3 - Southwest Colorado Wildflowers
3 - Southwest Colorado Wildflowers
3 - Southwest Colorado Wildflowers
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Plants of Western Slope, Delta, CO & vicinity [Delta Co(s), <strong>Colorado</strong>]<br />
Observed on CONPS fieldtrip, 5/27/1979 to 5/27/1979<br />
Leader(s): Jim Ratzloff, Scott Ellis; Recorder(s); Jim Ratzloff<br />
Scientific Name Synonym Common Name<br />
1. Abronia fragrans<br />
Fragrant sand-verbena<br />
2. Achnatherum hymenoides (Oryzopsis, Stipa)<br />
Indian ricegrass<br />
3. Acrolasia albicaulis<br />
(Mentzelia albicaulis)<br />
Small-flowered stickleaf<br />
4. Acrolasia humilis<br />
(Mentzelia thompsonii)<br />
Dwarf cryptanth<br />
5. Allium acuminatum<br />
Tapertip onion<br />
6. Allium textile<br />
Wild onion<br />
7. Amelanchior utahensis<br />
Utah serviceberry<br />
8. Androstephium breviflorum<br />
Wild hyacinth, funnel lily<br />
9. Anisantha tectorum<br />
(Bromus tectorum)<br />
Cheatgrass<br />
10. Aquilegia micrantha<br />
Alcove columbine<br />
11. Aristida purpurea var. longiseta (A. longiseta, A. fendleriana)<br />
Three-awn<br />
12. Asclepias cryptoceras<br />
Adobe milkweed<br />
13. Astragalus asclepiadoides<br />
Milkweed milkvetch<br />
14. Astragalus chamaeleuce<br />
Cicada milkvetch<br />
15. Astragalus linifolius<br />
Grand Junction milkvetch<br />
16. Astragalus mollissimus var.<br />
Woolly locoweed<br />
thompsonae<br />
17. Atriplex confertifolia<br />
Shadscale<br />
18. Atriplex corrugata<br />
Mat-saltbush<br />
19. Atriplex gardneri<br />
(A. nuttallii)<br />
Moundscale, Gardner saltbush<br />
20. Bassia sieversiana<br />
(Kochia scoparia of Colo. lit.)<br />
Kochia<br />
21. Betula fontinalis<br />
(B. occidentalis reports)<br />
River birch<br />
22. Brickellia microphylla ssp. (B. scabra)<br />
Rough brickell-bush<br />
scabra<br />
23. Calochortus nuttallii<br />
Sego lily, mariposa<br />
24. Camissonia eastwoodiae<br />
Eastwood's camissonia<br />
25. Camissonia scapoidea<br />
(Oenothera scapoidea)<br />
Barestem camissonia<br />
26. Ceratochephala orthoceras (Ranunculus testiculatus)<br />
Hornhead<br />
27. Chrysothamnus greenei (C. linifolius)<br />
Greene rabbitbrush<br />
28. Chrysothamnus linifolius (C. viscidiflorus ssp. linifolius)<br />
Spreading rabbitbrush<br />
29. Chrysothamnus nauseosus<br />
Rubber rabbitbrush<br />
30. Cirsium calcareum<br />
(C. bipinnatum)<br />
Cainville thistle<br />
31. Clematis ligusticifolia<br />
Western virgins bower<br />
32. Comandra umbellata ssp.<br />
Bastard toadflax<br />
pallida<br />
33. Coryphantha missouriensis (Mammillaria misouriensis)<br />
Nipple cactus<br />
34. Cymopterus bulbosus<br />
Onion spring-parsley<br />
35. Cymopterus fendleri<br />
(C. acaulis var. fendleri)<br />
Fendler’s cymopterus<br />
36. Delphinium andersonii var. (D. scaposum)<br />
Anderson larkspur<br />
scaposum<br />
37. Descurainia sophia<br />
Tansy mustard<br />
38. Distichlis stricta<br />
(D. spicata ssp. stricta)<br />
Saltgrass<br />
• = plants of extremely restricted distribution or endemics limited to area visited.<br />
Fieldtrip to observe Mancos shale vegetation between Paeonia & Delta and visit<br />
hanging garden sites of Escalante Canyon, west of Gunnison River after a year of exceptional rain.
Western Slope, Delta, CO & vicinity - May 27, 1979 to May 27, 1979<br />
Scientific Name Synonym Common Name<br />
39. Echinocereus triglochidiatus<br />
Claretcup<br />
var. melanacanthus<br />
40. Elymus elymoides<br />
(Sitanion hystrix)<br />
Squirreltail<br />
41. Enceliopsis nutans<br />
Noddinghead<br />
42. Eriogonum gordonii<br />
Gordon's buckwheat<br />
43. Eriogonum inflatum<br />
Desert trumpet, bottlestopper<br />
44. Eriogonum microthecum var. (E. microthecum var. foliosum)<br />
Slender buckwheat<br />
simpsonii<br />
45. Eriogonum pelinophilum<br />
46. Erodium cicutarium<br />
Storksbill, cranebill<br />
47. Erysimum repandum<br />
Spreading wallflower<br />
48. Fendlera rupicola<br />
Fendlerbush<br />
49. Fraxinus anomala<br />
Single-leaf ash<br />
50. Gaillardia pinnatifida<br />
Blanketflower<br />
51. Galium coloradoënse<br />
(G. multiflorum var. coloradoënse)<br />
Shrubby bedstraw<br />
52. Gilia sinuata<br />
53. Gutierrezia sarothrae<br />
(Xanthocephalum sarothrae)<br />
Broom snakeweed<br />
54. Halogeton glomeratus<br />
Halogeton<br />
55. Heterotheca villosa<br />
(Chrysopsis villosa)<br />
Hairy goldenaster<br />
56. Hilaria jamesii<br />
Galleta<br />
57. Hymenopappus filifolius var.<br />
cinereus<br />
58. Ipomopsis polycladon<br />
(Gilia polycladon)<br />
Internode or spreading gilia<br />
59. Ipomopsis pumila<br />
(Gilia pumila)<br />
60. Kochia americana<br />
Gray Molly<br />
61. Krascheninnikovia lanata (Eurotia/ Ceratoides lanata)<br />
Winterfat<br />
62. Lactuca serriola<br />
Prickly lettuce<br />
63. Lappula marginata<br />
(Lappula texana / diploloma incorrectly appl.)<br />
Stickseed<br />
64. Lappula redowskii<br />
Common stickseed<br />
65. Lepidium densiflorum<br />
Pepper-grass<br />
66. Lepidium montanum<br />
67. Lepidium perfoliatum<br />
Clasping-peppergrass<br />
68. Leucelene ericoides<br />
Sand aster<br />
69. Machaeranthera pinnatifida (Haplopappus spinulosus)<br />
Spiny goldenweed<br />
70. Maianthemum stellatum (Smilicina stellata)<br />
False solomon's seal<br />
71. Malacothrix sonchoides<br />
Sowthistle malacothrix<br />
72. Malcolmia africana<br />
African mustard<br />
73. Mimulus eastwoodiae<br />
Eastwood monkeyflower<br />
74. Mirabilis multiflora<br />
Large Four-o'clock<br />
75. Monolepis nuttalliana<br />
Poverty weed<br />
76. Muhlenbergia asperifolia<br />
Scratchgrass or alkali muhly<br />
77. Muhlenbergia richardsonis<br />
Mat muhly<br />
78. Oenothera caespitosa<br />
Evening-primrose, Morning-lily<br />
79. Opuntia erinacea<br />
(O. hystricina of authors)<br />
Common prickly pear<br />
80. Opuntia phaeacantha var.<br />
New Mexican prickly-pear<br />
major<br />
81. Opuntia polyacantha<br />
(incl. var. trichophora/juniperina)<br />
Central prickly pear<br />
82. Oreocarya paradoxa<br />
(Cryptantha paradoxa)<br />
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Western Slope, Delta, CO & vicinity - May 27, 1979 to May 27, 1979<br />
Scientific Name Synonym Common Name<br />
83. Oxybaphus linearis<br />
(Mirabilis linearis)<br />
Narrowleaf umbrellawort<br />
84. Packera multilobata<br />
(Senecio multilobatus)<br />
Uinta groundsel<br />
85. Penstemon retrosus<br />
86. Phacelia crenulata<br />
(P. crenulata var. ambigua)<br />
Notch-leaved phacelia<br />
87. Phacelia splendens<br />
88. Phlox longifolia<br />
Longleaf phlox<br />
89. Phragmites australis<br />
(P. communis)<br />
Common reed<br />
90. Physaria acutifolia var. australis (P. didymocarpa)<br />
Rydberg twinpod<br />
91. Pinus edulis<br />
Two-needle pinyon<br />
92. Plantago patagonica<br />
(P. purshii)<br />
Woolly plantain<br />
93. Platyschkuhria integrifolia<br />
94. Poa bulbosa<br />
bulbous bluegrass<br />
95. Populus angustifolius<br />
Narrowleaf cottonwood<br />
96. Psilostrophe bakeri<br />
paper-flower<br />
97. Rhus aromatica ssp. trilobata (R. trilobata)<br />
Skunkbrush<br />
98. Sabina osteosperma<br />
(Juniperus utahensis)<br />
Utah juniper<br />
99. Salix exigua<br />
(S. interior)<br />
Sandbar willow<br />
100. Salsola australis<br />
(S. iberica, S. kali)<br />
Russian-thistle<br />
101. Sarcobatus vermiculatus<br />
Greasewood<br />
102. Schoenocrambe linifolia (Sisymbrium linifolium)<br />
Skeleton-mustard<br />
103. Sclerocactus glaucus<br />
Bear-claw<br />
104. Seriphidium tridentatum (Artemisia tridentata)<br />
Big sagebrush<br />
105. Sphaeralcea coccinea<br />
Globemallow, cowboy's delight<br />
106. Stanleya albescens<br />
Prince's-plume<br />
107. Stanleya pinnata<br />
Prince's plume<br />
108. Stenogonum flexum<br />
(Eriogonum flexum)<br />
Bent buckwheat<br />
109. Streptanthella longirostris<br />
110. Streptanthus cordatus<br />
Twistedflower<br />
111. Suaeda moquinii<br />
Sea-blite<br />
112. Tamarix ramosissima<br />
(T. chinensis in some reports)<br />
Tamarisk, salt cedar<br />
113. Tetradymia spinosa<br />
Cottonthorn horsebrush<br />
114. Tetraneuris acaulis<br />
(Hymenoxys acaulis)<br />
Stemless hymenoxys/woolly-base<br />
115. Thelypodiopsis juniperorum (Sisymbrium elegans var. juniperorum)<br />
Elegant thelypody<br />
116. Trimorpha lonchophylla<br />
(Erigeron lonchophyllum)<br />
117. Typha latifolia<br />
Broad-leaved cattail<br />
118. Vulpia octoflora<br />
(Festuca octoflora)<br />
Sixweeks fescue<br />
119. Xylorhiza venusta<br />
Poison aster, Cisco woodyaster<br />
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