Cartridge Pass and Muro Blanco 2006
Flower List
Family |
Common Name |
Latin Name |
Lily |
Swamp Onion |
Allium validum |
Lily |
Mariposa Tulip |
Calochortus leichtlinii |
Lily |
Kelly’s Tiger Lily |
Lilium kelleyanum |
Lily |
Corn Lily |
Veratrum californicum |
Lily |
Lord’s Candle |
Yucca whipplei |
Orchid |
Sierra Crane Orchid |
Platanthera leucostachys |
Borage |
Mountain Forget-me-not |
Hackelia micrantha |
Buckwheat |
Lobb’s Buckwheat |
Eriogonum lobbii |
Buckwheat |
Mountain Sorrel |
Oxyria digyna |
Buttercup |
Western Monkshood |
Aconitum columbianum |
Buttercup |
Crimson Columbine |
Aquilegia formosa |
Buttercup |
Alpine Columbine |
Aquilegia pubescens |
Buttercup |
Mountain Larkspur |
Delphinium glaucum |
Carrot |
Sierra Angelica |
Angelica lineariloba |
Carrot |
Parish’s Yampah |
Perideridia parishii |
Carrot |
Ranger’s Buttons |
Sphenosciadium capitellatum |
Composite |
Yarrow |
Achillea millefolium |
Composite |
Pearly Everlasting |
Anaphalis margaritacea |
Composite |
Sierra Angelica |
Angelica lineariloba |
Composite |
Alpine Aster |
Aster alpigenus var. andersonii |
Composite |
Leafy Aster |
Aster foliaceus |
Composite |
Dwarf Thistle |
Cirsium scariosum |
Composite |
Bull Thistle |
Cirsium vulgare |
Composite |
Orange Sneezeweed |
Dugaldia hoopesii |
Composite |
WhiteStemmed Goldenbush |
Ericameria discoidea |
Composite |
Alpine Gold |
Hulsea algida |
Composite |
California Cone Flower |
Rudbeckia californica |
Composite |
Sierra Butterweed |
Senecio scorzonella |
Composite |
Wooly Butterweed |
Senecio werneriifolius |
Dogbane |
Bitter Dogbane |
Apocynum androsamifolium |
Evening-Primrose |
Fireweed |
Epilobium angustifolium |
Evening-Primrose |
Rock Fringe |
Epilobium obcordatum |
Gentian |
Alpine Gentian |
Gentiana newberryi |
Gentian |
Sierra Gentian |
Gentiana holopetala |
Geranium |
California Geranium |
Geranium californicum |
Heath |
Red Mountain Heather |
Phyllodoce breweri |
Honeysuckle |
Blue Elderberry |
Sambucus mexicana |
Mint |
Coyote Mint |
Monardella odoratissima |
Mustard |
Douglas’ Wallflower |
Erysimum capitatum |
Pea/Bean |
Mat or Brewer’s Lupine |
Lupinus breweri |
Pink |
Sargent’s Campion |
Silene sargentii |
Phlox |
Sky Pilot |
Polemonium eximium |
Primrose |
Sierra Shooting Star |
Dodecatheon jeffreyi |
Primrose |
Sierra Primrose |
Primula suffrutescens |
Purslane |
Pussy Paws |
Calyptridium umbellatum |
Rose |
Sierra Ivesia |
Ivesia santolinoides |
Rose |
Bush Cinquefoil |
Potentilla fruticosa |
Rose |
Slender Cinquefoil |
Potentilla gracilis |
Rose |
Spiraea |
Spiraea densiflora |
Saxifrage |
Alpine Saxifrage |
Saxifraga tolmiei |
Snapdragon |
Lemmon’s Paintbrush |
Castilleja lemmonii |
Snapdragon |
Red Paintbrush |
Castilleja miniate |
Snapdragon |
Mush Monkey Flower |
Mimulus moschatus |
Snapdragon |
Little Elephant’s Head |
Pedicularis attollens |
Snapdragon |
Alpine Penstemon |
Penstemon davidsonii |
Snapdragon |
Mountain Pride |
Penstemon newberryi |
Snapdragon |
Meadow Penstemon |
Penstemon rydbergii var. oreocharis |
Stonecrop |
Roseroot or Rosy Sedum |
Sedum roseum ssp. integrifolium |
Willow |
Quaking Aspen |
Populus tremuloides <challenge of the muro> |
Willow |
Arctic or Dwarf Willow |
Salix arctica |
NOTE: We saw more flowers than this, but time & knowledge limited the list.