Vascular Plants of Calgary

The attached list is of vascular plants that are noted in the “Calgary’s Natural Areas” book that was edited by Harold Pinel and published through Calgary Field Naturalists' Society in 1980. Common names have been referenced to ACIMS 2015 list of Alberta's Vascular plants.

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perennial sow-thistle ¹
Sonchus arvensis

prickly annual sow-thistle ²
Sonchus asper

European mountain-ash ³
Sorbus aucuparia

scarlet mallow ⁴
Sphaeralcea coccinea

marsh hedge-nettle ¹
Stachys pilosa

long-leaved chickweed ⁵
Stellaria longifolia

long-stalked chickweed ⁶
Stellaria longipes

common chickweed ⁷
Stellaria media

snowberry ⁸
Symphoricarpos albus

buckbrush ⁹
Symphoricarpos occidentalis

common tansy ¹⁰
Tanacetum vulgare

red-seeded dandelion ¹¹
Taraxacum erythrospermum

common dandelion ¹²
Taraxacum officinale

western meadow rue ¹³
Thalictrum occidentale

veiny meadow rue ¹⁴
Thalictrum venulosum

golden bean ⁴
Thermopsis rhombifolia

stinkweed ¹⁵
Thlaspi arvense

low townsendia ¹⁶
Townsendia exscapa

common goat's-beard ¹⁷
Tragopogon dubius

yellow clover ¹⁸
Trifolium aureum

alsike clover ¹⁹
Trifolium hybridum

red clover ¹⁹
Trifolium pratense

white clover ²⁰
Trifolium repens

common nettle ²¹
Urtica dioica

common bladderwort ²²
Utricularia vulgaris

cow cockle ²³
Vaccaria hispanica

common mullein ²⁴
Verbascum thapsus

American brooklime ²⁵
Veronica americana

spiked speedwell ¹⁵
Veronica longifolia

low-bush cranberry ²⁶
Viburnum edule

high-bush cranberry ⁷
Viburnum opulus

wild vetch ²⁷
Vicia americana

tufted vetch ²⁸
Vicia cracca

early blue violet ²⁹
Viola adunca

western Canada violet ³⁰
Viola canadensis

bog violet ³¹
Viola nephrophylla

yellow prairie violet ³²
Viola nuttallii

crowfoot violet ³³
Viola pedatifida

pansy ³⁴
Viola tricolor

cocklebur ³⁵
Xanthium strumarium

heart-leaved Alexanders ³⁶
Zizia aptera

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Vascular Plants of Calgary

perennial sow-thistle 1 Sonchus arvensis

prickly annual sow-thistle 2 Sonchus asper

European mountain-ash 3 Sorbus aucuparia

scarlet mallow 4 Sphaeralcea coccinea

marsh hedge-nettle 1 Stachys pilosa

long-leaved chickweed 5 Stellaria longifolia

long-stalked chickweed 6 Stellaria longipes

common chickweed 7 Stellaria media

snowberry 8 Symphoricarpos albus

buckbrush 9 Symphoricarpos occidentalis

common tansy 10 Tanacetum vulgare

red-seeded dandelion 11 Taraxacum erythrospermum

common dandelion 12 Taraxacum officinale

western meadow rue 13 Thalictrum occidentale

veiny meadow rue 14 Thalictrum venulosum

golden bean 4 Thermopsis rhombifolia

stinkweed 15 Thlaspi arvense

low townsendia 16 Townsendia exscapa

common goat's-beard 17 Tragopogon dubius

yellow clover 18 Trifolium aureum

alsike clover 19 Trifolium hybridum

red clover 19 Trifolium pratense

white clover 20 Trifolium repens

common nettle 21 Urtica dioica

common bladderwort 22 Utricularia vulgaris

cow cockle 23 Vaccaria hispanica

common mullein 24 Verbascum thapsus

American brooklime 25 Veronica americana

spiked speedwell 15 Veronica longifolia

low-bush cranberry 26 Viburnum edule

high-bush cranberry 7 Viburnum opulus

wild vetch 27 Vicia americana

tufted vetch 28 Vicia cracca

early blue violet 29 Viola adunca

western Canada violet 30 Viola canadensis

bog violet 31 Viola nephrophylla

yellow prairie violet 32 Viola nuttallii

crowfoot violet 33 Viola pedatifida

pansy 34 Viola tricolor

cocklebur 35 Xanthium strumarium

heart-leaved Alexanders 36 Zizia aptera