Weeds and Wildflowers of Utah -- Home Page

Utah Weeds and Wildflowers


Utah Weeds and Wildflowers -- Home Page
Arranged in Habitat Groups



Alphabetical Index

Wasatch mountain scene Alpine Flowers -- Wasatch and Uinta Mountains   (above 8,000 ft)

Ash, Mountain
Aspen, Quaking
Asters and Daisies
Baneberry
Bluebells
Buckwheat
Cinquefoil
Columbine
Coneflower
Coral Bells
Elderberry, Red
Everlasting, Pearly
Ferns
Fir, Douglas
Fir, Subalpine
Fireweed
Flax, King (yellow)
Fuchsia, Wild
Geranium
Gilia
Goldeneye
Gooseberry Currant
Horsemint
Ivesia
Jacob's Ladder
Larkspur
Lupine
Maple, Rocky Mountain
Meadow Rue
Monkshood
Mountain Lover
Owlclover
Paintbrush
Pennyroyal, Mountain
Penstemon, Wasatch
Penstemon, Whipple's
Pine, Limber
Pine, Ponderosa
Primrose, Parry's
Senecio
Snowberry
Snowbush
Spruce, Englemann
Stonecrop
Sunflower, Little
Tassel Flower
Thimbleberry
Thistle, Mountain
Twinberry
Valerian, Edible



Foothills above Salt Lake Valley Oak/Maple or Pinyon/Juniper Communities   (~5,000 to 8,000 ft)

Balsamroot
Biscuitroot (Lomatium)
Bitterbrush
Broom Snakeweed
Cactus, Pincushion
Cliffrose
Cryptantha
Currant, Golden
Dandelion, Mountain
Evening Primrose
Flax, Orange
Globemallow
Goldenrod
Grass, Grama
Grass, Indian Ricegrass
Grass, Needle & Thread
Grass Widows
Greasewood
Hound's Tongue
Iris, Rocky Mountain
Ivy, Poison
Juniper
Lily, Death Camas
Lily, Dog-Tooth Violet
Lily, Fritillaria
Lily, Sego
Loco Weed
Mahogany, Mountain
Maple, Big-Tooth
Mule Ears
Oak
Onion, Wild
Oregon Grape
Parsley, Indian
Parsley, Spring
Penstemon, Thickleaf
Pinyon
Prince's Plume
Rushpink
Saltbush, Four-Wing
Spring Beauty
Squaw Bush
Stoneseed, White
Wallflower
Waterleaf
Winterfat
Wirelettuce
Woollybase
Yarrow
Yucca


Flowers along a roadside Roadside Wildflowers and Weeds   (~4,000 to 6,000 ft)

Alfalfa
Apache Plume
Bedstraw
Beeplants
Bindweed
Blazing-Star
Boxelder
Buckwheat, Fremont's
Buffaloberry
Bur Buttercup
Cactus, Prickly Pear
Chickweed
Chicory
Clover, Sweet
Daisies
Dandelion, Common
Datura, Sacred
Dock, Curly
Elderberry, Blue
Flax, Blue
Gilia, Scarlet
Goldenpea
Gumweed
Halogeton
Lupine, White
Mahonia, Fremont
Mallow, Common (Cheeses) Milkweed
Mormon Tea
Mullein
Mustard, Blue
Mustard, Tumbling
Mustards
Nettle, Stinging
Penstemon, Eaton's
Penstemon, Palmer's
Phlox
Poppy, Prickly
Purple Mat
Rabbitbrush
Rose, Wild
Sagebrush
Salsify
Senecio or Groundsel
Storksbill
Sunflower
Thistle, Musk
Toadflax (Butter & Eggs)
White Top
Woad, Dyers


Small stream in a meadow Marshes, Meadows and Moist Places (Wetlands -- High & Low)

Alder
Arrowgrass
Birch, River
Bittercress
Blue-Eyed Grass
Bog Orchid
Buttercups
Cattail
Chokecherry
Clematis
Corydalis
Cottonwood, Fremont
Dogbane
Dogwood, Red Osier
Elephant Head
Fairy Bells
Gentian, Pleated
Gentian, Star (Swertia)
Gentian, Showy Green
Geum (Prairie Smoke)
Hellebore, False
Iris, Yellow
Lettuce, Miner's
Lousewort
Miterwort
Monkey Flower
Nightshade
Ninebark
Parnassia, Fringed
Parsnip, Cow
Poison Hemlock (Conium)
Poplar, Narrow-Leaf
Pussy Toes (Antennaria)
Raspberry
Reed, Common
Russian Olive
Saxifrage, Brook
Serviceberry
Shooting Star
Sidebells (Pyrola)
Solomon Seal, False
Strawberry
Tamarisk
Teasel
Veronica
Violets
Virgin's Bower
Waterhemlock (Cicuta)
Willow Herb (Epilobium)
Willows




Note: Many of these plants may be seen in more than one of the arbitrary habitat groups shown here. You might notice the same kind of plant growing in different places at different times of the year, blooming earlier in the valleys and later in the high mountains where the snow lingers longer.














  Cecret Lake
  Devil's Castle
  Albion Basin
  Mt. Baldy
  Hart Lake
  Fall Colors
  Piuta Reservoir
  Fish Lake


Along a fault line near Boulder Mountain
Seldom Seen Scenery

  Butterfield Peak
  Kennecott Mine Overlook
  Capitol Reef Overlook
  Cathedral Valley
  Two-Color Peak
  Thousand Lake Mountain
  Boulder Mountain
  Sunset












  Farmington Bay
  Parley's Creek
  Wasatch Mountains
  Deseret Peak
  Mt. Nebo
  Mt. Timpanogos
  Mt. Ben Lomond
  Mt. Ogden





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