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death camas.
Zygadenus venenosus
Death Camas contains an alkaloid that is poisonous to live stock. Experiments have shown that honeybees can be fatally poisoned from feeding on the nectar.
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franklin's sandwort.
Arenaria franklinii
Sandworts are cushion plants. The generic name comes from the Latin arena, wich means sand.
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scorched penstemon
Penstemon deustus
Sometimes called beardtongue. Penstemon's are of the figwort family and resemble the common garden snapdragon.
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plain sdaisy
Rock garden flower of the sagebrush steppe.
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salsify
Sometimes called goats-beard. They form big dandelion-like seed heads.
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wavey leafed thistle
Bud of wavey leafed thistle. Important food source to the plains wildlife.
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wild onion
Wild onions are of the Allium family.
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oldmansbeard
Geum triflorum
When the fruit matures it looks like an old man's white beard, hence the common name.
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great plains paintbrush
Castilleja sessiliflora
There are several species of paintbrushes that grow on the great plains.
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groundsel
Senecio
A very large Senecio species. They contain poisonois alkaloids. Commonly grow in the high plains
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desert evening primrose
Oenothera caespitosa
Meriwether Lewis collected specimen of the plant "near the falls of the Missouri, July 17th 1806. The evening primrose flower and sweet nectar attract nocturnal hawk moths for pollination.
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fieldchickweed
Cerastium arvense
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butterflyweed1.jpg
Guara coccinea
A photo journal of wildflowers in the Bull Mountains and prairie of Roundup, Montana
