Archives: Native Plants

Hot Rock Penstemon (Penstemon deustus)

Pale flowers of hot rock penstemon, photographed as var. pedicellatus in the Sierra Nevada. Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Dark Blue Penstemon (Penstemon cyaneus)

Dark blue penstemon flowering above its leafy stems; a cultivated specimen. Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/peganum/ — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Dark blue penstemon brings a concentrated

Sandberg Bluegrass (Poa secunda)

Sandberg bluegrass in Idaho sagebrush-steppe vegetation. Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Sandberg bluegrass is a small grass

Galleta (Hilaria jamesii)

Galleta flowering stems in the Gallinas Mountains, New Mexico. Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM — Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Galleta is one of the

Slender Wheatgrass (Elymus trachycaulus)

Slender wheatgrass with narrow green spikes above its leaves. Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Slender wheatgrass is

Silvery Lupine (Lupinus argenteus)

Lupinus argenteus flowers Photo: Sarah Allen https://www.inaturalist.org/people/sarah1990 — Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Silvery lupine brings upright blue-purple flower clusters above leaves divided into a star of

Dune Sunflower (Helianthus anomalus)

Helianthus anomalus flowers Photo: Kenraiz — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Dune sunflower is a small native sunflower with an unusually specialized home: desert sand

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