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Plants of Roxborough State Park

Roxborough State Park is located approximately twenty-five miles southwest of Denver in Douglas County. Over 105,000 people visit this day-use park each year. Local schools, scouting groups, and clubs make up a significant portion of park visitation. Families and groups of international ...more ↓

Broad-leaved Hemp-nettle ¹
Galeopsis ladanum

prostrate vervain ²
Verbena bracteata

blue vervain ³
Verbena hastata

Balkan Toadflax ²
Linaria dalmatica

Common Toadflax ⁴
Linaria vulgaris

American brooklime ⁵
Veronica americana

blue water-speedwell ⁶
Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Two-lobe Speedwell ⁷
Veronica biloba

Common Plantain ⁸
Plantago major

English plantain ⁹
Plantago lanceolata

Maiden Blue-eyed Mary ¹⁰
Collinsia parviflora

Oneside penstemon ¹¹
Penstemon unilateralis

broadbeard beardtongue ¹²
Penstemon angustifolius

Sidebells Penstemon ¹³
Penstemon secundiflorus

Sawsepal Penstemon ¹⁴
Penstemon glaber

Upright Blue Beardtongue ²
Penstemon virgatus

Front Range Beardtongue ¹⁵
Penstemon virens

thistle poppy ¹⁶
Argemone polyanthemos

blue columbine ¹⁷
Aquilegia coerulea

Fendler's Meadow-rue ¹⁸
Thalictrum fendleri

Nuttall's larkspur ¹⁹
Delphinium nuttallianum

western virgin's bower ²⁰
Clematis ligusticifolia

prairie pasqueflower ²¹
Pulsatilla nuttalliana

creeping mahonia ⁷
Berberis repens

Hairy Nightshade ²²
Solanum physalifolium

buffalo bur ⁴
Solanum rostratum

American Nightshade ²³
Solanum americanum

Field Bindweed ²⁴
Convolvulus arvensis

Common Snowberry ²⁵
Symphoricarpos albus

Western Snowberry ²⁶
Symphoricarpos occidentalis

guelder-rose ²⁷
Viburnum opulus

Oriental Desert-parsley ²⁸
Lomatium orientale

Osha ²⁹
Ligusticum porteri

poison hemlock ³⁰
Conium maculatum

scarlet globemallow ³¹
Sphaeralcea coccinea

dwarf mallow ³²
Malva neglecta

cheeseweed mallow ³³
Malva parviflora

winecup mallow ³⁴
Callirhoe involucrata

bastard toadflax ³⁵
Comandra umbellata

eastern cottonwood ³⁶
Populus deltoides

narrowleaf willow ⁷
Salix exigua

Nuttall's Violet ³⁷
Viola nuttallii

Canada violet ³⁸
Viola canadensis

Prairie Violet ³⁹
Viola pedatifida

Lewis flax ⁴⁰
Linum lewisii

leafy spurge ⁷
Euphorbia esula

myrtle spurge ²⁵
Euphorbia myrsinites

snow-on-the-mountain ⁴¹
Euphorbia marginata

Common St John's Wort ⁴²
Hypericum perforatum

Aunt Lucy ⁷
Ellisia nyctelea

Fendler's Waterleaf ⁴³
Hydrophyllum fendleri

Corn Gromwell ⁴⁴
Buglossoides arvensis

western false gromwell ⁴⁵
Lithospermum occidentale

false gromwell ⁴⁶
Lithospermum parviflorum

Hound's-tongue ⁴²
Cynoglossum officinale

mountain bluebells ⁴⁷
Mertensia ciliata

Prairie Bluebells ⁴⁸
Mertensia lanceolata

Small Alison ⁴⁹
Alyssum alyssoides

Field Alison ⁵⁰
Alyssum simplex

Hoary Alyssum ⁸
Berteroa incana

Wood Whitlow-grass ⁴
Draba nemorosa

whitetop ⁵¹
Lepidium draba

American yellowrocket ⁵²
Barbarea orthoceras

Mountain Bladderpod ⁵³
Physaria montana

Roundtip Twinpod ⁵⁴
Physaria vitulifera

Field Penny-cress ⁵⁵
Thlaspi arvense

Fendler's pennycress ⁵⁶
Noccaea fendleri

mountain pennycress ⁵⁷
Noccaea montana

crossflower ⁵⁸
Chorispora tenella

shepherd's purse ⁵⁹
Capsella bursa-pastoris

littlepod false flax ⁶⁰
Camelina microcarpa

mountain tansymustard ⁶¹
Descurainia incana

Prairie-rocket Wallflower ²
Erysimum asperum

western wallflower ⁶²
Erysimum capitatum

dame's rocket ⁶³
Hesperis matronalis

Tower Mustard ⁶⁴
Turritis glabra

tumble mustard ⁷
Sisymbrium altissimum

wild black currant ⁶⁵
Ribes americanum

golden currant ⁶⁶
Ribes aureum

wax currant ⁶⁷
Ribes cereum

Trumpet gooseberry ²
Ribes leptanthum

mountain gooseberry ⁶⁸
Ribes montigenum

littleleaf alumroot ²
Heuchera parvifolia

spearleaf stonecrop ⁷
Sedum lanceolatum

Virginia creeper ⁶⁹
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

riverbank grape ⁷⁰
Vitis riparia

Geyer's sedge ⁷¹
Carex geyeri

Rocky Mountain Sedge ⁷²
Carex saximontana

Barnyardgrass ⁶⁵
Echinochloa crus-galli

Witch Grass ⁷³
Panicum capillare

little bluestem ⁷⁴
Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass ⁷
Sorghastrum nutans

Redtop ⁷⁵
Agrostis gigantea

orchard grass ⁷
Dactylis glomerata

sixweeks fescue ⁷
Vulpia octoflora

canary grass ⁷
Phalaris canariensis

Prairie Bluegrass ⁷⁶
Poa arida

bulbous bluegrass ⁷⁷
Poa bulbosa

Canadian Bluegrass ⁷⁸
Poa compressa

muttongrass ⁷
Poa fendleriana

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Plants of Roxborough State Park

Broad-leaved Hemp-nettle 1 Galeopsis ladanum

prostrate vervain 2 Verbena bracteata

blue vervain 3 Verbena hastata

Balkan Toadflax 2 Linaria dalmatica

Common Toadflax 4 Linaria vulgaris

American brooklime 5 Veronica americana

blue water-speedwell 6 Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Two-lobe Speedwell 7 Veronica biloba

Common Plantain 8 Plantago major

English plantain 9 Plantago lanceolata

Maiden Blue-eyed Mary 10 Collinsia parviflora

Oneside penstemon 11 Penstemon unilateralis

broadbeard beardtongue 12 Penstemon angustifolius

Sidebells Penstemon 13 Penstemon secundiflorus

Sawsepal Penstemon 14 Penstemon glaber

Upright Blue Beardtongue 2 Penstemon virgatus

Front Range Beardtongue 15 Penstemon virens

thistle poppy 16 Argemone polyanthemos

blue columbine 17 Aquilegia coerulea

Fendler's Meadow-rue 18 Thalictrum fendleri

Nuttall's larkspur 19 Delphinium nuttallianum

western virgin's bower 20 Clematis ligusticifolia

prairie pasqueflower 21 Pulsatilla nuttalliana

creeping mahonia 7 Berberis repens

Hairy Nightshade 22 Solanum physalifolium

buffalo bur 4 Solanum rostratum

American Nightshade 23 Solanum americanum

Field Bindweed 24 Convolvulus arvensis

Common Snowberry 25 Symphoricarpos albus

Western Snowberry 26 Symphoricarpos occidentalis

guelder-rose 27 Viburnum opulus

Oriental Desert-parsley 28 Lomatium orientale

Osha 29 Ligusticum porteri

poison hemlock 30 Conium maculatum

scarlet globemallow 31 Sphaeralcea coccinea

dwarf mallow 32 Malva neglecta

cheeseweed mallow 33 Malva parviflora

winecup mallow 34 Callirhoe involucrata

bastard toadflax 35 Comandra umbellata

eastern cottonwood 36 Populus deltoides

narrowleaf willow 7 Salix exigua

Nuttall's Violet 37 Viola nuttallii

Canada violet 38 Viola canadensis

Prairie Violet 39 Viola pedatifida

Lewis flax 40 Linum lewisii

leafy spurge 7 Euphorbia esula

myrtle spurge 25 Euphorbia myrsinites

snow-on-the-mountain 41 Euphorbia marginata

Common St John's Wort 42 Hypericum perforatum

Aunt Lucy 7 Ellisia nyctelea

Fendler's Waterleaf 43 Hydrophyllum fendleri

Corn Gromwell 44 Buglossoides arvensis

western false gromwell 45 Lithospermum occidentale

false gromwell 46 Lithospermum parviflorum

Hound's-tongue 42 Cynoglossum officinale

mountain bluebells 47 Mertensia ciliata

Prairie Bluebells 48 Mertensia lanceolata

Small Alison 49 Alyssum alyssoides

Field Alison 50 Alyssum simplex

Hoary Alyssum 8 Berteroa incana

Wood Whitlow-grass 4 Draba nemorosa

whitetop 51 Lepidium draba

American yellowrocket 52 Barbarea orthoceras

Mountain Bladderpod 53 Physaria montana

Roundtip Twinpod 54 Physaria vitulifera

Field Penny-cress 55 Thlaspi arvense

Fendler's pennycress 56 Noccaea fendleri

mountain pennycress 57 Noccaea montana

crossflower 58 Chorispora tenella

shepherd's purse 59 Capsella bursa-pastoris

littlepod false flax 60 Camelina microcarpa

mountain tansymustard 61 Descurainia incana

Prairie-rocket Wallflower 2 Erysimum asperum

western wallflower 62 Erysimum capitatum

dame's rocket 63 Hesperis matronalis

Tower Mustard 64 Turritis glabra

tumble mustard 7 Sisymbrium altissimum

wild black currant 65 Ribes americanum

golden currant 66 Ribes aureum