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Abies lasiocarpa / subalpine fir
- narrow, tall, sharply tipped trees
- cones purple and erect; disintegrate in the fall
- needles flattened, soft and blunt tipped, brushed upward
- needles sessile - no petioles or pegs
- leaf (needle) scars round
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Aconitum columbianum / monkshood
- brilliant blue/purple - ish; mixed colors or white
- petal-like sepals form the hood
- palmate, deeply-lobed & toothed leaves
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Arnica cordifolia / heartleaf arnica
- yellow, daisy-like flowers; 1-2 per shoot
- opposite, heart shaped leaves; long petioles; 2-4 pair per stem
- large clonal colonies with many flowering and non-flowering shoots
- the dominant ground cover in moderate shade in many forests
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Artemisia tridentata / mountain big sagebrush
- medium-sized grey-green shrub
- highly aromatic
- tall, spikey inflorescences with many clusters of invisible flowers
- limited to drier habitats (not the Valley basin)
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Balsamorhiza macrophylla / cutleaf balsamroot
- large, yellow, sunflower-like blossom
- large, dissected/lobed/compound-looking leaves
- up to 40" tall
- roadsides or hillsides with arrowleaf balsamroot and Wyethia
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Balsamorhiza sagittata / arrowleaf balsamroot
- large, bright yellow, sunflower-like blossoms in early spring
- very large, more or less triangular basal leaves
- leaves appear silvery, or grey-green due to leaf hairs
- on open, fairly dry hillsides and ridges, often with sagebrush
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Calochortus nuttallii / sego lily
- 3 large white petals
- purple spots that border yellow glands
- tangle of hairs (a "beard") at the base of the petals
- but... very variable arrangement of spots, hairs etc.
- rocky, exposed sites
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Carduus nutans / musk thistle
- quite large, very purple flower heads
- spiny everything... leaves, stems, bracts
- biennial - large rosette of nasty leaves in first year
- dandelion-like fruit that flies away like the down of a thistle
- disturbed lands... pastures, wastelands, roadsides, construction sites
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Castilleja covilleana / Rocky Mountain paintbrush
- clearly, one of the "Indian paintbrushes"
- early bloomer in the spring, even when quite short
- bright red, orange (sometimes yellow) bracts
- bracts and leaves have 3-7 deep lobes with long, soft hairs
- often grows in clusters
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Castilleja linariifolia / Wyoming Indian paintbrush
- generally taller than most paintbrushes (up to 3 feet)
- very thin leaves, seldom lobed, seldom hairy
- red inflorescence bracts, may be lobed
- flowers extend well beyond bracts
- calyx is red and shorter than the corolla which is greenish yellow
- rocky areas with sagebrush and conifer forests
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Castilleja miniata / scarlet paintbrush
- bright red, or orange or sometimes yellow bracts that are mistaken for flowers
- looks like a red feather duster, but only a few inches long
- generally low, and along streams or roadsides on hills where there is moisture
- leaves ovoid with prominent veins, no petioles
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Castilleja spp. / paintbrushes
- vibrant, red (or yellow) inflorescence (bracts)
- widespread, but confusing... five or more species in the area
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