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Plants of Lone Mesa State Park

Lone Mesa State Park encompasses approximately 11,700 acres in Dolores County, Colorado. The elevations of the park range from about 7,600 feet at lower Plateau Creek to 9,200 feet on Lone Mesa itself. Lone Mesa, a large mesa that towers almost 1000 feet above the surrounding areas, is a well ...more ↓

yellow rabbitbrush 1
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Rock Goldenrod 2
Petradoria pumila
smooth blue aster 3
Symphyotrichum laeve
panicled aster 4
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
western mountain aster 5
Symphyotrichum spathulatum
White Prairie Aster 6
Symphyotrichum falcatum
Common Townsend Daisy 7
Townsendia leptotes
Hairy Goldenaster 8
Heterotheca villosa
cut-leaf fleabane 9
Erigeron compositus
Coulter's fleabane 10
Erigeron coulteri
spreading fleabane 11
Erigeron divergens
Tall Fleabane 12
Erigeron elatior
Trailing Fleabane 13
Erigeron flagellaris
Beautiful Fleabane 14
Erigeron formosissimus
Aspen Fleabane 15
Erigeron speciosus
Three-nerve Fleabane 16
Erigeron subtrinervis
curlycup gumweed 17
Grindelia squarrosa
Sticky Aster 18
Machaeranthera bigelovii
curlyhead goldenweed 19
Pyrrocoma crocea
Tall western groundsel 20
Senecio integerrimus
Tall Ragwort 21
Senecio serra
New Mexico Groundsel 22
Packera neomexicana
Rocky Mountain groundsel 23
Packera streptanthifolia
spineless horsebrush 8
Tetradymia canescens
Mule-ears 24
Wyethia amplexicaulis
cutleaf coneflower 25
Rudbeckia laciniata
common sunflower 26
Helianthus annuus
showy goldeneye 11
Heliomeris multiflora
Owl's-Claws 19
Hymenoxys hoopesii
stemless four-nerve-daisy 27
Tetraneuris acaulis
Fineleaf Woollywhite 7
Hymenopappus filifolius
Harebell 28
Campanula rotundifolia
redstem filaree 29
Erodium cicutarium
Richardson's geranium 30
Geranium richardsonii
Sticky geranium 31
Geranium viscosissimum
Pinewoods Geranium 32
Geranium caespitosum
Rocky Mountain maple 33
Acer glabrum
Boxelder Maple 34
Acer negundo
Tufted evening primrose 35
Oenothera cespitosa
Lavenderleaf Sundrops 1
Oenothera lavandulifolia
fringed willowherb 36
Epilobium ciliatum
Hornemann's Willowherb 37
Epilobium hornemannii
Diffuse Groundsmoke 20
Gayophytum diffusum
Gambel Oak 38
Quercus gambelii
grey alder 39
Alnus incana
Lanceleaf Figwort 40
Scrophularia lanceolata
Wyoming Indian paintbrush 7
Castilleja linariifolia
Sulphur Indian-Paintbrush 41
Castilleja sulphurea
yellow owl's-clover 42
Orthocarpus luteus
purple owlclover 43
Orthocarpus purpureoalbus
clustered broomrape 37
Orobanche fasciculata
wild bergamot 44
Monarda fistulosa
corn mint 45
Mentha arvensis
American Dragonhead 46
Dracocephalum parviflorum
common selfheal 36
Prunella vulgaris
American brooklime 10
Veronica americana
Two-lobe Speedwell 8
Veronica biloba
Saline Plantain 47
Plantago eriopoda
Greater plantain 48
Plantago major
Ribwort Plantain 49
Plantago lanceolata
Mat Penstemon 50
Penstemon caespitosus
toadflax penstemon 19
Penstemon linarioides
Rocky Mountain penstemon 51
Penstemon strictus
Fendler's meadow-rue 42
Thalictrum fendleri
Nuttall's larkspur 52
Delphinium nuttallianum
Colorado Larkspur 53
Delphinium ramosum
Columbian Monkshood 54
Aconitum columbianum
small-flowered buttercup 55
Ranunculus abortivus
Alkali Buttercup 1
Ranunculus cymbalaria
Graceful Buttercup 56
Ranunculus inamoenus
Curveseed Butterwort 57
Ceratocephala testiculata
sugarbowls 6
Clematis hirsutissima
western blue virgin's bower 58
Clematis occidentalis
red baneberry 59
Actaea rubra
Colorado Barberry 60
Berberis fendleri
Creeping Mahonia 8
Berberis repens
field bindweed 61
Convolvulus arvensis
Roundleaf Snowberry 62
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
twinberry honeysuckle 63
Lonicera involucrata
Hairy Valerian 64
Valeriana edulis
Blunt-fruited sweet-cicely 35
Osmorhiza depauperata
Western Sweet-cicely 65
Osmorhiza occidentalis
giant angelica 66
Angelica ampla
Gray's Lomatium 67
Lomatium grayi
Osha 68
Ligusticum porteri
hogweed 69
Heracleum sphondylium
prairie mallow 19
Sidalcea candida
salt spring checkerbloom 19
Sidalcea neomexicana
dwarf mallow 70
Malva neglecta
bastard toadflax 71
Comandra umbellata
Narrowleaf Cottonwood 8
Populus angustifolia
trembling aspen 8
Populus tremuloides
Narrowleaf Willow 8
Salix exigua
shining willow 72
Salix lucida
Strapleaf Willow 73
Salix ligulifolia
hookedspur violet 74
Viola adunca
Canada Violet 75
Viola canadensis
Lewis flax 76
Linum lewisii
Horned spurge 77
Euphorbia brachycera
virgate scorpionweed 78
Phacelia heterophylla

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