Native Plants of Colorado
Native plants of Colorado are adapted to high altitude, intense UV, and variable precipitation. These tough species thrive where many ornamentals struggle.
Alpine Laurel
Kalmia microphylla
Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
Aspen daisy (Showy daisy)
Erigeron speciosus
Bell's twinpod
Physaria bellii
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
Big Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
Bush Penstemon
Penstemon ambiguus
Cliff Fendlerbush
Fendlera rupicola
Common twinpod
Physaria didymocarpa
Dwarf False Indigo
Amorpha nana
Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Fragrant Mimosa
Mimosa borealis
Fragrant snakeroot
Ageratina herbacea
Fragrant White Sand Verbena
Abronia fragrans
Green-palate Monkeyflower
Erythranthe unimaculata
Heart-leaved arnica
Arnica cordifolia
Indian ricegrass
Achnatherum hymenoides
Indigo Bush
Amorpha fruticosa
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Limber pine
Pinus flexilis
Lodgepole pine
Pinus contorta
Mexican Hat
Ratibida columnifera
Mountain ninebark
Physocarpus monogynus
Narrowleaf Cottonwood
Populus angustifolia
Nettleleaf giant hyssop
Agastache urticifolia
New Mexico giant hyssop
Agastache pallidiflora
Oneseed Juniper
Juniperus monosperma
Pagoda Beardtongue
Penstemon angustifolius
Ponderosa pine
Pinus ponderosa
Prairie Sagewort
Artemisia frigida
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
Rock-loving aletes
Neoparrya lithophila
Rocky Mountain Bee-plant
Peritoma serrulata
Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine
Pinus aristata
Rocky Mountain Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum
Rocky Mountain Maple
Acer glabrum
Rufous-haired lip fern
Myriopteris rufa
Saskatoon serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
Slender Bee-plant
Peritoma multicaulis
Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
Subalpine Fir
Abies lasiocarpa
Tufted twinpod
Physaria condensata
Two-needle pinyon
Pinus edulis
White Beardtongue
Penstemon albidus
White Fir
Abies concolor
White River Beardtongue
Penstemon albifluvis
Wooton's lip fern
Myriopteris wootonii
Yellow Bee-plant
Peritoma lutea