October Flowers in Arches National Park

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.

ASTERACEAE
(Sunflower Family)
Ambrosia acanthicarpa

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