Plant of the Week
Thousands of wildflowers grow on our national forests and grasslands, in many shapes, sizes, and colors. A field of wildflowers or colorful plants upon a lush forest floor is a beautiful sight, but so is a single flower or scattered plants growing upon what at first glance may appear to be a dry and desolate landscape.
Each week Celebrating Wildflowers features a different wildflower found on our national forests and grasslands. Enjoy them here as well as throughout Celebrating Wildflowers.
The Plant of the Week descriptions are organized alphabetically by genus and species:
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Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Indian Ricegrass (Achnatherum hymenoides)
Sweet Flag (Acorus americanus)
Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)
Threadleaf giant hyssop (Agastache rupestris)
Parry’s Agave (Agave parryi)
Smallflower Century Plant (Agave parviflora)
Orange Mountain Dandelion (Agoseris aurantiaca)
Brandegee’s Onion (Allium brandegeei)
Sugarstick (Allotropa virgata)
Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
Sweetflower Rock Jasmine (Androsace chamaejasme ssp. carinata)
Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis)
Rosy Pussytoes (Antennaria rosea)
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Colorado Columbine (Aquilegia caerulea)
Red or Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Golden Columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha)
Yellow Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens)
Utah Columbine (Aquilegia scopulorum)
Lodgepole Pine Dwarf Mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum)
Southwestern prickly poppy (Argemone pleiacantha)
Jack-in-The-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
Northern Wormwood (Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis)
White Sagebrush (Artemisia ludoviciana)
Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus)
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Oval-leaved Milkweed (Asclepias ovalifolia)
Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Wheel Milkweed (Asclepias uncialis)
Redring Milkweed (Asclepias variegata)
Green Comet Milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora)
Green Antelopehorn (Asclepias viridis)
American Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum)
Alpine Milkvetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Scarlet Milkvetch (Astragalus coccineus)
Schultz’s Milk-vetch (Astragalus molybdenus var. schultziorum)
Ferron's Milkvetch (Astragalus musiniensis)
Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina)
Fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens)
Fern-leaved False Foxglove (Aureolaria pedicularia var. intercedens)
Pacific Mosquitofern (Azolla filiculoides)
Plant of the Week
Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)