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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.

ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)

Asclepias latifolia

Photo: Asclepias latifolia

Photo © Alicia Lafever


Photo: Asclepias latifolia

Photo © Alicia Lafever

BROADLEAF MILKWEED

ASTERACEAE
(Sunflower Family)
Chrysopsis villosa

Photo: Chrysopsis villosa
Photo © Alicia Lafever

 

 

 

 

 

HAIRY GOLDENASTER

ASTERACEAE
(Sunflower Family)
Chrysothamnus nauseosus

Photo: Chrysothamnus nauseosus
Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcoloradowildflowers.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

RUBBER RABBITBRUSH

ASTERACEAE
(Sunflower Family)
Chrysothamnus parryi

Photo: Chrysothamnus parryi
Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcoloradowildflowers.com

PARRY'S RABBITBRUSH

ASTERACEAE
(Sunflower Family)
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Photo: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcoloradowildflowers.com

 

VISCID RABBITBRUSH

ASTERACEAE
(Sunflower Family)
Encelia frutescens

Photo: Encelia frutescens
Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcoloradowildflowers.com

 

BUSH ENCELIA