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Grand Canyon Park is home to hundreds of flowering plants. There are approximately 650 herbaceous (having little or no woody stem) wildflowers in the park. Some of the common species displaying a white flower are the sacred datura, evening primrose, tidy fleabane, yarrow, baby white aster, desert tobacco, watercress, and white violet. Some common yellow flowering wildflowers are broom snakeweed, yellow ragweed, hymenopapus, groundcherry, common mullein, Hooker's primrose, and blanket flower. Red or orange flowered plants include the globe mallow, red columbine, skyrocket, penstemon, Indian paintbrush, and crimson monkeyflower. Pink and purple wildflowers include the Rocky Mountain bee plant, fleabane, Palmer lupine, toadflax penstemon, Grand Canyon phacelia, and Rocky Mountain iris. For a complete list of Grand Canyon Plants see the Grand Canyon Plant List.
Related Information
Colorado River Plant List
Grand Canyon Exotic Plant List
Grand Canyon Plant List
Grand Canyon Potential Noxious Weed List
Grand Canyon Threatened & Endangered Species List
Guide to the Special Status Plants of Grand Canyon
List of Special Status Plants of Grand Canyon
Sahara Mustard Article
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