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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 ↓

Common Purslane ¹
Portulaca oleracea

starvation prickly-pear ²
Opuntia polyacantha

twist spine prickly pear ³
Opuntia macrorhiza

Arrowleaf Tearthumb ⁴
Persicaria sagittata

common knotweed ⁵
Polygonum arenastrum

Prostrate Knotweed ⁶
Polygonum aviculare

Black Bindweed ⁵
Fallopia convolvulus

Sheep's Sorrel ⁷
Rumex acetosella

curly dock ⁸
Rumex crispus

sulfur buckwheat ⁹
Eriogonum umbellatum

annual buckwheat ¹⁰
Eriogonum annuum

field chickweed ¹¹
Cerastium arvense

Bouncing Bet ¹²
Saponaria officinalis

white campion ¹³
Silene latifolia

Narrowleaf Four o'Clock ¹⁴
Mirabilis linearis

common lamb's-quarters ¹⁵
Chenopodium album

Redroot Pigweed ¹⁶
Amaranthus retroflexus

tumbleweed ¹⁷
Salsola tragus

lanceleaf spring beauty ¹⁸
Claytonia lanceolata

western springbeauty ¹⁹
Claytonia rosea

Redstem Springbeauty ²⁰
Claytonia rubra

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Plants of Roxborough State Park

Common Purslane 1 Portulaca oleracea

starvation prickly-pear 2 Opuntia polyacantha

twist spine prickly pear 3 Opuntia macrorhiza

Arrowleaf Tearthumb 4 Persicaria sagittata

common knotweed 5 Polygonum arenastrum

Prostrate Knotweed 6 Polygonum aviculare

Black Bindweed 5 Fallopia convolvulus

Sheep's Sorrel 7 Rumex acetosella

curly dock 8 Rumex crispus

sulfur buckwheat 9 Eriogonum umbellatum

annual buckwheat 10 Eriogonum annuum

field chickweed 11 Cerastium arvense

Bouncing Bet 12 Saponaria officinalis

white campion 13 Silene latifolia

Narrowleaf Four o'Clock 14 Mirabilis linearis

common lamb's-quarters 15 Chenopodium album

Redroot Pigweed 16 Amaranthus retroflexus

tumbleweed 17 Salsola tragus

lanceleaf spring beauty 18 Claytonia lanceolata

western springbeauty 19 Claytonia rosea

Redstem Springbeauty 20 Claytonia rubra