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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.

MALVACEAE
(Mallow Family)
Sphaeralcea coccinea

Photo: Sphaeralcea coccinea

Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcoloradowildflowers.com

Photo: Sphaeralcea coccinea
Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcoloradowildflowers.com


SCARLET
GLOBEMALLOW

MALVACEAE
(Mallow Family)
Sphaeralcea leptophylla

Photo: Sphaeralcea leptophylla
NPS Photo



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

SLENDERLEAF GLOBEMALLOW

MALVACEAE
(Mallow Family)
Sphaeralcea parvifolia

Photo: Sphaeralcea parvifolia

Photo © Alicia Lafever

Photo: Sphaeralcea parvifolia
Photo © Alicia Lafever

 

 

 


SMALL-LEAF GLOBEMALLOW