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Forbs
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Achillea lanulosawestern yarrow
• White composite flowers
• Ubiquitous• Fern-like leaves• Aromatic • Woolly stems
and leaves
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Acomastylis rossiialpine avens
• Yellow flowered• Rose family• Common on alpine
tundra, responsible for the deep red in autumn
• Leaves compound, basal leaves well developed
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Antennaria parvifoliaRocky Mountain pussytoes
• White flowers• Low growing forb,
stoloniferous• Gray leaves• Heads of flowers
resemble pads on cat's feet
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Arnica cordifoliaheartleaf arnica
• Yellow flowers• Heart-shaped leaves• Opposite leaves• Long rhizomes
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Artemisia ludovicianacudweed (sagewort)
• Leaves alternate, simple, irregularly lobed
• Rhizomatous• Densely pubescent
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Astragalus spp.locoweed or milk vetch
• Many species toxic to animals, some are good forage
• Leaves found on the flowering stems pinnately dissected
• Flowers variable in color
• Keel petals are blunt
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Bistorta bistortoidesbistort
• Flower white or pinkish
• Flowers in terminal clusters
• Large, fleshy roots• Basal leaves
oblanceolate• Alpine plant
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Chamerion angustifoliumfireweed
• Bright purple flowers• Back side of leaf has 1
conspicuous vein• Secondary veins run parallel to
leaf margins• Common in disturbed areas,
especially after fire• Leaves linear-lanceolate
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Chrysopsis villosahairy golden aster
• Stems very hairy• Yellow composite flowers• Alternate leaves• Reddish stems• Increaser species
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Delphinium spp.larkspur
• Poisonous to cattle, especially in spring
• Low growing leaves• Blue flowers with
spurs
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Eremogone fendleriFendlers sandwort
• Forb that closely resembles a grass
• Very fine linear leaves, opposite
• Sharp points on tips of leaves
• White flowers
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Erigeron spp.daisy
• Small linear leaves, alternate• White composite flowers• Fine hairs on foliage
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Eriogonum umbellatumsulfur-flower
• Umbel inflorescence• Leaves at base of
plant• Bracts at base of
inflorescence• Stoloniferous• Stems are reddish • Leaves light green
above and dusty gray below
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Erysimum asperumwestern wallflower
• Biennial mustard• Yellow flowers• "Fish hook"
subdivisions on leaf margins
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Fragaria ovalisstrawberry
• Grows in moist environments
• Stoloniferous• Compound leaf with
3 leaflets• White flowers• Red stems
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Galium borealebedstraw
• Square stem• Small white flowers• Leaves in whorls originating
from each side of the stem
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Geranium spp.geranium
• White to purple flowers
• Leaves with long petioles, sticky hairs on foliage
• Palmately divided leaves
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Harbouria trachypleurawhisk-broom parsley
• Looks like dill• Umbel inflorescence• Yellow flowers• Highly dissected leaf
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Helianthus pumilusdwarf sunflower
• Common on disturbed sites• Invader species• Mostly opposite leaves• Course hairs on stem• Yellow composite flower
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Lupinus argenteuscommon lupine
• Many lupines are poisonous
• Palmately divided leaves
• White-blue flowers
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Mertensia spp.bluebells
• Generally grows in moist sites
• Waxy leaf• Fleshy feel to plant• Blue tubular flowers
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Opuntia polyacanthastarvation cactus
• Succulent• Numerous thick
spines on pads• Bright lemon yellow
flower
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Oxytropis lambertiicrazyweed
• Poisonous to most herbivores, especially horses
• Flowers scapose, i.e., borne on stalks that do not support leaves
• Purple flowers with is pointed keel petals
• Leaves pinnately compound
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Penstemon spp.penstemon
• Purplish-blue tubular flowers
• Irregular, 5-petalled flowers
• Opposite leaves• Leaves waxy, tend to
be folded
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Potentilla spp.cinquefoil• Leaves variable
• Leaves end in 3 leaflets• Gray to greenish colored
leaves• Yellow flowers
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Pulsatilla patenspasque flower
• Leaves palmatelydivided
• Fine hairs on leaves• Flowers early in
spring• Reddish stem
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Pyrola spp.wintergreen
• Low-growing plant• Evergreen leaves with
serrated margins• "Leathery" leaves• Leaves oval to
spatulate• Common in the
understory of lodgepole pine forests
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Sedum lanceolatumstonecrop
• Low growing herb• Succulent, fleshy
leaves • Yellow flowers
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Solidago spp.goldenrod• Yellow flowers
• Netted venation on leaves• Very common plant in forest
understory
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Thermopsis divaricarpagolden banner
• Yellow flowers• Leaves divided into 3
leaflets• Leaflets with yellow
veins• Sheathing stipules at
the base of petiole
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Trifolium parryialpine clover
• Leaves basal and palmately trifoliate
• Flowers in heads, scapose
• Petal rosey or purple• Alpine plant