#wildflower__wild_flower wild or uncultivated flowering plant
supertype: #angiosperm #wilding.plant
subtype: #sagebrush_buttercup__sagebrushbuttercup__Ranunculus_glaberrimus small early-flowering buttercup with shiny yellow flowers of western North America
subtype: #pasqueflower__pasque_flower any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone
subtype: #American_pasqueflower__Eastern_pasque_flower__wild_crocus__lion's_beard__prairie_anemone__prairieanemone__blue_tulip__American_pulsatilla__Pulsatilla_patens__Anemone_ludoviciana short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
subtype: #Western_pasqueflower__Pulsatilla_occidentalis__Anemone_occidentalis of western North America
subtype: #European_pasqueflower__Pulsatilla_vulgaris__Anemone_pulsatilla European perennial having usually violet or white spring flowers
subtype: #meadow_rue any of various herbs of the genus Thalictrum; sometimes rhizomatous or tuberous perennials found in damp shady places and meadows or stream banks; have lacy foliage and clouds of small purple or yellow flowers
subtype: #sand_verbena any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena
subtype: #sweet_sand_verbena__snowball__Abronia_elliptica plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
subtype: #Abronia_fragrans__sweet_sand_verbena taller than Abronia elliptica and having night-blooming flowers
subtype: #yellow_sand_verbena__Abronia_latifolia plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia
subtype: #beach_pancake__beachpancake__Abronia_maritima plant having hemispherical heads of wine-red flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to Mexico
subtype: #beach_sand_verbena__pink_sand_verbena__Abronia_umbellata prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California
subtype: #desert_sand_verbena__Abronia_villosa soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico
subtype: #trailing_four_o'clock__trailing_windmills__Allionia_incarnata trailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground; found in dry gravelly or sandy soil; southwestern United States and Mexico
subtype: #red_maids__redmaid__redmaid__calandriniaciliata succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States
subtype: #siskiyou_lewisia__Lewisia_cotyledon evergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers; found on cliffs and in rock crevices in mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California
subtype: #bitterroot__Lewisia_rediviva showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
subtype: #pussy-paw__pussypaw__pussy-paws__pussy's-paw__pussy'spaw__Spraguea_umbellatum__Calyptridium_umbellatum pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America
subtype: #flame_flower__flameflower__talinumaurantiacum plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
subtype: #narrow-leaved_flame_flower__Talinum_augustissimum similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States
subtype: #pigmy_talinum__pigmytalinum__Talinum_brevifolium low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States
subtype: #rock_pink__Talinum_calycinum pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States
subtype: #jewels-of-opar__Talinum_paniculatum erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere
subtype: #spiny_talinum__spinytalinum__Talinum_spinescens low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States
subtype: #woolly_daisy__dwarf_daisy__dwarfdaisy__Antheropeas_wallacei__Eriophyllum_wallacei tiny gray woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads; southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah; sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum
subtype: #heartleaf_arnica__heartleafarnica__Arnica_cordifolia wildflower with heart-shaped leaves and broad yellow flower heads; of alpine areas west of the Rockies from Alaska to southern California
subtype: #Arnica_montana herb of pasture and open woodland throughout most of Europe and western Asia having orange-yellow daisylike flower heads that when dried are used as a stimulant and to treat bruises and swellings
subtype: #false_chamomile__falsechamomile any of various autumn-flowering perennials having white or pink to purple flowers that resemble asters; wild in moist soils from New Jersey to Florida and Texas
subtype: #oxeye.wildflower Eurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers
subtype: #woodland_oxeye__Buphthalmum_salicifolium hairy Eurasian perennial having deep yellow daisies on lax willowy stems; found in the wild in open woodland and on rocky slopes
subtype: #golden_aster any of several shrubby herbs or subshrubs of the genus Chrysopsis having bright golden-yellow flower heads that resemble asters; throughout much of United States and into Canada
subtype: #Maryland_golden_aster__Chrysopsis_mariana perennial golden aster of southeastern United States
subtype: #grass-leaved_golden_aster a variety of golden aster
subtype: #sickleweed_golden_aster a variety of golden aster
subtype: #hawk's-beard__hawk's-beards any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere
subtype: #brittlebush__brittle_bush__brittlebush__incienso__Encelia_farinosa fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine
subtype: #sunray__Enceliopsis_nudicaulis herb having a basal cluster of gray-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona
subtype: #engelmannia common erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowers
subtype: #fleabane any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
subtype: #blue_fleabane__Erigeron_acer widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers
subtype: #daisy_fleabane__daisyfleabane__Erigeron_annuus widely naturalized white-flowered North American herb
subtype: #orange_daisy__orange_fleabane__Erigeron_aurantiacus mat-forming herb of Turkestan with nearly double orange-yellow flowers
subtype: #spreading_fleabane__spreadingfleabane__Erigeron_divergens well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays; western North America
subtype: #seaside_daisy__seasidedaisy__beach_aster__beachaster__Erigeron_glaucous slightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays; coastal bluffs Oregon to southern California
subtype: #Philadelphia_fleabane__Erigeron_philadelphicus especially pretty plant having a delicate fringe of threadlike rays around flower heads having very slender white or pink rays; United States and Canada
subtype: #robin's_plantain__robin'splantain__Erigeron_pulchellus common perennial of eastern North America having flowers with usually violet-purple rays
subtype: #showy_daisy__showydaisy__Erigeron_speciosus plant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays; northwestern United States mountains
subtype: #woolly_sunflower any plant of the genus Eriophyllum
subtype: #golden_yarrow__Eriophyllum_lanatum grayish woolly leafy perennial with branched stems ending in leafless stalks bearing golden-yellow flower heads; dry areas western North America
subtype: #gaillardia any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy
subtype: #blanket_flower__blanketflower__Indian_blanket__firewheel__gaillardiapulchella annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center
subtype: #desert_sunflower__Gerea_canescens slender hairy plant with few leaves and golden-yellow flower heads; sandy desert areas of southeastern California to southwestern Utah and western Arizona and northwestern Mexico
subtype: #goldenbush.wildflower a plant of the genus Haplopappus
subtype: #camphor_daisy__camphordaisy__Haplopappus_phyllocephalus annual of southern United States and Mexico having bristly leaves and pale yellow flowers
subtype: #yellow_spiny_daisy__Haplopappus_spinulosus slender perennial of western North America having weakly bristly leaves and yellow flower heads
subtype: #heliopsis__heliopsi__oxeye any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers
subtype: #hairy_golden_aster__prairie_golden_aster__Heterotheca_villosa__Chrysopsis_villosa hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters; found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States; sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis
subtype: #alpine_gold__alpine_hulsea__Hulsea_algida low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays; northwestern United States
subtype: #dwarf_hulsea__dwarfhulsea__Hulsea_nana similar to but smaller than alpine hulsea
subtype: #goldfields__Lasthenia_chrysostoma small slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; often cultivated
subtype: #hawkbit any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions
subtype: #fall_dandelion__arnica_bud__Leontodon_autumnalis fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower; naturalized in the United States
subtype: #edelweiss__edelweis__leontopodiumalpinum alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts
subtype: #north_island_edelweiss__Leucogenes_leontopodium perennial herb closely resembling European edelweiss; New Zealand
subtype: #blazing_star__blazingstar__buttonsnakeroot__snakeroot any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
subtype: #dotted_gayfeather__Liatris_punctata herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico
subtype: #dense_blazing_star__denseblazingstar__Liatris_pycnostachya perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers
subtype: #tahoka_daisy__tansy_leaf_aster__Machaeranthera_tanacetifolia wild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays; Alberta to Texas and Mexico
subtype: #sticky_aster__Machaeranthera_bigelovii wild aster having leafy stems and flower heads with narrow bright reddish-lavender or purple rays; western Colorado to Arizona
subtype: #Mojave_aster__Machaeranthera_tortifoloia wild aster having grayish leafy stems and flower heads with narrow pale lavender or violet rayes; of rocky desert slopes California to Arizona and Utah
subtype: #common_madia__common_tarweed__Madia_elegans California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays
subtype: #blackfoot_daisy__Melampodium_leucanthum bushy subshrub having flower heads that resemble asters with broad white rays; found in desert areas of Arizona east to Kansas and south to Mexico
subtype: #Mexican_hat__Ratibida_columnaris coneflower with flower heads resembling a Mexican hat with a tall red-brown disk and drooping yellow or yellow and red-brown rays; great plains along base of Rocky Mountains
subtype: #long-head_coneflower__prairie_coneflower__prairieconeflower__Ratibida_columnifera plant similar to the Mexican hat coneflower; from British Columbia to New Mexico
subtype: #prairie_coneflower__prairieconeflower__Ratibida_tagetes coneflower of central to southwestern United States
subtype: #nodding_groundsel__noddinggroundsel__Senecio_bigelovii plant with erect leafy stems bearing clusters of rayless yellow flower heads on bent individual stalks; moist regions of southwestern United States
subtype: #ragwort__butterweed__Senecio_glabellus American ragwort with yellow flowers
subtype: #arrowleaf_groundsel__arrowleafgroundsel__Senecio_triangularis perennial with sharply toothed triangular leaves on leafy stems bearing a cluster of yellow flower heads; moist places in mountains of western North America
subtype: #goldenrod any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago
subtype: #silverrod__solidagobicolor plant of eastern North America having creamy white flowers
subtype: #meadow_goldenrod__Canadian_goldenrod__Solidago_canadensis large North American goldenrod having showy clusters of yellow flowers on arching branches; often a weed
subtype: #Missouri_goldenrod__Solidago_missouriensis similar to meadow goldenrod but usually smaller
subtype: #alpine_goldenrod__Solidago_multiradiata goldenrod similar to narrow goldenrod but having bristly hairs on edges of leaf stalks; mountainous regions of western America
subtype: #gray_goldenrod__Solidago_nemoralis a dyer's weed of Canada and the eastern United States having yellow flowers sometimes used in dyeing
subtype: #Blue_Mountain_tea__sweet_goldenrod__sweetgoldenrod__Solidago_odora goldenrod of eastern America (especially Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania) having aromatic leaves from which a medicinal tea is made
subtype: #dyer's_weed__Solidago_rugosa eastern North American herb whose yellow flowers are (or were) used in dyeing
subtype: #seaside_goldenrod__seasidegoldenrod__beach_goldenrod__beachgoldenrod__Solidago_sempervirens vigorous showy goldenrod common along eastern and Gulf coasts of North America
subtype: #narrow_goldenrod__Solidago_spathulata western American goldenrod with long narrow clusters of small yellow flowers
subtype: #Boott's_goldenrod a variety of goldenrod
subtype: #Elliott's_goldenrod a variety of goldenrod
subtype: #Ohio_goldenrod a variety of goldenrod
subtype: #rough-stemmed_goldenrod__roughstemmedgoldenrod a variety of goldenrod
subtype: #showy_goldenrod a variety of goldenrod
subtype: #tall_goldenrod a variety of goldenrod
subtype: #zigzag_goldenrod__broad_leaved_goldenrod a variety of goldenrod
subtype: #stemless_golden_weed__Stenotus_acaulis__Haplopappus_acaulis dark green erect herb of northwestern United States and southwestern Canada having stiff leaves in dense tufts and yellow flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Haplopappus
subtype: #northern_dune_tansy__Tanacetum_douglasii lightly hairy rhizomatous perennial having aromatic feathery leaves and stems bearing open clusters of small buttonlike yellow flowers; sand dunes of Pacific coast of North America
subtype: #stemless_hymenoxys__Tetraneuris_acaulis__Hymenoxys_acaulis perennial having tufted basal leaves and short leafless stalks each bearing a solitary yellow flower head; dry hillsides and plains of west central North America
subtype: #old_man_of_the_mountain__alpine_sunflower__Tetraneuris_grandiflora__Hymenoxys_grandiflora whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States
subtype: #yellow_salsify__Tragopogon_dubius European perennial naturalized throughout United States having hollow stems with a few long narrow tapered leaves and each bearing a solitary pale yellow flower
subtype: #meadow_salsify__goatsbeard__shepherd's_clock__Tragopogon_pratensis weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
subtype: #mule's_ears__Wyethia_amplexicaulis balsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalks; northwestern United States
subtype: #white-rayed_mule's_ears__Wyethia_helianthoides herb with basal leaves and leafy hairy stems bearing solitary flower heads with white or pale cream rays; northwestern United States
subtype: #Indian_pipe__waxflower__Monotropa_uniflora small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age
subtype: #pinesap__false_beachdrops__Monotropa_hypopithys fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys
subtype: #snow_plant__Sarcodes_sanguinea a fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground
subtype: #prairie_gentian__prairiegentian__tulip_gentian__tulipgentian__bluebell__Eustoma_grandiflorum one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers laving large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas
subtype: #coast_boykinia__coastboykinia__Boykinia_elata__Boykinia_occidentalis plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers; western North America
subtype: #leatherleaf_saxifrage__leatherleafsaxifrage__Leptarrhena_pyrolifolia plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho
subtype: #prairie_star__prairiestar__Lithophragma_parviflorum plant with mostly basal leaves and slender open racemes of white or pale pink flowers; prairies and open forest of northwestern United States to British Columbia and Alberta
subtype: #fringed_grass_of_Parnassus__Parnassia_fimbriata bog plant with broadly heart-shaped basal leaves and cream or white saucer-shaped flowers with fringed petals; west of Rocky Mountains from Alaska to New Mexico
subtype: #false_alumroot__falsealumroot__fringecup__Tellima_grandiflora plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes; Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho
subtype: #false_miterwort__falsemiterwort__false_mitrewort__falsemitrewort__Tiarella_unifoliata plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana
subtype: #kitten-tails a plant of the genus Besseya having fluffy spikes of flowers
subtype: #Alpine_besseya__Besseya_alpina small pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers; of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexico
subtype: #Indian_paintbrush__painted_cup any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts
subtype: #desert_paintbrush__Castilleja_chromosa most common paintbrush of western United States dry lands; having erect stems ending in dense spikes of bright orange to red flowers
subtype: #giant_red_paintbrush__giantredpaintbrush__Castilleja_miniata wildflower of western North America having ragged clusters of crimson or scarlet flowers
subtype: #great_plains_paintbrush__Castilleja_sessiliflora hairy plant with pinkish flowers; Great Plains to northern Mexico
subtype: #sulfur_paintbrush__Castilleja_sulphurea plant of moist highland meadows having ragged clusters of pale yellow flowers
subtype: #purple_chinese_houses__innocense__Collinsia_bicolor__Collinsia_heterophylla white and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda; California
subtype: #maiden_blue-eyed_Mary__Collinsia_parviflora small widely branching Western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers; British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Colorado
subtype: #blue-eyed_Mary__Collinsia_verna Eastern United States plant with whorls of blue-and-white flowers
subtype: #golden-beard_penstemon__Penstemon_barbatus plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip
subtype: #scarlet_bugler__scarletbugler__Penstemon_centranthifolius plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward
subtype: #Platte_River_penstemon__Penstemon_cyananthus erect plant with blue-violet flowers in rings near tips of stems; Idaho to Utah and Wyoming
subtype: #Davidson's_penstemon__Penstemon_davidsonii mat-forming plant with blue-lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California
subtype: #hot-rock_penstemon__Penstemon_deustus stems in clumps with cream-colored flowers; Washington State to Wyoming and south to California and Utah
subtype: #Jones'_penstemon__Penstemon_dolius low plant with light blue and violet flowers in short clusters near tips of stems; Nevada to Utah
subtype: #shrubby_penstemon__shrubbypenstemon__lowbush_penstemon__lowbushpenstemon__Penstemon_fruticosus low bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems
subtype: #narrow-leaf_penstemon__Penstemon_linarioides plant having small narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers in long open clusters; Utah and Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona
subtype: #mountain_pride__Penstemon_newberryi mat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy stems; rocky places at high elevations from Oregon to California
subtype: #balloon_flower__balloonflower__scented_penstemon__scentedpenstemon__Penstemon_palmeri fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah
subtype: #Parry's_penstemon__Penstemon_parryi erect stems with pinkish-lavender flowers in long interrupted clusters; Arizona
subtype: #rock_penstemon__cliff_penstemon__cliffpenstemon__Penstemon_rupicola one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California
subtype: #Rydberg's_penstemon__Penstemon_rydbergii plant with whorls of small dark blue-violet flowers; Washington to Wyoming and south to California and Colorado
subtype: #cascade_penstemon__cascadepenstemon__Penstemon_serrulatus whorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stems; moist places from British Columbia to Oregon
subtype: #Whipple's_penstemon__Penstemon_whippleanus wine-lavender to black-purple flowers in several clusters on the upper half of leafy stems; Montana south through the Rocky Mountain regions to Arizona and New Mexico
subtype: #wild_carrot__Queen_Anne's_lace__Daucus_carota a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots
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