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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 ↓

red clover 1
Trifolium pratense
white clover 2
Trifolium repens
yellow sweet clover 3
Melilotus officinalis
American vetch 4
Vicia americana
Alpine Milkvetch 5
Astragalus alpinus
Timber Milkvetch 6
Astragalus miser
Loose-flower Milkvetch 7
Astragalus tenellus
Parry's Milkvetch 8
Astragalus parryi
stemless point-vetch 9
Oxytropis lambertii
White Point-vetch 10
Oxytropis sericea
Showy crazyweed 11
Oxytropis splendens
spreadfruit goldenbanner 12
Thermopsis divaricarpa
Mountain goldenbean 13
Thermopsis montana
false lupine 14
Thermopsis rhombifolia
Boreal Sweet-vetch 15
Hedysarum boreale
wild strawberry 16
Fragaria vesca
Virginia strawberry 17
Fragaria virginiana
Shrubby Cinquefoil 18
Dasiphora fruticosa
Big-flower Cinquefoil 19
Drymocallis fissa
common silverweed 20
Argentina anserina
alpine cinquefoil 21
Potentilla concinna
slender cinquefoil 22
Potentilla gracilis
horse cinquefoil 23
Potentilla hippiana
white-leaved cinquefoil 24
Potentilla pulcherrima
large-leaved avens 25
Geum macrophyllum
prairie smoke 14
Geum triflorum
Rocky Mountain Raspberry 26
Rubus deliciosus
American red raspberry 27
Rubus idaeus strigosus
Prickly Wild Rose 28
Rosa acicularis
prairie rose 29
Rosa arkansana
Woods' rose 30
Rosa woodsii
alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 31
Cercocarpus montanus
chokecherry 32
Prunus virginiana
mountain ninebark 33
Physocarpus monogynus
rockspiraea 34
Holodiscus dumosus
Stinging Nettle 35
Urtica dioica
common hop 36
Humulus lupulus
woodland pinedrops 37
Pterospora andromedea
bog wintergreen 38
Pyrola asarifolia
lesser wintergreen 39
Pyrola minor
One-flowered Wintergreen 40
Moneses uniflora
one-sided wintergreen 41
Orthilia secunda
Kinnikinnick 42
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
dark-throated shooting star 10
Primula pauciflora
pygmy-flower rock-jasmine 43
Androsace septentrionalis
leafy Jacob's ladder 44
Polemonium foliosissimum
Pretty Jacob's-ladder 45
Polemonium pulcherrimum
scarlet gilia 46
Ipomopsis aggregata
slendertube skyrocket 31
Ipomopsis tenuituba
narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 14
Collomia linearis
Sticky Gilia 47
Aliciella pinnatifida
Fivepetal Cliffbush 34
Jamesia americana
Adonis blazingstar 48
Mentzelia multiflora
Spreading dogbane 49
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Northern Bedstraw 50
Galium boreale
Three-petal Bedstraw 51
Galium trifidum
fragrant bedstraw 52
Galium triflorum
Fremont's gentian 53
Gentiana fremontii
pleated gentian 54
Gentiana affinis
Parry's Gentian 44
Gentiana parryi
monument plant 55
Frasera speciosa
Felwort 56
Swertia perennis
autumn gentian 41
Gentianella amarella
northern gentian 11
Gentianella amarella acuta
Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian 43
Gentianopsis thermalis
Nylon Hedgehog Cactus 57
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Simpson's hedgehog cactus 58
Pediocactus simpsonii
American bistort 11
Bistorta bistortoides
common knotweed 59
Polygonum arenastrum
Sheep's Sorrel 60
Rumex acetosella
curly dock 61
Rumex crispus
willow dock 34
Rumex salicifolius
Winged buckwheat 62
Eriogonum alatum
Longstalk starwort 63
Stellaria longipes
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed 64
Cerastium fontanum
Field Chickweed 65
Cerastium strictum
Fendler's Sandwort 66
Eremogone fendleri
Greater Sea-spurry 67
Spergularia media
Narrowleaf four o'clock 68
Mirabilis linearis
Strawberry blite 69
Blitum capitatum
creeping thistle 70
Cirsium arvense
Elk Thistle 14
Cirsium scariosum
wavyleaf thistle 71
Cirsium undulatum
Musk Thistle 72
Carduus nutans
lesser burdock 73
Arctium minus
chicory 4
Cichorium intybus
common dandelion 74
Taraxacum officinale
dandelion hawksbeard 75
Crepis runcinata
orange agoseris 43
Agoseris aurantiaca
Pale agoseris 14
Agoseris glauca
yellow salsify 76
Tragopogon dubius
Tasselflower Brickellia 43
Brickellia grandiflora
small-leaf pussytoes 77
Antennaria parvifolia
Showy Pussytoes 63
Antennaria pulcherrima
pink everlasting 78
Antennaria rosea
Ox-eye Daisy 2
Leucanthemum vulgare
Field Wormwood 79
Artemisia campestris
fringed sagebrush 80
Artemisia frigida
silver wormwood 81
Artemisia ludoviciana
common yarrow 82
Achillea millefolium

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