forest gaps

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  • 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

  • Penstemon procerus / littleflower penstemon

    • low growing in exposed, undisturbed habitats
    • tight cluster/whorls of small purple/blue/pink flowers
    • tubular flowers, with lips around opening

  • Ribes lacustre / prickly currant

    • deeply lobed, maple-like leaves
    • prickly stems with spines at nodes
    • shrub to ca. 4 feet tall
    • teeny cream & purple flowers in dangling clusters in spring
    • red berries in late summer maturing to very small black berries

  • Thalictrum occidentale / western meadow-rue

    • delicate compound leaves, each segment with 3 lobes
    • leaves "look like" columbine
    • male and female flowers on separate plants
    • all flowers teeny, in clumps, somewhat to really purple
    • in moist habitats, esp. stream banks in forests

  • Veronica officinalis / heath speedwell

    • prostrate, herbaceous perennial
    • hairy green stems and leaves (obvious)
    • short, erect, spike-like shoots
    • ¼" blue/violet flowers
    • 4 petals with purple stripes
    • gaps and exposed soils

  • 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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