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Frasera speciosa / monument plant
- striking, 4 petal flowers - green and white with purple flecks
- flowers held close in to stem
- tall flowering stalk (to chest high) from a base of large, elongated rosette leaves
Fritillaria atropurpurea / spotted fritillary
- uncommon, difficult to find, hard to see
- six "petal" nodding flower - yellow with dark purple spots
- six bright yellow anthers
- few, grass-like leaves
- usually growing in the [plant] litter at the edge of a forest
Gentian affinis / pleated gentian
- brilliantly blue, funnel-shaped flowers
- petals (lobes) pointed, joined by ragged plaits
- flowers in clumps or singly at tops of stems
- leaves lanceolate and opposite on square stems.
- found in a variety of wet sites
Gentiana calycosa / explorer’s gentian
- opposite, sessile leaves on unbranched stems; clonal
- deep blue funnel-shaped flowers with white throats and yellow spots
- 5 pointed petals with fringed pleats between them
- in wetter areas at higher elevations
Geranium richardsonii / Richardson’s geranium
- white, or sometimes pink-ish, flowers
- non-sticky stems
- bee and butterfly pollination
- exploding seed capsules
Geranium viscossisimum / sticky geranium
- mauve to pink to red to white flowers
- sticky stems
- bee and butterfly pollination
- exploding seed capsules
Geum macrophyllum / largeleaf avens
- yellow, 5-petaled flowers; not glossy
- many long styles in green center
- fruits look like little marbles covered with red velcro
- fruits and flowers present at the same time
- deeply divided, sessile leaves on flowering stems
Hedysarum occidentale / western sweetvetch
- tall legume with hot pink flowers
- inflorescence several inches long; up to 80 flowers
- pinnately compound leaves with 9-21, inch-long leaflets
- higher elevations on drier, more rocky soils
Helenium autumnale / common sneezeweed
- 2" flower head with nearly spherical central disk; numerous yellow rays
- found in moist areas in full or partial sun
- sessile or clasping lance shaped leaves on an angled and winged stem
Heliomeris multiflora / showy goldeneye
- a "Doggone" Yellow Composite (DYC) with 5-14 ray florets; golden dome of disc florets
- multi-stemmed perennial forms clumps
- often seen in profusion (but not always)
- long, thin, lanceolate to linear leaves; maybe with a few small teeth along the edges
- leaves have a strong midrib vein and distinct side veins
Hesperis matronalis / dame’s rocket
- biennial, 3+ feet tall in second year
- 4-petaled flowers, especially purple or lavender
- large inflorescences with many flowers
- garden escapee
- roadsides, waste places
Heterotheca villosa / hairy goldenaster
- yellow composite with 10-20 ray florets, orange-brown disk
- hairy leaves and stems
- blooms throughout season, often densely
- disturbed and challenging habitats