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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.

 

ANACARDIACEAE
(Cashew Family)
Rhus aromatica

Photo: Rhus aromatica

Photo © Alicia Lafever

 

SKUNKBUSH

ANACARDIACEAE (Cashew Family)
Toxicodendron rydbergii

Photo: Toxicodendron rydbergii


NPS Photo by Lee Ferguson


Photo: Toxicodendron rydbergii
NPS Photo


POISON IVY

APIACEAE
(Carrot Family)
Cymopterus acaulis var. fendleri

Photo: Cymopterus acaulis var. fendleri

Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcoloradowildflowers.com

FENDLER'S SPRING-PARSLEY

APIACEAE
(Carrot Family)
Cymopterus newberryi

Photo: Cymopterus newberryi

NPS Photo

 

SWEETROOT SPRING-PARSLEY

 

APIACEAE
(Carrot Family)
Cymopterus purpureus var. purpureus

Photo: Cymopterus purpureus var. purpureus
Photo © Al Schneider, www.swcoloradowildflowers.com

PURPLE SPRING-PARSLEY

APIACEAE
(Carrot Family)

Lomatium latilobum

Photo: Lomatium latilobum
Photo © Alicia Lafever

 


CANYONLANDS BISCUITROOT