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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Pink, Purple, Blue, Red, and Orange Flowers

This guide contains pink, purple, blue, red, and orange flowers that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

creeping thistle 1
Cirsium arvense
Fringed Thistle 2
Cirsium centaureae
Eaton's Thistle 3
Cirsium eatonii
yellowspine thistle 4
Cirsium ochrocentrum
Elk Thistle 5
Cirsium scariosum
wavyleaf thistle 6
Cirsium undulatum
spear thistle 7
Cirsium vulgare
Musk Thistle 8
Carduus nutans
lesser burdock 9
Arctium minus
cotton thistle 10
Onopordum acanthium
Russian knapweed 11
Leuzea repens
Cornflower 12
Centaurea cyanus
diffuse knapweed 13
Centaurea diffusa
Spotted Knapweed 5
Centaurea stoebe
chicory 14
Cichorium intybus
Blue Lettuce 15
Lactuca tatarica pulchella
rush skeletonplant 16
Lygodesmia juncea
orange agoseris 17
Agoseris aurantiaca
Salsify 18
Tragopogon porrifolius
Western Ironweed 19
Vernonia baldwinii
spotted Joe-Pye weed 20
Eutrochium maculatum
Rocky Mountain blazing star 21
Liatris ligulistylis
dotted gayfeather 5
Liatris punctata
Small-leaf Pussytoes 5
Antennaria microphylla
pink everlasting 22
Antennaria rosea
western aster 5
Symphyotrichum ascendens
Fendler's aster 23
Symphyotrichum fendleri
alpine leafybract aster 24
Symphyotrichum foliaceum
New England aster 25
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
western mountain aster 26
Symphyotrichum spathulatum
Geyer's Aster 27
Symphyotrichum laeve geyeri
tall fleabane 28
Erigeron elatior
Sprucefir Fleabane 29
Erigeron eximius
Beautiful Fleabane 30
Erigeron formosissimus
Subalpine Fleabane 31
Erigeron glacialis
Rockslide Fleabane 32
Erigeron leiomerus
aspen fleabane 33
Erigeron speciosus
Three-nerve Fleabane 34
Erigeron subtrinervis
Early Bluetop Fleabane 2
Erigeron vetensis
hoary aster 35
Dieteria canescens
Bigelow's tansyaster 36
Dieteria bigelovii bigelovii
Tahoka daisy 37
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
upright prairie coneflower 38
Ratibida columnifera

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