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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


AGAVACEAE
(Yucca Family)
Yucca harrimaniae

Photo: Yucca harrimaniae

Photo © Alicia Lafever

HARRIMAN'S YUCCA

ANACARDIACEAE
(Cashew Family)
Rhus aromatica

Photo: Rhus aromatica

Photo © Alicia Lafever

 

 

SKUNKBUSH

 

APIACEAE
(Carrot Family)
Cymopterus acaulis var. fendleri

Photo: Cymopterus acaulis var. fendleri

Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcoloradowildflowers.com

 

FENDLER'S SPRING-PARSLEY

APIACEAE
(Carrot Family)
Cymopterus newberryi

Photo: Cymopterus newberryi

NPS Photo

 

 

SWEETROOT SPRING-PARSLEY

 

APIACEAE
(Carrot Family)

Cymopterus purpurascens

Photo: Cymopterus purpurascens

Photo © Alicia Lafever

Photo: Cymopterus purpurascens

Photo © Alicia Lafever


WIDEWING SPRING-PARSLEY