Flowers of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
For flowers that belong to more common taxa, please consult individual sub-galleries:
- Monocots of the Sierra Nevada (e.g., grass, sedge, rush, lily, iris, onion, butcher-broom, orchid)
- Rosids of the Sierra Nevada (e.g., rose, buckthorn, evening primrose, flax, geranium, gooseberry, mallow, mustard, pea, saxifrage, St. John's wort, stonecrop)
- Asterids of the Sierra Nevada (e.g., borage, broomrape, buckwheat, cactus, carrot, dogbane, gentian, goosefoot, heath, honeysuckle, mint, nightshade, penstemon, phlox, pink, primrose, purslane, snapdragon, sunflower)
Examples across all taxa
editPoppy family (Papaveraceae)
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Prickly poppy (Argemone munita) flower, closeup
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Prickly poppy (A. munita) plant, backlit
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Prickly poppy (A. munita) plant
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Prickly poppy (A. munita) returns after fire
Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) monks-hood, delphinium, columbine, clematis, meadow rue
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Monk's-hood (Aconitum columbianum), close
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Larkspur (Delphinium glaucum) flower closeup
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Larspur (D. glaucum) against sky
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Desert larkspur (Delphinium parishii) plant
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Desert larkspur (D. parishii) closeup of flowers
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Desert larkspur (D. parishii) buds and flowers
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Desert larkspur (D. parishii) flowers and fruits
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Coville's columbine (Aquilegia pubescens), symmetrical closeup of flower
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White Coville's columbine (A. pubescens) closeup, near Morgan Pass
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White Coville's columbine (A. pubescens) plant, near Morgan Pass
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Coville's columbine (A. pubescens) white flowers, close
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Hybrid forms between Aquilegia pubescens & formosa: 4 flower closeups L to R
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Hybrid forms between Aquilegia pubescens & formosa: 4 flower closeups clockwise
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Crimson columbine (Aquilegia formosa), Kaweah bowl
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Western virgin's-bower (Clematis ligusticifolia)
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Virgin's bower (C. ligusticifolia) flower cluster at paired stems
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Virgin's bower (C. ligusticifolia) twined leaf stems
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Fendler's meadow rue (Thalictrum fendleri), male flowers close
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Meadow rue (T. fendleri) male plant
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T. fendler female plant, with flowers/seed