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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.

APIACEAE
(Carrot Family)

Lomatium latilobum

Photo: Lomatium latilobum
Photo © Alicia Lafever


CANYONLANDS BISCUITROOT

APIACEAE
(Carrot Family)

Lomatium parryi

Photo: Lomatium parryi

Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcoloradowildflowers.com


PARRY'S BISCUITROOT

BRASSICACEAE
(Mustard Family)
Draba cuneifolia

Photo: Draba cuneifolia
Photo © Alicia Lafever

 

 

WEDGELEAF

BRASSICACEAE
(Mustard Family)

Physaria acutifolia

Photo: Physaria acutifolia
NPS Photo

Photo: Physaria acutifolia

Photo © Alicia Lafever

RYDBERG'S TWINPOD

FABACEAE
(Pea Family)
Astragalus amphioxys

Photo: Astragalus amphioxys

Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcolorado
wildflowers.com

 

CRESCENT MILKVETCH

FABACEAE
(Pea Family)
Astragalus desperatus

Photo: Astragalus desperatus
Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcolorado
wildflowers.com


 

RIMROCK MILKVETCH

FABACEAE
(Pea Family)
Astragalus mollissimus

Photo: Astragalus mollissimus

Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcolorado
wildflowers.com

WOOLLY LOCOWEED

GERANIACEAE
(Geranium Family)
Erodium cicutarium

Photo: Erodium cicutarium
Photo © Alicia Lafever

 

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