Tahoe Rim FlowersFlowering plants along the Tahoe Rim Trail, by Dan Allison

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Iris familyIridaceae

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Western Blue FlagIris missouriensis

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Lily familyLiliaceae

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Sierra OnionAllium campanulatum

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Pink Star OnionAllium platycaulae

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Tiger Lily Lilium parvum

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Washington Lily Lilium washingtonianum

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False Solomon’s SealSmilacina racemosa

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Corn LilyVeratrum californicum

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White BrodiaeaTriteleia hyacintha

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Leichtlin’s Mariposa LilyCalochortus leichtlinii

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Golden StarsTriteleia ixioides

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Orchid familyOrchidaceae

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Rein Orchid Platanthera leucostachys

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Carrot familyApiaceae

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Cow ParsnipHeraculeum lanatum

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Brewer’s Angelica Angelica breweri

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Ranger ButtonsShenosciadium capitellatum

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Dogbane familyApocynaceae

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Spreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifolium

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Sunflower familyAsteraceae

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Rayless DaisyErigeron aphanactis

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Seep-spring ArnicaArnica longifolia

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Brewer’s Golden AsterAster breweri

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HawksbeardCrepis acuminata

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Western HawksbeardCrepis occidentalis

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Arrowleaf BalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittata

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Woolly Mules Ears Wyethia mollis

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Woolly SunflowerEriophyllum lanatum

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Canada GoldenrodSolidago canadensis

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YarrowAchillea millefolium

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Borage familyBorginaceae

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Smooth StickseedHackelia nervosa

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Mustard familyBrassicaceae

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Sierra Wallflower Erysimum capitatum

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DaggerpodPhoenicaulis cheiranthoides

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Honeysuckle familyCaprifoliaceae

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Mountain SnowberrySymphoricarpos rotundifolius

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Red ElderberrySambucus racemosa

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Stonecrop familyCrassulaceae

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Sierra StonecropSedum obtusatum

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Heath familyEricaceae

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Snow PlantSarcodes sanguinea

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PinedropsPterospora andromedea

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Pinemat ManzanitaArctostaphylos nevadensis

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Greenleaf ManzanitaArctostaphylos patula

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Red Mountain HeatherPhyllodoce breweri

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Labrador TeaLedum glandulosum

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White-veined WintergreenPyrola picta

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Pea familyFabaceae

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Green-stipuled LupineLupinus fulcratus

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Brewer’s LupineLupinus breweri

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Large-leaf LupineLupinus polyphyllus

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Whitney’s LocoweedAstragalus whitneyii

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Beech familyFagaceae

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Sierra ChinquapinChrysolepis sempervirens

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Huckleberry Oak Quercus vaccinifolia

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Gentian familyGentianaceae

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Green Gentian Swertia radiata

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Gooseberry familyGrossulariaceae

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Sierra CurrantRibes nevadense

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Wax CurrantRibes cereum

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Sierra GooseberryRibes roezlii

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Waterleaf familyHydrophyllaceae

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Ballhead PhaceliaPhacelia hydrophylloides

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Mint familyLamiaceae

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Mountain PennyroyalMonardella odoratissima

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Giant HyssopAgastache urticafolia

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Flax familyLinaceae

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Mountain FlaxLinum lewisii

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Mallow familyMalvaceae

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White Veined Mallow Sidalcea glaucescens

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Evening PrimroseOnagraceae

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Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium

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Woody-fruited Evening PrimroseOenothera xylocarpa

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Phlox familyPolemoniaceae

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Scarlet GiliaIpomopsis aggregata

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Granite GiliaLeptodactylon pungens

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Spreading PhloxPhlox diffusa

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Showy PolemoniumPolyemonium pulcherrimum

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Buckwheat familyPolygonaceae

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Sulfur BuckwheatEriogonum umbellatum

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Bear BuckwheatEriogonum ursinum

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ButterballsEriogonum ovalifolium

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BistortPolygonum bistortoides

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Primrose familyPrimulaceae

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Sierra Shooting StarDodecatheon jeffreyi

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Sierra PrimrosePrimula suffrutescens

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Purslane familyPortulacaceae

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Pussy Paws Calyptridium umbellatum

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Buttercup familyRanunculaceae

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Nuttall’s LarkspurDelphinium nuttallianum

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Marsh MarigoldCaltha leptosepala

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Crimson ColumbineAquilegia formosa

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Alpine ButtercupRanunculus eschscholtzii

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Buckthorn familyRhamnaceae

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Tobacco Brush Ceanothus velutinus

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Mountain WhitethornCeanothus cordulatus

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Mahala MatCeanothus prostratus

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Sierra CoffeeberryRhamnus rubra

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Rose familyRosaceae

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ThimbleberryRubus parviflorus

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CreambushHolodiscus discolor

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Shrubby CinquefoilPotentilla fruticosa

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BitterbrushPurshia tridentata

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Bitter CherryPrunus emarginata

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Mat IvesiaIvesia shockleyi

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Mountain ashSorbus californica

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Mountain SpiraeaSpiraea densiflora

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Saxifrage familySaxifragaceae

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Brewer’s Bishop’s CapMitella breweri

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Figwort familyScrophulariaceae

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Azure PenstemonPenstemon azureus

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Hot Rock PenstemonPenstemon duestus

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Slender PenstemonPenstemon gracilentus

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Mountain PridePenstemon newberryi

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Showy PenstemonPenstemon speciosus

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Alpine PaintbrushCastilleja nana

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Giant Red PaintbrushCastilleja miniata

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Applegate’s PainbrushCastilleja applegatei

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Blue Eyed MaryCollinsia torreyi

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Lewis’ MonkeyflowerMimulus lewisii

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Common MonkeyflowerMimulus guttatus

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Mountain MonkeyflowerMimulus tilingii

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Copeland’s Owl Clover Orthocarpus cuspidatus

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Elephant’s HeadPedicularis groenlandica

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Nightshade familySolanaceae

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Dwarf ChamaesarachaChamaesaracha nana

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Violet familyViolaceae

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Mountain VioletViola purpurea

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Credits

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All photos by Dan Allison, available at http://flickr.com/photos/allisondan/

Questions, comments, and corrections to allisondan52@gmail.com

Identification from:•Plants of the Tahoe Basin, Michael Graf•Sierra Nevada Natural History, Storer & Usinger•Wildflowers 3: The Sierra Nevada, Elizabeth Horn