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Arches National Park photo: Sego lily (Nuttall's mariposa)
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The following information is alphabetized by Family and then Genus. These are some of the most commonly seen flowers in Arches National Park and is not an all inclusive listing. Please see the plant list for Arches National Park for a complete listing.

Click on a photograph or a common name below to find more photographs and a description of the plant. The nomenclature for the plant list of Arches National Park is based on A Utah Flora by Stanley L. Welsh, N. Duane Atwood, Sherel Goodrich, and Larry C. Higgins (Editors). Where this differs, there is a notation in the plant description.

ACERACEAE
(Maple Family )

Acer negundo

Photo: Acer negundo


NPS Photo

BOXELDER

APOCYNACEAE
(Dogbane Family)
Apocynum cannabinum

Photo: Apocynum cannabinum

Photo © Alicia Lafever

Photo: Apocynum cannabinum

Photo © Alicia Lafever


DOGBANE

ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
Asclepias cryptoceras

Photo: Asclepias cryptoceras
Photo ©
Lee Ferguson

 

 

PALLID MILKWEED

ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
Asclepias latifolia

Photo: Asclepias latifolia

Photo © Alicia Lafever

Photo: Asclepias latifolia

Photo © Alicia Lafever

BROADLEAF MILKWEED

ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
Asclepias macrosperma

Photo: Asclepias macrosperma
Photo © Lee Ferguson

 

 

 

 

 

 

DWARF MILKWEED

ASTERACEAE
(Sunflower Family)

Ambrosia acanthicarpa

Photo: Ambrosia acanthicarpa

NPS Photo

 


 

 

 

 

BUR RAGWEED