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.

AGAVACEAE
(Yucca Family)
Yucca harrimaniae



Photo © Alicia Lafever

HARRIMAN'S YUCCA

ANACARDIACEAE (Cashew Family)
Toxicodendron rydbergii


NPS Photo by Lee Ferguson


NPS Photo


POISON IVY

APIACEAE
(Carrot Family)
Cymopterus purpurascens



Photo © Alicia Lafever

Photo © Alicia Lafever

WIDEWING SPRING-PARSLEY

APOCYNACEAE (Dogbane Family)
Amsonia tomentosa



Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcoloradowildflowers.com

TOMENTOSE AMSONIA

APOCYNACEAE
(Dogbane Family)
Apocynum cannabinum



Photo © Alicia Lafever



Photo © Alicia Lafever


DOGBANE

ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
Asclepias latifolia



Photo © Alicia Lafever



Photo © Alicia Lafever

BROADLEAF MILKWEED