Lory State Park Wildflowers
The common names and the following ordering of page numbers are used in the book _Lory State Park Wildflowers_ by Fred Johnson. Copies are available at the blurb.com bookstore. http://www.blurb.com/search/site_search
The scientific names below are used here: https://www.fredswildflowers.com/lory-state-park.html
Dates for seeing the park flowers are taken from _Flora of Colorado_ by Jennifer Ackerfield.
Locations for park flowers are taken from https://www.fredswildflowers.com/lory-state-park.html
ART (Arthur's Rock Trail) SCT (Satanka Cove Trail)
EVT (East Valley Trail) ST (Shoreline Trail)
KT (Kimmons Trail) SVLT (South Valley Loop Trail)
MCLT (Mill Creek Link Trail) TT (Timber Trail)
OCT (Orchard Cove Trail WT (Waterfall Trail)
OT (Overlook Trail) WGNT (Well Gulch Nature Trail)
SC (Soldier Canyon) WT (Waterfall Trail
If you click on the highlighted names for locations you'll see more pictures of flowers taken at this location.
Locations for some of the flowers listed are not provided. To see more pictures of these flowers go to
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I. White and cream wildflowers
page 2 in the book (LSPW) page 3 in LSPW
Mar-May Easter daisy (Townsendia hookeri) SVLT Apr-Jun chokeherry (Prunus virginiana var. demissa) WT
Apr-May wild plum (Prunus americana) WGNT pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) WT
Carolina draba (Draba reptans) ST salt-and-pepper (Lomatium orientale) ST
sand cherry (Prunus pumilus var. besseyi) OCT rosy gilia (Gilia sinuata) MCLT
Apr-Jun small cryptantha (Cryptantha minima) WT Apr-Jul Fendler's rockcress (Boechera fendleri)
whitestem gooseberry (Ribes inerme) WGNT Canadian white violet (Viola canadensis) MCLT
sandlily (Leucocrinum montanum) MCLT meadow death camas (Toxicoscordion venenosus) OT
shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) WT running daisy (Erigeron tracyi) TT WGNT
ground plum (Astragalus crassica) WVT Apr-Aug squaw currant (Ribes cereum) WT
page 4 in LSPW page 5 in LSPW
Apr-Aug wild candytuft (Noccaea fendleri) WGNT May-Jun mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus) KT
Apr-Sep snowball saxifrage (Micranthes rhomboidea) ART field pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta) WGNT
common chickweed (Stellaria media) WGNT May-Jul tuber starwort (Pseudostellaria jamesiana) WGNT
Apr-Oct field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) MCLT waxflower (Jamesia americana) WGNT
May-Jun plains paintbrush (Castilleja sessiliflora) SVLT mariposa lily (Calochortus gunnisonii) SVLT
longstyle sweetroot (Osmorhiza longistylis) WGNT star Solomon's seal (Maianthemum stellatum) WGNT
fleshy hawthorn (Crataegus succulenta) WGNT wild onion (Allium textile) MCLT
poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) TT Parry's milkvetch (Astragalus parryi) OT
paradise apple (Malus pumila) WGNT Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) ART
page 6 in LSPW page 7 in LSPW
May-Jul ninebark (Physocarpus monogynus) WGNT May-Jul trailing fleabane (Erigeron flagellaris)
spring coralroot (Corallorhiza wisteriana) MCLT May-Aug showy Townsendia (Townsendia grandiflora) SVLT
Jersey tea (Ceanothus herbaceus) MCLT field chickweed (Cerastium arvense) WGNT
pale bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata) MCLT stickywilly (Galium aparine) TT
miner's candle (Oreocarya virgata) MCLT northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) WGNT
Spanish bayonet (Yucca glauca) OCT scarlet beeblossom (Oenothera suffrutescens) OCT
second rockcress (Boechera retrofracta) OT nodding onion (Allium cernuum) ART
tower rockcress (Turritis glabra) WGNT scorpionweed (Phacelia heterophylla) WGNT
wooly plantain (Plantago patagonia) WGNT cutleaf evening primrose (Oenothera coronopifolia) SVLT
page 8 in LSPW page 9 in LSPW
May-Aug boulder raspberry (Rubus deliciosus) ART Jun-Jul purple meadowrue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) WGNT
Morrow's honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) WGNT spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata) WGNT
stemless evening primrose Jun-Aug Fendler's buckbrush (Ceanothus fendleri) WGNT
(Oenothera caespitosa) WGNT virgin's bower (Clematis liguisticifolia) ART, OCT
Virginia pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum)MCLT western marbleseed (Lithospermum occidentale) OCT
Drummond's milkvetch cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum)
(Astragalus drummondii) MCLT Laxmann's milkvetch (Astragalus laxmannii) MCLT
Graham's rockcress (Boechera grahamii) WGNT wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota) SVLT
May-Sep sprawling daisy (Erigeron divergens) MCLT prickly poppy (Argemone polyanthemos) SVLT
candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)WGNT
prostrate knotweed (Polygonum aviculare) WGNT
page 10 in LSPW page 11 in LSPW
Jun-Aug red raspberry (Rubus idaeus var. strigosus) WGNT Jun-Sep green carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) OCT
chickpea milkvetch (Astragalus cicer) Jun-Oct common yarrow (Achillea millefolia) ART
slimleaf milkweed (Asclepias stenophylla) SVLT Jul-Sep horseweed (Conyza canadensis) OCT
tall valerian (Valeriana edulis) ST, SVLT false boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides) ART
longleaf starwort (Stellaria longifolia) tassleflower (Brickellia grandiflora) ART
enchanter's nightshade (Circaea alpina) WGNT redwhisker clammyweed (Polanisia dodecandra) ART
tall pussytoes (Antennaria pulcherrima) WGNT prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus)
Jun-Sep narrow-leaf four o'clock American water horehound (Lycopus americanus)
(Mirabilis linearis var. linearis) SVLT pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) OT
wedgeleaf fogfruit (Phyla cuneifolial OCT
page 12 in LSPW II. Blue and purple wildflowers
Jul-Sep plains milkweed (Asclepias pumila) ART page 13 in LSPW
catnip (Nepeta cataria) OCT
bractless blazingstar (Mentzelia nuda) SVLT Apr-Jun sugarbowls (Clematis hirsutissima) MCLT
Jul-Oct white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) SC blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora) MCLT
white prairie aster (Symphyotrichum falcatum) WGNT blue mustard (Chorispora tenella)
smooth white aster (Symphyotrichum porteri) ART Apr-Jul pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida) WGNT
dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata) OCT Nuttall's larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum) WGNT
hairy nightshade (Solanum physalifolium) OCT Apr-Aug prairie bluebells (Mertensia lanceolata) EVT
American vetch (Vicia americana) TT
May-Jul Front Range beardtongue (Penstemon virens) WT
sidebells penstemon (Penstemon secundiflorus) WGNT
page 14 in LSPW page 15 in LSPW
May-Jul Britton's skullcap (Scutellaria brittonii) MCLT May-Sep bigbract verbena (Verbena bracteata) OCT
field milkvetch (Astragalus agrestis) MCLT Jun-Jul Geyer's larkspur (Delphinium geyeri) OCT, MCLT
purple peavine (Lathyrus eucosmus) OT Jun-Aug common harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) TT
May-Aug Canada toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis) MCLT oneside penstemon (Penstemon unilateris)
Rocky Mountain iris (Iris missouriensis) WVT Colorado columbine (Aquilegia caerulea)
prairie spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis)WGNT dwarf morning glory (Evolvulus nuttallianus) MCLT
May-Sep water speedwell (Veronica anagallis-aquatica) WGNT slimflower scurfpea (Psoralidium tenuiflorum)
wild blue flax (Linum lewisii) swamp verbena (Verbena hastata)
silvery lupine (Lupinus argenteus) OCT blue lettuce (Lactuca tatarica)
page 16 in LSPW III. Red and pink wildflowers
Jul-Sep smooth blue aster page 17 in LSPW
(Symphyotrichum laeve var. geyeri) WGNT
Jul-Oct bottle gentian (Gentiana bigelovii) MCLT Mar-Jun western springbeauty (Claytonia rosea) ST
Aug-Oct Fendler's aster (Symphyotrichum fendleri) WGNT stork's bill (Erodium cicutarium) ART
Apr-Jun mountain ball cactus (Pediocactus simpsonii)
Short's milkvetch (Astralgalus shortianus) OT ST
three-finger milkvetch (Astragalus tridactylicus) ST
Nuttall's oxytrope (Oxytropis multiceps) WVT
Missouri milkvetch (Astragalus missouriensis) OT, ST
silky milkvetch (Astragalus sericoleucus) WVT
Colorado locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii) ART, EVT, OT
page 18 in LSPW page 19 in LSPW
May-Jun shiny cotoneaster (Cotoneaster lucidus) WT May-Aug purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea) SVLT
May-Jul darkthroat shootingstar nodding onion (Allium cernuum) ART
(Dodecatheon pulchellum) WGNT showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) SVLT
sidebells penstemon houdstongue (Cynoglossum officinale) WGNT
(Penstemon secundiflorus) WGNT Jun-Jul common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) WGNT
slender milkvetch (Astragalus gracilis) MCLT Jun-Aug wild rose (Rosa woodsii) OCT
manystem pea sticky purple geranium (Geranium viscosissimum) ART
(Lathyrus polymorphous var. incanus) MCLT tiny trumpet (Collomia linearis) MCLT
smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) ART western snowberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) WGNT
May-Aug pineywoods geranium (Geranium caespitosm) OCT
pony beebalm (Monarda pectinata) SVLT, WT
flexile milkvetch (Astragalus flexuosus) OCT
page 20 in LSPW IV. Green and brown wildflowers
Jun-Aug wavy-leaved thistle (Cirsium undulatum) MCLT, SVLT page 21 in LSPW
Deptford pink (Dianthus armeria) ST
Jun-Sep velvetweed (Oenothera curtiflora) OCT Apr-Jun Rocky Mountain maple (Acer glabrum) WGNT
wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) WT May-Jun nipple cactus (Escobaria missouriensis) MCLT
bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) WGNT hen-and-chickens (Echinocereus viridiflorus) SVLT
Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) MCLT May-Jul woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) WGNT
skeletonweed (Lygodesmia juncea) SVLT wild grape (Vitis riparia) MCLT
Jul-Oct dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata) OCT horsetail (Equisetum arvense) WGNT
bristle thistle (Carduus nutans) WGNT May-Aug bunny-in-the-grass (Scrophularia lanceolata) WGNT
clustered broomrape (Orobanche fasciculata) MCLT
May-Sep stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) WGNT
page 22 in LSPW page 23 in LSPW
May-Sep branched noseburn (Tragia ramosa) ART, MCLT Jun-Sep common plantain (Plantago major) WGNT
leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) ART, EVT subalpine gumweed (Grindelia subalpina) KT
curly dock (Rumex crispus) SCT Jul-Sep western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) OCT
Jun-Aug Engelmann's milkweed (Asclepias engelmanniana) OCT great ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) WGNT
green comet milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora) SCT Jul-Oct prairie sagewort (Artemisia frigida) MCLT
cloaked bulrush (Scirpus pallidus) MCLT tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) ST
golden sedge (Carex aurea) MCLT field sagewort (Artemisia campestris var. pacifica) WGNT
Jun-Sep skeletonleaf bur ragweed (Ambrosia tomentosa) OCT white sagebrush (Artemisia ludoviciana) WGNT
toothed spurge (Euphorbia dentata) WGNT needle spikerush (Eleocharis acicularis) SCT
V. Yellow and orange wildflowers
page 24 in LSPW page 25 in LSPW
Mar-Oct slender yellow woodsorrel (Oxalis dillenii) WGNT Apr-Jun woodland draba (Draba nemorosa) WGNT
Apr-Jun wavyleaf dandelion (Nothocalais cuspidata) KT, SVLT Apr-Jul mountain bladderpod (Physaria montana) KT hollygrape (Mahonia repens) WGNT whiskbroom parsley (Harbouria trachypleura) MCLT
tadpole buttercup (Cyrtorhyncha ranunculina) ART narrowleaf stoneseed (Lithospermum incisum) OCT
golden currant (Ribes aureum) ART, EVT Apr-Aug golden banner (Thermopsis rhombifolia) WT
small-flowered alyssum (Alyssum simplex) MCLT golden smoke (Corydalis aurea) WGNT
Nuttall's violet (Viola nuttallii) EVT, KT Apr-Oct black medic (Medicago lupulina) OCT
sagebrush buttercup (Ranunculus glaberrimus) TT May-Jun prairie groundsel (Packera plattensis) ART
skunkbrush (Rhus aromatica var. trilobata) WT, OCT western wallflower (Erysimum asperum) EVT
page 26 in LSPW page 27 in LSPW
May-Jun Siberian peashrub (Caragana arborescens) WGNT May-Aug Virginia groundcherry (Physalis virginiana)
May-Jul cutleaf vipergrass (Scorzonera laciniata) MCLT bigflower cinquefoil (Drymocallis fissa) ART
lambstongue ragwort (Senecio integerrimus) ART, TT Norwegian cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica) OCT
Howard's evening primrose (Oenothera howardii) spreadfruit goldenbanner (Thermopsis divaricarpa) MCLT
whitestem blazingstar (Mentzelia albicaulis) MCLT creeping nailwort (Paronychia sessiliflora) ST
American yellowrocket (Barbarea orthoceras) EVT foothills arnica (Arnica fulgens) SVLT
plains flax (Linum puberulum) MCLT bigroot pricklypear (Opuntia macrorhiza) OCT
nailwort (Paronychia jamesii) ST May-Sep salsify (Tragopogon dubius) WGNT
May-Aug sanddune wallflower (Erysimum capitatum) WGNT heartleaf arnica (Arnica cordifolia)
page 28 in LSPW page 29 in LSPW
May-Sep Fendler's ragwort (Packera fendleri) May-Oct yellow sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis) WGNT
roundleaf monkeyflower (Mimulus glabratus) WGNT false agoseris (Agoseris parviflora) MCLT
Adonis blazingstar (Mentzelia multiflora) wooly groundsel (Packera cana) MCLT
copper mallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) OCT tall valerian (Valeriana edulis) SVLT
spearleaf stonecrop (Sedum lanceolatum) WGNT chickenthief (Mentzelia oligosperma) OCT
blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata) TT, WGNT clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla) ART, MCLT
May-Oct creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata) WGNT Pennsylvania cinquefoil (Potentilla pe nsylvanica)
hairy false goldenaster (Heterotheca villosa) OCT yellow avens (Geum aleppicum) WT
Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) SVLT Wooton's ragwort (Senecio wootonii) OT
page 30 in LSPW page 31 in LSPW
Jun-Aug ivyleaf groundcherry Jul-Sep agrimony (Agrimonia striata) WGNT
(Physalis hederifolia var. comata) EVT spiny goldenweed (Xanthisma spinulosum) SCT
winged buckwheat (Eriogonum alatum) SVLT Jul-Oct Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis)
Jun-Sep hairy evening primrose three-nerve goldenrod (Solidago velutina) WGNT
(Oenothera villosa var. villosa) WGNT giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) WGNT
Hopi tea greenthread broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae) OCT
(Thelesperma megapotamicum) SVLT prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola) WGNT, ART
Jun-Oct hollygrape (Mahonia repens) TT velvety goldenrod (Solidago mollis) ART
curlycup gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa) ART broom-like ragwort (Senecio spartioides) KT
Nuttall's sunflower (Helianthus nuttallii) WGNT
little sunflower (Helianthus pumilus) OCT, ST
manyflowered monkeyflower
(Mimulus floribundus) WGNT
page 32 in LSPW
Jul-Oct great mullein (Verbascum thapsum) SVLT
common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) OCT
Aug-Oct stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida var. humilis) SVLT