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  • Packera pseudaurea / falsegold groundsel

    • yellow, flat-topped cluster of daisy-like flowers
    • oval, erect basal leaves with long petioles and round/blunt-toothed edges
    • generally in moist to wet habitats

  • Packera streptanthifolia / Rocky Mountain groundsel

    • yellow-flowered composite; "flowers" on branched inflorescence
    • 8-13 half-inch ray florets, usually spaced apart
    • thick, spatula-shaped basal leaves without teeth or clefts
    • thin, often deeply lobed stem leaves
    • dry woodlands and rocky places

  • Parnassia fimbriata / fringed grass of Parnassus

    • ca. 1" flower with obviously fringed, white petals
    • flowers look very "complicated"
    • thick, rounded basal leaves
    • usually in wet places, but also alpine on rocks

  • Pedicularis contorta / curved-beak lousewort

    • alpine and subalpine habitats
    • fern-like leaves at base
    • tall, spikey inflorescence
    • white flowers with coiled upper beak and flat, 3-lobed lower lip

  • Penstemon eatonii / firecracker penstemon

    • roadsides, especially revegetated by DOT
    • 2" brilliantly red, tubular flowers
    • mostly basal leaves, ovate to lanceolate, leathery

  • Penstemon whippleanus / dusky beardtongue

    • large-ish purple or creamy-white tubular flowers
    • from the side, flowers look like a gaping mouth; 2 lobes above, 3 below
    • flowers typically hang down in small clusters at the top of their stems
    • opposite, sessile leaves on flowering stems
    • subalpine on rocky areas, as at Darby wind cave

  • Phlox longifolia / longleaf phlox

    • white or pink to almost rose flowers
    • blooms in spring, sometimes through to August
    • common on disturbed and undisturbed sites

  • Potentilla gracilis / slender cinquefoil

    • yellow, 5-petaled flowers with many stamens
    • petals touch or overlap
    • leaves with 5-9 toothed, deeply cut lobes
    • leaves may be hairy, especially below
    • many different exposed habitats

  • Ranunculus adoneus / alpine buttercup

    • short, high altitude plant
    • rocks or moist meadows
    • yellow "buttercuppy" flowers, 5-10 petals
    • huge numbers of stigmas
    • highly lobed, finely dissected leaves

  • Rosa spp. / wild rose

    • deep red (to pink) flowers; wonderfully fragrant
    • understory shrub in wetter areas
    • flowers mid-summer

  • Rubus parviflorus / thimbleberry

    • raspberry-like shrub usually in a clump
    • white flowers with many stamens, up to 2.5 inches diameter
    • large, fuzzy maple-like leaves
    • blooms in spring; red, raspberry-like fruit in the fall

  • Rudbeckia occidentals / western coneflower

    • dark cone-shaped flower head - like a sunflower without petals
    • ring of yellow "bumps" visible during pollination time
    • "cones" about 1" but double that when in seed.
    • usually a tall plant with sunflower-like leaves
    • alternate (not opposite) leaves

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