June Flowers

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Bunched sword-shaped green leaves with two stalks covered in closed white and purple flowers.
AGAVACEAE (Yucca Family)
Yucca harrimaniae
HARRIMAN'S YUCCA
Small yellow flowers clustered on a reddish stem at the base of green leaves.
ANACARDIACEAE (Cashew Family)
Toxicodendron rydbergii
POISON IVY
Two white, five petalled flowers with a yellow center. Several green flower buds attached to same stalk.
APOCYNACEAE (Dogbane Family)
Apocynum cannabinum
DOGBANE
large broad green leaves with umbrella like clusters of small yellow flowers.
ASCLEPIADACEAE (Milkweed Family)
Asclepias latifolia
BROADLEAF MILKWEED
Two photos. The top is a flower with 5 rounded petals in a light yellow color. The bottom shows a cluster of many of this flower in a rounded shape.
ASCLEPIADACEAE (Milkweed Family)
Asclepias macrosperma
DWARF MILKWEED
Clump of pink star-shaped flowers. petals are thin tapering to a point.
ASCLEPIADACEAE (Milkweed Family)
Asclepias speciosa
SHOWY MILKWEED
A delicate looking 5 point star shaped flower growing in a cluster.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Chaenactis stevioides
STEVIA DUSTY-MAIDEN
Two white flowers with long drooping petals. Over 10 petals surround a fuzzy yellow center.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Chaetopappa ericoides
ROSE-HEATH
Bright yellow flowers with long thin petals ending in a point, like a starburst.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Chrysopsis villosa
HAIRY GOLDENASTER
 
Bright yellow flowers, shaped like tubes growing in groups of five on a woody stem.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Chrysothamnus nauseosus
RUBBER RABBITBRUSH
 
Two photos of a tall shrub with thin green leaves and tubular yellow flowers.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Chrysothamnus parryi
PARRY'S RABBITBRUSH
 
Two photos of a shrub with a cluster of bright yellow flower heads. Flowers are tubular in shape.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
VISCID RABBITBRUSH
 
Pale pink flower that has small petals pointing up with a spiny greenish base. A thistle.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Cirsium sp.
THISTLE
 
Close up of a bright yellow flower with square shaped petals and then small yellow disks sticking up from the center of flower.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Encelia frutescens
BUSH ENCELIA
 
Close up of a large disk flower that is bright yellow on the edge and a pale yellow in the center.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Enceliopsis nutans
NODDINGHEAD
 
Flowers growing in bunches with bright yellow centers surrounded by thin long white petals.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Erigeron pulcherrimus
BASIN DAISY
 
Flower with numerous thin long white petals surrounding a yellow center.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Erigeron utahensis
UTAH DAISY
 
A flower with a dark brown center is surrounded by short yellow petals with three lobes on the end.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Gaillardia pinnatifida
HOPI BLANKETFLOWER
 
Closeup of a yellow flower with tiny petals that hasn't fully opened yet. Underside of flower is spiny.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Grindelia fastigiata
ERECT GUMWEED
Two photos of a shrub with bright yellow flowers growing in clusters. Flowers have oval shaped petals with small petals sticking up from the main flower.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Gutierrezia sarothrae
BROOM SNAKEWEED
 
Top image is a flower with an orange center surrounded by 9 yellow petals. Bottom image is the same flower but you can see it growing on a green stem.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Haplopappus armerioides
THRIFTY GOLDENWEED
 
Flower with a large dark brown center surrounded by yellow petals
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Helianthus annuus
COMMON SUNFLOWER
 
A flower with a dark brown center surrounded by yellow petals against a blue sky
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Helianthus petiolaris
PRAIRIE SUNFLOWER
 
Growing on a green stem is a yellow flower made up of tiny little petals. Little trumpet shaped blooms are growing out of the main yellow part.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Hymenopappus filifolius
HYALINEHERB
 
Little yellow flowers on a green stem grow out of a leafy green base.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Hymenoxys acaulis
STEMLESS WOOLLYBASE
 
Pale purple colored flower with five petals with serrated ends on them.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Lygodesmia grandiflora
SHOWY RUSHPINK
 
A flower with a yellow center surrounded by thin long purple petals. There are more than 20 petals making up the flower.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Machaeranthera canescens
HOARY SPINE ASTER
 
Bright yellow flower with multiple layers of petals pointing up in a cup shape on a green stem. Background is a reddish-orange soil.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Malacothrix sonchoides
SOWTHISTLE DESERT DANDELION
 
Plant with long oval shaped green leaves and clumps of golden yellow flowers. Background of reddish-orange soil.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Petradoria pumila
ROCK GOLDENROD
 
Yellow flowers on tall green stems with oval leaves at base of plant.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Platyschkuhria integrifolia
NAKEDSTEM BAHIA
 
Dark green leaves, low to ground with tall stems pointing up with small yellow flowers on them.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Senecio multilobatus
UINTA GROUNDSEL
 
closeup of a pale pink flower with eight petals that have multiple little points on the ends of them.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Stephanomeria exigua
ANNUAL WIRELETTUCE
 
Multiple white flowers with oval-shaped petals coming to a point. The center of the flower is yellowish orange color. Leaves are dark green ovals with a lighter shade around the edge.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Townsendia incana
SILVERY TOWNSENDIA
 
Yellow flower with multiple long, slightly pointed petals and a darker yellow center.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Tragopogon dubius
YELLOW SALSIFY
 
Two photos. Top photos is closeup of a yellow flowerhead with petals pointing up in little circles. Bottom photo is of a shrub with dense groupings of small yellow flowers.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Vanclevea stylosa
RESINBUSH
 
Two photos. Top photo is closeup of a large yellow flower with multiple pointed petals and a darker yellow center. Bottom photo is of a green plant with many of the same yellow flowers at the top pf tall stems.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Wyethia scabra
ROUGH MULESEARS
Two photos of similar flowers. Top one is a white flower with yellowish-orange center. Bottom photo is a pale pink flower with a yellowish-orange center. Petals taper at the tips.
ASTERACEAE (Sunflower Family)
Xylorhiza venusta
CISCO WOODY ASTER
 
Yellow flower with five rounded petals and a slightly darker yellow center. Blurred green and brown background.
BORAGINACEAE (Borage Family)
Cryptantha flava
YELLOW CRYPTANTH
 
White flowers with five round petals and a yellow center that looks like a smaller flower.
BORAGINACEAE (Borage Family)
Cryptantha flavoculata
YELLOW-EYE CRYPTANTH
 
Multiple pink flowers with four petals and a blurred green background.
BRASSICACEAE (Mustard Family)
Chorispora tenella
MUSK MUSTARD
 
Two photos of a plant covered with small white flowers. Flowers have four rounded petals each and grow in bunches.
BRASSICACEAE (Mustard Family)
Lepidium montanum
MOUNTAIN PEPPERPLANT
 
Close up of a flower with four petals. Petals go from a light greenish color in the center to white to a purplish-pink color on their tips.
BRASSICACEAE (Mustard Family)
Malcolmia africana
AFRICAN MUSTARD
 
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BRASSICACEAE (Mustard Family)
Sisymbrium altissimum
TUMBLING MUSTARD
 
Plant with long slender leaves. At top of stems are multiple tiny yellow flowers that form a cone shape. Blurred background is a orangish rocky surface.
BRASSICACEAE (Mustard Family)
Stanleya pinnata
PRINCE'S PLUME
 
Plant with a couple yellowish-white flowers. Several closed flower buds are a deep purple in color. Blurry reddish-orange background.
BRASSICACEAE (Mustard Family)
Streptanthella longirostris
BEAKPOD NIPPLETWIST
Bright red flower with multiple petals forming a cup shape on top of a cactus.
CACTACEAE (Cactus Family)
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
CLARETCUP
 
Yellowish-green flower with multiple waxy petals forming a cup shape on a cactus.
CACTACEAE (Cactus Family)
Opuntia phaecantha
BERRY PRICKLYPEAR
 
Two photos, one with a bright yellow and then the other with a bright pink flower, both with multiple paper thin petals that form a cup shape on a cactus.
CACTACEAE (Cactus Family)
Opuntia polyacantha
CENTRAL PRICKLYPEAR
 
Two pink flowers with multiple petals forming a cup shape on a cactus.
CACTACEAE (Cactus Family)
Sclerocactus whipplei
WHIPPLE'S FISHHOOK
 
Cluster of small yellow flowers along a green stem.
CAPPARACEAE (Caper Family)
Cleome lutea
YELLOW BEEPLANT
 
Plant with long tubular flowers in a purplish-pink color with rounded green leaves on a brown stem.
CAPRIFOLIACEAE (Honeysuckle Family)
Symphoricarpos longiflorus
LONGFLOWER SNOWBERRY
 
Flower with several greenish white petals that come to a point. Center is yellow.
CARYOPHYLLACEAE (Pink Family)
Arenaria fendleri
FENDLER'S SANDWORT
 
Plant with multiple yellowish brown flowers with silvery green leaves.
CHENOPODIACEAE (Goosefoot Family)
Atriplex canescens
FOUR-WING SALTBUSH
 
Pale silvery green thin leaves pointed up with clusters of small reddish white flowers along the stem of the plant
CHENOPODIACEAE (Goosefoot Family)
Krascheninnikovia lanata
WINTERFAT
 
Spiny green plant with white flowers that have red in the center.
CHENOPODIACEAE (Goosefoot Family)
Salsola tragus
RUSSIAN-THISTLE
 
Spiny plant with reddish green flowers that look like closed pinecones.
CHENOPODIACEAE (Goosefoot Family)
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
GREASEWOOD
 
White trumpet shaped flowers with dark green oval leaves.
CONVOLVULACEAE (Convolvulus Family)
Convulvulus arvensis
BINDWEED
 
Tiny yellow flowers along a silvery green stem. Leaves are oval shaped.
ELAEAGNACEAE (Oleaster Family)
Elaeagnus angustifolia
RUSSIAN OLIVE
 
Bluish-green stems with brown cones and small yellow flowers.
EPHEDRACEAE (Jointfir Family)
Ephedra torreyana
TORREY'S MORMON TEA
 
Green stalks with brownish yellow cones on them with small yellow flowers blooming from the cones.
EPHEDRACEAE (Jointfir Family)
Ephedra viridis
MORMON TEA
 
Mat like plant with small white edged flowers. Deep red colored stems.
EUPHORBIACEAE (Spurge Family)
Chamaesyce fendleri
FENDLER'S SPURGE
 
Mat like plant with small yellow flowers and narrow green leaves
EUPHORBIACEAE (Spurge Family)
Euphorbia brachycera
SHORTHORN SPURGE
 
Deep purple and magenta flowers that are cupped and lighter in center.
FABACEAE (Pea Family)
Astragalus amphioxys
CRESCENT MILKVETCH
Multiple bell-shaped purple flowers.
FABACEAE (Pea Family)
Astragalus desperatus
RIMROCK MILKVETCH
 
Plant with long, tubular, light yellow flowers in thick dangling cluster with a woody stem.
FABACEAE (Pea Family)
Astragalus praelongus
STINKING MILKVETCH
 
Tiny white flowers clustered at the top of a green stem.
FABACEAE (Pea Family)
Dalea flavescens
KANAB PRAIRIE-CLOVER
 
Cluster of greenish white flowers on a bright green stem.
FABACEAE (Pea Family)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
WILD LICORICE
 
Flowers on stalks with bluish to purple petals with a yellowish dot on the upper petal.
FABACEAE (Pea Family)
Lupinus pusillus
DWARF LUPINE
 
Yellow flowers alternating along the top of a green stem.
FABACEAE (Pea Family)
Melilotus officinalis
YELLOW SWEET-CLOVER
 
Speckled yellow flower with four petals that each come to a point.
GENTIANACEAE (Gentian Family)
Swertia utahensis
UTAH SWERTIA
 
Pinkish purple flowers with five rounded petals
GERANIACEAE (Geranium Family)
Erodium cicutarium
STORKSBILL
 
Dark purple flowers on a brownish green stem.
HYDROPHYLLACEAE (Waterleaf Family)
Phacelia crenulata
SCORPIONWEED
 
Pinkish purple tubular flower with four lobed petals.
LAMIACEAE (Mint Family)
Hedeoma drummondii
FALSE PENNYROYAL
 
Pale purple tubular flower with four lobed petals.
LAMIACEAE (Mint Family)
Poliomintha incana
ROSEMARY MINT
 
Pale pink flower with a yellowish orange center.
LILIACEAE (Lily Family)
Calochortus nuttallii
SEGO LILY
 
Bright yellow flower with five rounded petals.
LINACEAE (Flax Family)
Linum aristatum
BROOM-FLAX
 
Bright yellow flower with ten tapered petals.
LOASACEAE (Loasa Family)
Mentzelia sp.
BLAZING STAR
 
Two images of bright orangish red flowers with wide round petals.
MALVACEAE (Mallow Family)
Sphaeralcea coccinea
SCARLET GLOBEMALLOW
 
Dark green plant with orange flowers.
MALVACEAE (Mallow Family)
Sphaeralcea leptophylla
SLENDERLEAF GLOBEMALLOW
 
Two images of a plant with broad dark green leaves and bright reddish orange flowers.
MALVACEAE (Mallow Family)
Sphaeralcea parvifolia
SMALL-LEAF GLOBEMALLOW
 
Cluster of multiple small white flowers.
NYCTAGINACEAE (Four O'Clock Family)
Abronia fragrans
SAND-VERBENA
 
Bright pink flower with 9 petals.
NYCTAGINACEAE (Four O'Clock Family)
Allionia incarnata
TRAILING WINDMILLS
 
Pale green flower with flecks of purple. Petals come to five points.
NYCTAGINACEAE (Four O'Clock Family)
Mirabilis linearis
NARROWLEAF UMBRELLAWORT
 
Bright pink funnel shaped flower.
NYCTAGINACEAE (Four O'Clock Family)
Mirabilis multiflora
SHOWY FOUR O'CLOCK
 
Multiple images of white flowers with four heart-shaped petals.
ONAGRACEAE (Evening-primrose Family)
Oenothera caespitosa
DWARF EVENING-PRIMROSE
 
Bright yellow flower with four wide petals.
ONAGRACEAE (Evening-primrose Family)
Oenothera longissima
BRIDGES EVENING-PRIMROSE
 
Multiple images of white flowers with four heart-shaped petals on a reddish stem.
ONAGRACEAE (Evening-primrose Family)
Oenothera pallida
PALE EVENING-PRIMROSE
 
Green orchid with dark red lines on the petals.
ORCHIDACEAE (Orchid Family)
Epipactus gigantea
GIANT EPIPACTUS
 
pale yellow stem with a white flower that has five petals on it.
OROBANCHACEAE (Broomrape Family)
Orobanche fasciculata
CLUSTER CANCERROOT
 
Clusters of small yellowish green cone shaped flowers.
PINACEAE (Pine Family)
Pinus edulis
PINYON
Tiny yellow flowers on a hairy green stem.
PLANTAGINACEAE (Plantain Family)
Plantago patagonica
WOOLLY PLANTAIN
 
Bright red tubular flowers.
POLEMONIACEAE (Phlox Family)
Ipomopsis aggregata
SCARLET GILIA
 
cluster of white flowers with five petals.
POLEMONIACEAE (Phlox Family)
Ipomopsis congesta
BALLHEAD GILIA
 
Small yellowish orange flowers.
POLYGONACEAE (Buckwheat Family)
Eriogonum alatum
WINGED BUCKWHEAT
 
Plant with pink flowers
POLYGONACEAE (Buckwheat Family)
Eriogonum bicolor
PRETTY BUCKWHEAT
 
Green plant with four stems coming off of it, one has a tiny yellow flower at the tip.
POLYGONACEAE (Buckwheat Family)
Eriogonum inflatum
DESERT TRUMPET
 
White bell-shaped flowers.
POLYGONACEAE (Buckwheat Family)
Eriogonum microthecum
SLENDER BUCKWHEAT
 
Cluster of small white and pink flowers.
POLYGONACEAE (Buckwheat Family)
Eriogonum ovalifolium
CUSHION BUCKWHEAT
 
White flower with long thin petals coming out the top.
RANUNCULACEAE (Buttercup Family)
Aquilegia micrantha
ALCOVE COLUMBINE
Bluish-purple flowers with long pointed petals.
RANUNCULACEAE (Buttercup Family)
Delphinium andersonii
ANDERSON'S LARKSPUR
 
Purple tubular shaped flowers.
RANUNCULACEAE (Buttercup Family)
Delphinium nuttallianum
BILOBE LARKSPUR
 
Tiny red and white flower.
ROSACEAE (Rose Family)
Cercocarpus intricatus
DWARF MOUNTAIN-MAHOGANY
 
White flower with five rounded petals.
ROSACEAE (Rose Family)
Purshia mexicana
CLIFFROSE
 
Numerous white flowers with six petals.
SANTALACEAE (Sandalwood Family)
Comandra umbellata
BASTARD TOADFLAX
 
Woody plant with green buds on it.
SAXIFRAGACEAE (Saxifrage Family)
Ribes inerme
WHITESTEM GOOSEBERRY
 
Red flower with numerous thin petals.
SCROPHULARIACEAE (Figwort Family)
Castilleja chromosa
COMMON PAINTBRUSH
 
Tall stems with red flowers on the top.
SCROPHULARIACEAE (Figwort Family)
Castilleja linariifolia
LINEARLEAF PAINTBRUSH
 
Green stem with multiple purple flowers with rounded petals.
SCROPHULARIACEAE (Figwort Family)
Penstemon cyanocaulis
BLUESTEM PENSTEMON
Red tubular shaped flowers.
SCROPHULARIACEAE (Figwort Family)
Penstemon eatonii
EATON'S PENSTEMON
 
Trumpet shaped red flowers.
SCROPHULARIACEAE (Figwort Family)
Penstemon utahensis
UTAH PENSTEMON
 
White flower with broad petals.
SOLANACEAE (Potato Family)
Datura wrightii
SACRED DATURA
 
Round pink bud-like flowers.
TAMARICACEAE (Tamarisk Family)
Tamarix chinensis
TAMARISK

Last updated: April 29, 2025

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