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 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
Needle-and-thread clumps at La Junta Point, Taos County, New Mexico. Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM — Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Needle-and-thread grass brings movement
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 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 with narrow green spikes above its leaves. Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Slender wheatgrass is
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
Penstemon cyananthus flowers Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Wasatch penstemon is one of the striking blue
Mirabilis multiflora flowers Photo: aspidoscelis — Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Colorado four o’clock makes an expansive mound of fleshy green foliage that opens into magenta flowers
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
