • Wild geranium (Pineywoods geranium) - Geranium caespitosum - Part sun Moist
  • Wild verbena - Glandularia (Verbena) bipinnatifida - Sun Dry
  • Yellow stemless evening primrose - Oenothera howardii (brachycarpa) - Sun, Dry

COLORADO NATIVE GRASSES


  • Alkali sacaton - Sporobolus airoides - Moist
  • Arizona fescue - Festuca arizonica - Dry
  • Big bluestem - Andropogon gerardii - Dry
  • Blue grama - Chondrosum gracile (Bouteloua gracilis) - Dry
  • Blue wild rye - Elymus glaucus - Moist
  • Bluebunch wheatgrass - Pseudoroegneria (Agropyron) spicatum - Dry-moist
  • Buffalograss - Buchloe dactyloides - Dry
  • Indian grass - Sorghastrum avenaceum (nutans) - Dry-moist
  • Indian ricegrass - Achnatherum (Orzyopsis) hymenoides - Dry
  • Junegrass - Koeleria macrantha - Dry
  • Little bluestem - Schizachyrium scoparium - Dry
  • Mountain muhly - Muhlenbergia montana - Dry
  • Needle-and-thread - Hesperostipa (Stipa) comata - Dry
  • New Mexico feathergrass - Hesperostipa (Stipa) neomexicana - Dry
  • Prairie cordgrass - Spartina pectinata - Moist
  • Prairie dropseed - Sporobolus heterolepis - Dry
  • Prairie sandreed - Calamovilfa longifolia - Dry
  • Sand dropseed - Sporobolus cryptandrus - Dry
  • Side-oats grama - Bouteloua curtipendula - Dry
  • Switchgrass - Panicum virgatum - Dry-moist
  • Tufted hairgrass - Deschampsia cespitosa Ornamental/Turf - Moist
  • Western wheatgrass - Pascopyrum (Agropyron) smithii- Dry-moist