A Field Guide to Colorado Wildflowers

From Pueblo Colorado to the alpine meadows of the Rocky Mountains, once spring comes all the flowering plants give it their all and bloom in a rainbow of colors. There are over 3000 different wildflowers that bloom throughout the season giving you over six months of opportunity to get that perfect flower photo.

We will introduce you to some of the most common Colorado wildflowers with photos we have taken and the time of year you will most likely see them so you can identify them while exploring with the Field Guide to Colorado Wildflowers. So grab your camera gear and get ready for a beautiful adventure!

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Last updated: 08/15/23

COUNT: 28 - Stay tuned, more flowers to come with each outing.

Plant: Black-Eyed Susan Blooms: June to September
​Plant: Bouncing Bet Blooms: June to September Note: Invasive Plant
Plant: Bractless Blazingstar Blooms: July to September
​​Plant: Buffalobur Blooms: June to September
Plant: Common Mullein Blooms: June to September
Plant: Cowboy's Delight Blooms: June to September
​​Plant: Curlycup Gumweed Blooms: June to October
​​​Plant: Evening Primrose Blooms: June to September
Plant: Field Bindweed Blooms: April to September Note: Invasive Plant and mildly toxic to grassing animals
Plant: Gayfeather Blooms: July to October
Plant: Heath Aster Blooms: August to October
Plant: Indian Blanket Flower Blooms: June to September
Plant: Lacy Tansyaster Blooms: August to September
Plant: Musk Thistle Blooms: June to September
​​Plant: Nodding Onion Blooms: June to August
Plant: Prairie Sunflower Blooms: June to September
Plant: Prickly Poppy Blooms: March to July
Plant: Richarson's Geranium Blooms: June to August Note: Flowers white to pale lavender with purple-pink veins
Plant: Rocky Mountain Bee Plant Blooms: April to September
Plant: Rocky Mountain Columbine Flower Blooms: April to June Note: Also comes in with shades of yellow, blue, and white
​Plant: Rubber Rabbit Bush Blooms: August to September
​​Plant: Shrubby Cinquefoil Blooms: June to August
​Plant: Slender -flowered Scurfpea Blooms: May to September
​Plant: Tanseyleaf Spine Aster Blooms: June to September
​Plant: Trailing Daisy Blooms: April to September
​Plant: Valerian Blooms: June to September
​​Plant: Wild Blue Flax Blooms: March to September
​​Plant: Wild Sweet Clover Blooms: May to September

More Flowers to come with each hike.

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