Western roseroot flowering from a granite crevice, slope of Tesuque Peak near Santa Fe Ski Basin, New Mexico. Photo: JerryFriedman / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA
Spreading stonecrop brightening a rocky subalpine slope near the Carbon Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Photo: Mount Rainier National Park / NPS (CC BY
Spearleaf stonecrop flowering from a crack in granite talus, White River National Forest, Colorado. Photo: Bob Walker / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Sedum lanceolatum,
Scarlet hedgenettle in bloom near Peña Blanca Lake, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Photo: Alan Schmierer / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Stachys coccinea, commonly called Scarlet Hedgenettle
Slender-tubed Iris flowering in open coniferous forest. Photo: Walter Siegmund / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Iris chrysophylla, known as the Slender-tubed Iris or Yellowleaf
Siskiyou Iris blooming among rocks at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden. Photo: Stan Shebs / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Iris innominata, commonly called the
Desert Rose blooming in its native habitat in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico. Photo: CK Kelly / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Rosa stellata, known
Cluster Rose flower at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden. Photo: John Rusk / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Rosa pisocarpa, commonly called the Cluster Rose
California Wild Rose flower opening on a thorny stem in southern California. Photo: Steve Berardi / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Rosa californica, the California
The nodding, deep-purple urn-shaped flower of whiteleaf leatherflower, set against its characteristic pale, blue-green leaves. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Clematis glaucophylla, known as
