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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 ↓

alsike clover ¹
Trifolium hybridum

red clover ²
Trifolium pratense

Alfalfa ³
Medicago sativa

black medick ⁴
Medicago lupulina

White Sweet Clover ⁴
Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover ⁴
Melilotus officinalis

silvery lupine ³
Lupinus argenteus

Nevada Sweet Pea ⁵
Lathyrus lanszwertii

American Vetch ⁶
Vicia americana

field milkvetch ⁷
Astragalus agrestis

Two-grooved Milkvetch ⁸
Astragalus bisulcatus

Drummond's Milkvetch ³
Astragalus drummondii

Flexible Milkvetch ⁹
Astragalus flexuosus

Laxmann's milkvetch ³
Astragalus laxmannii

Timber Milkvetch ¹⁰
Astragalus miser

Ground-plum ³
Astragalus crassicarpus

Parry's Milkvetch ¹¹
Astragalus parryi

Early Purple Milkvetch ¹²
Astragalus shortianus

wild licorice ¹³
Glycyrrhiza lepidota

stemless point-vetch ¹⁴
Oxytropis lambertii

White Prairie Clover ¹⁵
Dalea candida

Purple Prairie Clover ¹⁶
Dalea purpurea

spreadfruit goldenbanner ¹⁷
Thermopsis divaricarpa

Mountain goldenbean ¹⁸
Thermopsis montana

false lupine ³
Thermopsis rhombifolia

Slimflower Scurfpea ¹⁹
Pediomelum tenuiflorum

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Plants of Roxborough State Park

alsike clover 1 Trifolium hybridum

red clover 2 Trifolium pratense

Alfalfa 3 Medicago sativa

black medick 4 Medicago lupulina

White Sweet Clover 4 Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover 4 Melilotus officinalis

silvery lupine 3 Lupinus argenteus

Nevada Sweet Pea 5 Lathyrus lanszwertii

American Vetch 6 Vicia americana

field milkvetch 7 Astragalus agrestis

Two-grooved Milkvetch 8 Astragalus bisulcatus

Drummond's Milkvetch 3 Astragalus drummondii

Flexible Milkvetch 9 Astragalus flexuosus

Laxmann's milkvetch 3 Astragalus laxmannii

Timber Milkvetch 10 Astragalus miser

Ground-plum 3 Astragalus crassicarpus

Parry's Milkvetch 11 Astragalus parryi

Early Purple Milkvetch 12 Astragalus shortianus

wild licorice 13 Glycyrrhiza lepidota

stemless point-vetch 14 Oxytropis lambertii

White Prairie Clover 15 Dalea candida

Purple Prairie Clover 16 Dalea purpurea

spreadfruit goldenbanner 17 Thermopsis divaricarpa

Mountain goldenbean 18 Thermopsis montana

false lupine 3 Thermopsis rhombifolia

Slimflower Scurfpea 19 Pediomelum tenuiflorum