Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Yellow, White and Green Flowers

This guide contains yellow, white, and green flowers that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

Taxonomy
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- Knotweed Family Family Polygonaceae
  - 8 Subfamily Eriogonoideae
  - 8 Subfamily Polygonoideae

pale smartweed ¹
Persicaria lapathifolia

American bistort ²
Bistorta bistortoides

alpine bistort ³
Bistorta vivipara

Oval Leaf Knotweed ⁴
Polygonum arenastrum

Douglas' knotweed ⁵
Polygonum douglasii

bushy knotweed ⁶
Polygonum ramosissimum

Black-bindweed ⁷
Fallopia convolvulus

curled dock ⁸
Rumex crispus

Winged buckwheat ⁹
Eriogonum alatum

annual buckwheat ¹⁰
Eriogonum annuum

Curved Buckwheat ¹¹
Eriogonum arcuatum

Brandegee's Buckwheat ¹²
Eriogonum brandegeei

Spreading Buckwheat ¹³
Eriogonum effusum

alpine golden buckwheat ¹⁴
Eriogonum flavum

Few-flower Buckwheat ¹⁵
Eriogonum pauciflorum

sulfur buckwheat ¹⁶
Eriogonum umbellatum

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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Yellow, White and Green Flowers

pale smartweed 1 Persicaria lapathifolia

American bistort 2 Bistorta bistortoides

alpine bistort 3 Bistorta vivipara

Oval Leaf Knotweed 4 Polygonum arenastrum

Douglas' knotweed 5 Polygonum douglasii

bushy knotweed 6 Polygonum ramosissimum

Black-bindweed 7 Fallopia convolvulus

curled dock 8 Rumex crispus

Winged buckwheat 9 Eriogonum alatum

annual buckwheat 10 Eriogonum annuum

Curved Buckwheat 11 Eriogonum arcuatum

Brandegee's Buckwheat 12 Eriogonum brandegeei

Spreading Buckwheat 13 Eriogonum effusum

alpine golden buckwheat 14 Eriogonum flavum

Few-flower Buckwheat 15 Eriogonum pauciflorum

sulfur buckwheat 16 Eriogonum umbellatum