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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 ↓

Red clover 1
Trifolium pratense
white clover 2
Trifolium repens
Alfalfa 3
Medicago sativa
black medick 4
Medicago lupulina
white sweetclover 4
Melilotus albus
yellow sweetclover 4
Melilotus officinalis
Wright's Deer Vetch 5
Lotus wrightii
silvery lupine 3
Lupinus argenteus
King's Lupine 6
Lupinus kingii
Silky Lupine 7
Lupinus sericeus
American Vetch 8
Vicia americana americana
Two-Grooved Milkvetch 9
Astragalus bisulcatus
Hayden's Milkvetch 10
Astragalus bisulcatus haydenianus
Rushy Milkvetch 11
Astragalus lonchocarpus
Patterson's Milkvetch 12
Astragalus pattersonii
Missouri Milkvetch 3
Astragalus missouriensis
Boreal Sweet-vetch 13
Hedysarum boreale
shrubby cinquefoil 14
Dasiphora fruticosa
common silverweed 15
Argentina anserina
Bearded Cinquefoil 10
Potentilla crinita
Horse Cinquefoil 16
Potentilla hippiana
Platte River Cinquefoil 17
Potentilla plattensis
white-leaved cinquefoil 18
Potentilla pulcherrima
large-leaved avens 19
Geum macrophyllum
American red raspberry 20
Rubus idaeus strigosus
Woods' rose 21
Rosa woodsii
western serviceberry 22
Amelanchier alnifolia
Cerro Hawthorn 23
Crataegus erythropoda
chokecherry 24
Prunus virginiana
Fendler's Ceanothus 25
Ceanothus fendleri
Slender Stinging Nettle 3
Urtica dioica gracilis
common hop 26
Humulus lupulus
woodland pinedrops 27
Pterospora andromedea
dark-throated shooting star 28
Primula pauciflora
pygmy-flower rock-jasmine 18
Androsace septentrionalis
leafy Jacob's ladder 29
Polemonium foliosissimum
scarlet gilia 30
Ipomopsis aggregata
Ballhead Ipomopsis 3
Ipomopsis congesta
longleaf phlox 31
Phlox longifolia
yellow pincushion plant 32
Navarretia breweri
narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 3
Collomia linearis
white-stem stickleaf 33
Mentzelia albicaulis
hemp dogbane 34
Apocynum cannabinum
Northern Bedstraw 35
Galium boreale
pleated gentian 36
Gentiana affinis
Desert Green Gentian 37
Frasera albomarginata
monument plant 38
Frasera speciosa
Autumn Dwarf Gentian 39
Gentianella amarella heterosepala
Douglas' Knotweed 40
Polygonum douglasii
Oval Leaf Knotweed 40
Polygonum arenastrum
Spearleaf Buckwheat 41
Eriogonum lonchophyllum
Slender Buckwheat 3
Eriogonum microthecum
redroot buckwheat 18
Eriogonum racemosum
sulfur buckwheat 42
Eriogonum umbellatum
Winged Buckwheat 18
Eriogonum alatum
ballhead sandwort 43
Eremogone congesta
Fendler's Sandwort 44
Eremogone fendleri
Narrowleaf Four O'clock 45
Mirabilis linearis
mealy goosefoot 18
Chenopodium incanum
Narrowleaf Goosefoot 3
Chenopodium leptophyllum
mountain lover 46
Paxistima myrsinites
creeping thistle 47
Cirsium arvense
Elk Thistle 3
Cirsium scariosum
Musk Thistle 48
Carduus nutans
chicory 49
Cichorium intybus
common dandelion 50
Taraxacum officinale
Dandelion Hawksbeard 51
Crepis runcinata
Perennial Sow Thistle 52
Sonchus arvensis
prickly lettuce 53
Lactuca serriola
tatarian blue lettuce 54
Lactuca tatarica
Orange Agoseris 18
Agoseris aurantiaca
Pale Agoseris 3
Agoseris glauca
Nodding Microseris 55
Microseris nutans
yellow salsify 56
Tragopogon dubius
heartleaf arnica 40
Arnica cordifolia
mountain tarweed 3
Madia glomerata
Low Pussytoes 57
Antennaria dimorpha
Small-leaf Pussytoes 3
Antennaria microphylla
Kaibab Pussytoes 18
Antennaria rosulata
Scentless chamomile 58
Tripleurospermum inodorum
Tarragon 3
Artemisia dracunculus
Fringed Sagebrush 59
Artemisia frigida
silver wormwood 3
Artemisia ludoviciana
Black Sagebrush 3
Artemisia nova
Common Sagebrush 60
Artemisia tridentata
common yarrow 61
Achillea millefolium
Lone Mesa Snakeweed 12
Gutierrezia elegans
Broom Snakeweed 3
Gutierrezia sarothrae
rubber rabbitbrush 3
Ericameria nauseosa
Parry's Goldenbush 62
Ericameria parryi
Sticky Goldenrod 18
Solidago simplex
Longflower Rabbitbrush 63
Chrysothamnus depressus
yellow rabbitbrush 62
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Rock Goldenrod 64
Petradoria pumila
smooth blue aster 65
Symphyotrichum laeve
panicled aster 66
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
western mountain aster 44
Symphyotrichum spathulatum
White Prairie Aster 67
Symphyotrichum falcatum
Common Townsend Daisy 32
Townsendia leptotes
Hairy Goldenaster 3
Heterotheca villosa

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