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.

alpine clover 1
Trifolium dasyphyllum
Strawberry clover 2
Trifolium fragiferum
Alsike clover 3
Trifolium hybridum
Dwarf Clover 4
Trifolium nanum
Parry Clover 5
Trifolium parryi
red clover 6
Trifolium pratense
Alfalfa 7
Medicago sativa
purple crownvetch 8
Securigera varia
silvery lupine 7
Lupinus argenteus
Lodgepole Lupine 9
Lupinus parviflorus
Nebraska lupine 10
Lupinus plattensis
Rusty lupine 7
Lupinus pusillus
Broad-leaved Sweet Pea 11
Lathyrus latifolius
Manystem Pea 12
Lathyrus polymorphus
American vetch 13
Vicia americana
hairy vetch 14
Vicia villosa
field milkvetch 15
Astragalus agrestis
Alpine Milkvetch 16
Astragalus alpinus
Two-grooved Milkvetch 17
Astragalus bisulcatus
Flexible Milkvetch 18
Astragalus flexuosus
Laxmann's Milkvetch 7
Astragalus laxmannii
woolly locoweed 19
Astragalus mollissimus
Early Purple Milkvetch 20
Astragalus shortianus
Ground-plum 21
Astragalus crassicarpus
Pendant-pod Point-vetch 22
Oxytropis deflexa
stemless point-vetch 23
Oxytropis lambertii
Showy crazyweed 24
Oxytropis splendens
Purple Prairie Clover 25
Dalea purpurea
Sainfoin 26
Onobrychis viciifolia
slimflower scurfpea 27
Pediomelum tenuiflorum

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