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Heuchera parvifolia / littleleaf alumroot
- subalpine, alpine... on rocks
- clusters of round or kidney-shaped leaves
- leaves lobed, all basal (no stem leaves)
- inflorescences tower over leaves
- clumps of teeny, yellow flowers along a spike-like flowering stalk
Hieracium albiflorum / white hawkweed
- white, dandelion-like flower; up to 50 per plant
- 6-25 florets
- square-end petals each with 4 small notches
- hairy stems and basal leaves
- shady openings in dry forests
Hieracium scouleri / western hawkweed
- dandelion-like yellow flower heads
- square-ended petals; long stamens with split ends
- central yellow "button"
- hairy all over, especially on leaves and lower stem
- blooms all summer
Hippuris vulgaris / common mare’s tail
- two possible forms - emergent and submerged
- submerged looks like a tail... thick with whorls of long-ish leaves
- emergent looks like Equisetum gone wild... whorls of many leaves
- both forms may be present
- mostly in river backwaters or small streams running through the fen
Hordeum jubatum / foxtail barley
- attractive roadside grass
- long, silky, glistening awns; red, green, purple-ish
- awns and bracts are sharp and barbed... potentially dangerous to dogs
Huechera cylindrica / coral bells
- oval-shaped leaves growing in clumps/tufts - all basal
- leaf edges with small lobes or teeth
- teeny pale yellow, creamy, green or pink flowers on a leafless stem
- flowers more dense at top of spike than lower down
- in woods, on cliff-side ledges, rocky slopes and subalpine meadows
Hydrophyllum capitatum / ballhead waterleaf
- leaves to 10" tall, deeply lobed (7-11 lobes)
- globe of purple-blue-white flowers below the leaves or at ground level
- flowers are fuzzy while still in bud
- rocky, shady, seasonally moist sites
Iliamna rivularis / streambank globemallow
- showy, pink flowers, sometimes rose or nearly white
- tall, up to 6 feet
- large, broadly "heart-shaped" leaves with big, triangular lobes
Ipomopsis aggregata / scarlet gilia
- bright red (usually), elongated, trumpet-like flowers; 5 petals
- late season (July, August) flowers may be white
- highly divided, comb-like leaves
- pollination by hummingbirds (red forms) and moths (white, late forms)
- smells bad but tastes good
Iris missouriensis / western blue flag iris
- wetland monocot - long leaves, parallel veins
- large blue flower with yellow "signal" stripe, purple veins
- 3 petals, 3 sepals make up the flower
- blooms in spring
- "like a domestic iris on a diet"
Ivesia gordonii / Gordon’s mousetail
- subalpine to alpine
- low, on shallow, rocky soils
- individual stalks are leaves with ~20 overlapping lobes
- clusters of teeny yellow flowers on naked stems
Juniperus scopulorum / Rocky Mountain juniper
- small, rounded evergreen tree (or shrub)
- fibrous, red to grey, shredded bark
- pollen and seed cones at branch tips on separate plants
- female cones blue berries with a waxy, whitish bloom
- leaves on mature plants scale-like
- leaves on young plants are prickly, needle-like