Flowers of Niwot Ridge

Cushion Plants (click on each image for a larger picture):

Arctic sandwort (Minuartia obtusiloba)
Alpine Forget-Me-Not (Eritrichium aretoides)
Alpine Primrose (Primula angustifolia)
Cushion Phlox (Phlox siberica ssp. pulvinata)

Non-Cushion Plants:

Alpine Avens (Acomastylis rosii)
Alpine Bluebells (Mertensia alpina) (blue flowers)
Alpine Sunflower or "Old Man of the Mountain" (Hymenoxys grandiflora)
American Bistort (Bistorta bistortoides)
Elephant's Head (Pedicularis groenlandica)
Parry's Clover (Trifolium parryi)
Parry's Primrose (Primula parryi)
Pretty Shooting Star (Dodecatheon pulchellum)
Snow Buttercup (Ranunculus adoneus)
Western Yellow Paintbrush (Castilleja occidentalis)

More pictures of common Niwot Ridge plants - some cushion plants, some not. These links are to photos at the Texas A&M Vascular Plant Image Database unless otherwise noted.

Lousewort (Pedicularis parryi)
Moss Campion (Silene acaulis)
Skypilot (Polemonium viscosum) - photo by Keith Karoly at his Biology 332 page.
Fleabane Daisies (Erigeron sp.)
Fendler's Sandwort (Arenaria fendlerii)
Chickweed (Cerastium arvense) - photo by Keith Karoly at his Biology 332 page.
Snowball Saxifrage (Saxifraga rhomboidea)
Arnica (Arnica latifolia, Arnica mollis) - both photos by Mimi Kamp.
Lanceleaved Stonecrop (Sedum lanceolatum)
Wallflower (Erysimum sp.)
King's Crown (Sedum roseum) also Rose Crown (Sedum rhodantha)
Alpine Clover (Trifolium dasyphyllum)
Geyer's Onion (Allium geyeri) - photo by Henriette Kress
Pussytoes (Antennaria alpina, A. rosea, Antennaria sp.) - painting of Rosy Pussytoes from the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine.
Least Lewisia (Lewisia pygmaea) - photo at Tromso Botanic Gardens, Norway.
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia, C. uniflora)
Dwarf clover (Trifolium nanum)
Kittentails (Besseya wyomingensis) - photo by Robyn Klein.
Penstemon (Penstemon whippleanus, Penstemon procerus, Penstemon hallyii)

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