Plants of Mueller State Park

Mueller State Park preserves an area of semi-wilderness within a short drive of one of Colorado’s largest metropolitan areas – Colorado Springs. The park is located on the western flank of Pike’s Peak, at elevations between 8900-9800 feet. Mueller is comprised of 5,121 acres of land, owned by ...more ↓

wavyleaf thistle 1
Cirsium undulatum
Musk Thistle 2
Carduus nutans
lesser burdock 3
Arctium minus
chicory 4
Cichorium intybus
common dandelion 5
Taraxacum officinale
dandelion hawksbeard 6
Crepis runcinata
orange agoseris 7
Agoseris aurantiaca
Pale agoseris 8
Agoseris glauca
yellow salsify 9
Tragopogon dubius
Tasselflower Brickellia 7
Brickellia grandiflora
small-leaf pussytoes 10
Antennaria parvifolia
Showy Pussytoes 11
Antennaria pulcherrima
pink everlasting 12
Antennaria rosea
Ox-eye Daisy 13
Leucanthemum vulgare
Field Wormwood 14
Artemisia campestris
fringed sagebrush 15
Artemisia frigida
silver wormwood 16
Artemisia ludoviciana
common yarrow 17
Achillea millefolium
Pineapple Weed 18
Matricaria discoidea
rubber rabbitbrush 8
Ericameria nauseosa
Parry's Goldenrod 19
Oreochrysum parryi
Missouri goldenrod 20
Solidago missouriensis
Sticky Goldenrod 19
Solidago simplex simplex
yellow rabbitbrush 21
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Siskiyou Aster 22
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum hesperium
alpine leafybract aster 23
Symphyotrichum foliaceum
Hooker's Townsend-daisy 8
Townsendia hookeri
hairy goldenaster 8
Heterotheca villosa
Horseweed 24
Erigeron canadensis
cut-leaf fleabane 25
Erigeron compositus
trailing fleabane 26
Erigeron flagellaris
Beautiful Fleabane 27
Erigeron formosissimus
Three-nerve Fleabane 28
Erigeron subtrinervis
Early Bluetop Fleabane 29
Erigeron vetensis
daisy fleabane 30
Erigeron strigosus
Curly-cup Gumweed 31
Grindelia squarrosa
subalpine gumweed 32
Grindelia subalpina
Hoary Tansyaster 33
Dieteria canescens
Nodding Ragwort 34
Senecio bigelovii
desert groundsel 10
Senecio eremophilus
Bashful ragwort 35
Senecio pudicus
broom-like ragwort 7
Senecio spartioides
common groundsel 36
Senecio vulgaris
Wooton's ragwort 37
Senecio wootonii
woolly groundsel 8
Packera cana
Fendler's ragwort 38
Packera fendleri
ragwort 2
Jacobaea vulgaris
black-eyed Susan 39
Rudbeckia hirta
upright prairie coneflower 40
Ratibida columnifera
Nuttall's Sunflower 41
Helianthus nuttallii
great blanketflower 42
Gaillardia aristata
red dome blanketflower 43
Gaillardia pinnatifida
Indian blanket 44
Gaillardia pulchella
owlsclaws 7
Hymenoxys hoopesii
Colorado rubberweed 8
Hymenoxys richardsonii
ragleaf bahia 45
Bahia dissecta
Parry's Northern Harebell 46
Campanula parryi
Harebell 47
Campanula rotundifolia
Redstem Filaree 48
Erodium cicutarium
Richardson's geranium 49
Geranium richardsonii
sticky geranium 50
Geranium viscosissimum
pineywoods geranium 51
Geranium caespitosum
mountain maple 12
Acer glabrum
scarlet beeblossom 21
Oenothera suffrutescens
hairy evening primrose 52
Oenothera villosa
crownleaf evening primrose 53
Oenothera coronopifolia
Fragrant Evening Primrose 54
Oenothera cespitosa
fringed willowherb 55
Epilobium ciliatum
fireweed 56
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Lanceleaf Figwort 57
Scrophularia lanceolata
common mullein 58
Verbascum thapsus
wholeleaf Indian paintbrush 59
Castilleja integra
Wyoming Indian paintbrush 60
Castilleja linariifolia
giant red Indian paintbrush 61
Castilleja miniata
Canadian wood betony 31
Pedicularis canadensis
Elephant's Head 7
Pedicularis groenlandica
Giant Lousewort 62
Pedicularis procera
Yellow Owl's-clover 63
Orthocarpus luteus
Corn Mint 64
Mentha arvensis
American dragonhead 65
Dracocephalum parviflorum
Britton's Skullcap 66
Scutellaria brittonii
Marsh Woundwort 67
Stachys palustris
Common Toadflax 31
Linaria vulgaris
White River coraldrops 37
Veronica plantaginea
American brooklime 68
Veronica americana
common plantain 69
Plantago major
beardlip penstemon 70
Penstemon barbatus
Sawsepal Penstemon 71
Penstemon glaber
Rocky Mountain penstemon 72
Penstemon strictus
Upright Blue Beardtongue 7
Penstemon virgatus
Front Range Beardtongue 73
Penstemon virens
Whipple's penstemon 74
Penstemon whippleanus
scrambled eggs 37
Corydalis aurea
Colorado Blue Columbine 37
Aquilegia coerulea
Fendler's meadow-rue 63
Thalictrum fendleri
Nuttall's larkspur 75
Delphinium nuttallianum
Mountain larkspur 76
Delphinium ramosum
Columbian Monkshood 77
Aconitum columbianum
heartleaf buttercup 78
Ranunculus cardiophyllus
Graceful Buttercup 79
Ranunculus inamoenus

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