• Double O Arch

    Arches

    National Park Utah

Blue and Purple Flowers Page 1

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APIACEAE
(Carrot Family)
Cymopterus purpurascens

WIDEWING SPRING-PARSLEY

 


APOCYNACEAE
(Dogbane Family)
Amsonia tomentosa

TOMENTOSE AMSONIA

 


ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
Asclepias speciosa

SHOWY MILKWEED

 


ASTERACEAE
(Sunflower Family)
Cirsium sp.

THISTLE

 


ASTERACEAE
(Sunflower Family)
Erigeron pulcerrimus

BASIN DAISY

 
Erigeron pulcherrimus
    


ASTERACEAE
(Sunflower Family)
Erigeron utahensis

UTAH DAISY

 
Erigeron utahensis
    


ASTERACEAE
(Sunflower Family)
Lygodesmia grandiflora

SHOWY RUSHPINK

 


ASTERACEAE
(Sunflower Family)
Machaeranthera canescens

HOARY SPINE ASTER

 


ASTERACEAE
(Sunflower Family)
Stephanomeria exigua

ANNUAL WIRELETTUCE

 

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