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  • alfalfa – Medicago sativa
  • American vetch – Vicia americana
  • anemones and pasqueflower- Anemone sp.
  • arnicas – Arnica sp.
  • arrow-leaved balsamroot – Balsamorhiza sagittata
  • arumleaf arrowhead – Sagittaria cuneata
  • asters – Aster sp.
  • ballhead waterleaf – Hydrophyllum capitatum
  • baneberry – Actaea rubra
  • bedstraw – Galium sp.
  • bladderworts – Utricularia sp.
  • bluebells – Mertensia sp.
  • bog orchid – Platanthera dilatata
  • broomrapes – Orobanche sp.
  • brown-eyed Susan – Gaillardia aristata
  • buckwheats – Erigionum sp.
  • bunchberry – Cornus canadensis
  • buttercups – Ranunculus sp.
  • Canada thistle – Cirsium arvense
  • chicory – Cichorium intybus
  • choke cherry – Prunus virginiana
  • clematis – Clematis sp.
  • clubmoss – Lycopodium sp.
  • collomia – Collomia sp.
  • coltsfoot – Petistates sp.
  • columbine – Aquilegia sp.
  • cow parsnip – Sium suave
  • curly-cup gumweed – Grindelia squarrosa
  • daisies – Erigeron sp. (more info)
  • dogbane – Apocynum sp.
  • few-flowered shooting star – Dodecatheon pulchellum
  • field mint – Mentha arvenis
  • fireweed – Chamaenerion angustifolia
  • forget-me-nots – Myosostis sp.
  • gentians – Gentianella sp.
  • golden-aster – Heterotheca villosa
  • goldenrods – Senecio sp. (usually canadenis)
  • grass of Parnassus – Parnassia sp.
  • groundsels – Senecio sp.
  • harebells – Campanula sp.
  • hawksbears – Crepis sp.
  • hawkweeds – Hieracium sp. 
  • Jacob’s ladder – Polemonium sp.
  • kinnikinnik – Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
  • knapweeds – Centaurea sp.
  • larkspurs – Delphinium sp.
  • leafy aster – Erigeron foliaceus
  • leafy spurge – Euphorbia sp. 
  • lemonweed – Lithospermum sp.
  • louseworts – Pedicularis sp. 
  • lupines – Lupinus sp.
  • marsh marigold – Caltha leptosepala
  • marsh skullcap – Scuttelaria galericulata
  • meadowrue – Thalictrum sp.
  • milk-vetches – Astralagus sp.
  • monkey-flower – Mimulus sp.
  • monkshood – Aconitum sp.
  • mullein – Verbascum thapsis
  • orange Agoseris – Agoseris aurantiaca
  • oxeye daisy – Leucanthemum vulgare sp. 
  • paintbrushes – Castilleja sp.
  • pale Agoseris – Agoseris glauca
  • pale comandra – Comandra umbellata sp
  • peavines – Lathyrus sp.
  • pearly everlasting – Anaphalis margaritacea
  • penstemons – Penstemon sp.
  • phacelias – Phacelia sp.
  • phlox – Phlox sp.
  • pink twink – Microsteris gracilis
  • prickly lettuce – Latuca serriola sp.
  • pussytoes – Antennaria sp.
  • queen’s cup (lily) – Clintonia uniflora
  • rattlesnake plantain – Goodyera pubescens
  • red clover – Trifolium pratense
  • red-berried elder – Sambucus racemosa
  • sageworts – Artemisia sp. 
  • sarsaparilla – Auralis nudicaulis
  • saxifrages – Saxifraga sp.
  • scarlet gilia – Ipomopsis aggregata
  • self-heal – prunella vulgaris
  • small-flowered blue-eyed Mary – Collinsia parviflora
  • smartweed – Persicaria amphiba
  • sow thistle – Sonchis arvensis
  • speedwells – Veronica sp.
  • stickseeds – Lappula sp. and Hackelia sp.
  • sticky geranium – Geranium viscosissimum
  • stonecrop – Sedum sp.
  • strawberry – Fragaria virginiana
  • sweet-clover – Melilotus alba
  • sweet vetches – Hedysarum sp.
  • tansy – Tanacetum vulgare
  • thimbleberry – Rubus parviflorus
  • thistles – Cirsium sp.
  • twisted stalk – Streptopus amplexifolius
  • trefoils – Lotus sp.
  • valerians – Valeriana sp.
  • violets – Viola sp.
  • water parsnip – Sium suave
  • western mountain aster – Symphyotrichum spathulatum
  • western spring beauty – Claytonia lanceolata
  • white prairie aster – Aster ericoides sp.
  • white sweet-clover – Melilotus alba
  • wild bergamot – Monarda fistulosa
  • yarrow – Achillea millefolium
  • yellow rattle – Rhinanthus minor
  • yellow salsify – Tragopogon dubius