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  • Taraxia tanacetifolia / tansyleaf evening primrose

    • single, sessile, bright yellow, cup shaped flowers; 4 petals
    • grows as a rosette, flat to the ground
    • leaves are up to 12 inches long; very deeply lobed
    • still blooming in mid-October; starts in mid summer
    • grows on sandy/gravelly soil, e.g. drying lake beds

  • Tragopogon spp. / salsify

    • large yellow inflorescence with pointy sepals extending past the "flower"
    • grass-like leaves
    • non-native, weed
    • widespread

  • Vaccinium membranaceum / thinleaf huckleberry

    • understory shrub, locally dominant
    • oval, alternate leaves
    • very small white/pink urn-shaped flowers
    • flowers in axils on red/yellow new growth
    • fruit - a bluish/purple to black, ¼" berry
    Also known as: tall huckleberry, big huckleberry, mountain huckleberry, square-twig blueberry, black huckleberry

  • Vaccinium scoparium / grouse whortleberry

    • low growing deciduous shrub
    • clonally spreading
    • green twigs and small (3/4 inch), oval, light green leaves
    • teeny, pendant, urn-shaped white/pink flowers
    • red berries in fall

  • Viola adunca / hooked violet

    • early spring, low to ground
    • small violet (blue) flowers with small white beards, small reddish spur
    • heart-shaped leaves
    • generally in somewhat moist areas

  • Viola canadensis / white violet

    • heart-shaped (like Valentines) leaves, 3-ish inches long
    • sharp leaf tips; rounded teeth
    • white flowers (1 inch) with yellow centers, petals purple-tinged on back side
    • understory, but may also be exposed
    • blooms in early spring

  • Viola praemorsa / upland yellow violet

    • yellow, 5-petals with purple "pencilling" on lower petals
    • back sides up upper petals brown-ish
    • leaves relatively thick, likely with many short hairs
    • on dry, rocky soils, often with sagebrush or steep slopes
    • soon after snowmelt; follows the snow up the mountains

  • Viola vallicola / sagebrush violet

    • early, bright yellow violet, usually in sagebrush
    • lanceolate leaves with long petioles
    • moderate purplish "pencilling" on lower petal; 1-2 lines on side petals
    • back sides of petals usually yellow (not brown)

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