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Yampah
Perideridia gairdneri |
Tiny white lacy flowers occur in dense topped clusters formed by several small umbels. Plains Indians ate bulbs. Habitats are sagebrush slopes in the mountains, and high moist plains |
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Microsteris
Microsteris gracilis |
Very small plant that grows up to four inches. Grows throughout the Great Basin. Leaves are usually hairy. Very small pretty flowers that are ¼ inch across. |
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Geyer Larkspur
Delphinium geyeri |
Perennial with a hollow stem. Can grow up to 2 feet tall. Flowers are purple. Native of the Rocky Mountain region. Commonly grows on western rangelands. |
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Coast Fiddleneck
Amsinckia species |
Borage family. Yellow flowers curl around resembling a fiddlehead. Dense bristles cover the plant. The flowers produce a hard-shelled nutlet that is poisonous to cattle. Favor disturbed areas such as overgrazed ranges. |
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Old Man’s Beard
Geum triflorum |
Rose family. The flowering stems remain leafless with the exception of two small leaves in the middle of the stem. Favors the moist areas in the steppeland. |
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Greasewood
Sarcobatus vermiculatus |
Bright green foliage differs from the grayish foliage of sagebrush. Numerous small leaves are succulent. Spiny bramble like branches. Grows in alkaline flats and playas. Greasewood can tolerate excessive soil salts. |
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Spiny Hopsage
Atriplex spinosa |
Medium sized unisexual shrub. Spiny grayish stems bear many elliptical leaves. Flowers are small and modest. Grows in a variety of habitats from alkaline flats, dry sagebrush plains, and talus slopes. |
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Western Serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia |
A large shrub with many attractive flowers. The ovate to elliptical leaves are toothed toward the tip. Grows in course talus and other rocky slopes of the sagebrush steppe. |
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Hawksbeard
Crepis modacencis |
Leaves are basal and deeply toothed. Grows to a maximum of 12 inches (30cm). Associates with Sagebrush and Phlox. Resemble dandelions. |
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Locoweed
Astragalus convallarius |
Pea Family. Pale yellow flowers. Some types of locoweed are poisonous to livestock. |
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Spotted Catsear
Asteraceae |
Sunflower family. Common name is false dandilion. This perennial reaches from between ¾ inches to 2 ft. tall. Flowers are yellow and resemble dandelions. Non-native plant from Europe. |
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Sheperdspurse
Capsella bursa-pastoris |
Annual that grows from 3 to 18 inches tall. Stems are tall with tiny white flowers forming at the end of the plant. Non-native from Europe. Common in waste areas. |
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Medusahead
Taeniatherum caput-medusae |
Poaceae: grass family. Winter annual that grows from 6 to 24 inches tall. Leaf blades are rolled. Non-native introduced from Eurasia. It is extremely invasive and covers millions of acres of semi-arid rangeland in the Pacific Northwest. |