Wildflowers and Scenery of the Canadian Rockies

Wildflowers from the Foothills

Index to Scientific Names

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Scientific NameCommon Name
Calla palustris Water arum
Calochortus apiculatus Pointed mariposa lily
Caltha palustris Marsh marigold
Calypso bulbosa Calypso orchid
Camassia quamash Blue camas
Campanula rapunculoides Creeping bellflower
Campanula rotundifolia Harebell
Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherd's purse
Cardaria draba Hoary cress
Carduus nutans Musk thistle
Carex aquatilis Water sedge
Carex aurea Golden sedge
Carex crawfordii Crawford's sedge
Carex disperma Two-seeded sedge
Carex heteroneura Blackened sedge
Carex pauciflora Few flowered sedge
Carex phaeocephala Dunhead sedge
Carum carvi Wild caraway
Cassiope stelleriana Western moss heather
Castilleja elegans Indian paintbrush
Castilleja species Indian paintbrush
Castilleja unalaschcensis Unalaska paintbrush
Centaurea maculosa Spotted knapweed
Cerastium arvense Field mouse ear chickweed
Cerastium beeringianum Mountain chickweed
Chenopodium album Lamb's quarters
Chenopodium capitatum Strawberry-blite
Chimaphila umbellata Prince's pine
Chrysopsis villosa Golden aster
Cicuta douglasii White water-hemlock
Cicuta maculata Water hemlock
Cirsium arvense Canada thistle
Cirsium foliosum Leafy thistle
Cirsium hookerianum White thistle
Cirsium ochrocentrum Yellowspine thistle
Cirsium scariosum Elk thistle
Cirsium undulatum Wavy-leaved thistle
Cirsium vulgare Bull thistle
Claytonia lanceolata Western spring beauty
Clematis ligusticifolia Western clematis
Clematis occidentalis Blue clematis
Clematis tangutica Golden clematis
Cleome serrulata Rocky Mountain bee-plant
Collinsia parviflora Maiden blue-eyed Mary
Collomia grandiflora Large-flowered collomia
Collomia linearis Narrow-leaved collomia
Comandra umbellata Pale bastard toadflax
Convallaria majalis Lily of the valley
Convolvulus arvensis Field bindweed
Convolvulus sepium Hedge bindweed
Corallorhiza maculata Spotted coralroot
Corallorhiza striata Striped coralroot
Corallorhiza trifida Yellow coralroot
Cornus canadensis Bunchberry
Cornus stolonifera Red osier dogwood
Corydalis aurea Golden corydalis
Corydalis sempervirens Pink corydalis
Crataegus douglasii Black hawthorn
Crepis tectorum Annual hawksbeard
Cryptantha celosioides Miner's candle
Cryptantha flavoculata Yellow-eye cryptanth
Cryptantha nubigena Clustered oreocarya
Cynoglossum officinale Hound's-tongue
Cypripedium calceolus Yellow lady's slipper
Cypripedium montanum Sparrow's-egg lady's slipper

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