Intermountain Choice Natives. Perennials

Perennials provide the color and diversity we associate with wild flowers--flowers we see in desert bloom in early spring, in mid-summer on a hike through the foothills and canyons  or in late summer bloom in sub-alpine meadows. These herbaceous plants, called perennials because they return every year, bloom from earliest spring to very late fall, depending upon the habitats in which they grow. There are eighteen perennials in the Intermountain Choice Natives program representing many of the diverse habitats found in Intermountain West. The range of conditions for these Utah's Choice plants is wide--from full sun, no water and poor soils to shady sites, dry or wet. The eighteen plants listed below are arranged according to their preferred habitats from dry desert conditions to montane habitats.

Showy Sandwort Arenaria macradenia more pictures	Utah Ladyfinger Milkvetch Astragalus utahensis more pictures	Utah Penstemon Penstemon utahensis more pictures
Firecracker Penstemon Penstemon eatonii more pictures	Sundancer Daisy Hymenoxys acaulis more pictures	Palmer Penstemon Penstemon palmeri more pictures
Fragrant Evening Primrose Oenothera caespitosa more pictures	Gooseberryleaf Globemallow Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia more pictures	Desert Four O'Clock Mirabilis multiflora more pictures
Sulfurflower Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum more pictures	Utah Sweetvetch Hedysarum boreale more pictures	Indian Paintbrush Castilleja chromosa more pictures
Firechalice Zauschneria latifolia more pictures	Whipple Penstemon Penstemon whippleanus more pictures	Wasatch Penstemon Penstemon cyananthus more pictures
Maple Mallow Iliamna rivularis more pictures	Sticky Geranium Geranium viscosissimum more pictures	Little Beebalm Monardella odoratissima more pictures