Red Butte Natural Area Plant Checklist This was written to serve as a checklist to the native plants found within Red Butte Garden Natural Area. Plants are listed in alphabetical order by family. If you discover any plants that are not on this list, or have any comments please contact Red Butte Garden at (801) 587-9951. ACERACEAE ASTERACEAE Curlycup Gumweed (Maple Family) (Aster Family) Grindelia squarrosa Bigtooth Maple Common Yarrow Broom Snakeweed Acer grandidentatum Achillea millefolium Gutierrezia sarothrae Boxelder Maple Mountain Dandelion Little Sunflower Acer negundo Agoseris glauca Helianthella uniflora ANACARDIACEAE Common Ragweed Common Sunflower (Sumac Family) Ambrosia artemisiifolia Helianthus annuus Smooth Sumac Western Ragweed Hairy Golden Aster Rhus glabra Ambrosia psilostachya Heterotheca villosa Oakleaf Sumac Low Pussytoes Prickly Lettuce Rhus trilobata Antennaria dimorpha Latuca serriola Western Poison Ivy White Sage Coastal Tidytips Toxicodendron rydbergii Artemisia ludoviciana Layia platyglossa APIACEAE Big Sagebrush Skeletonweed (Parsley Family) Artemisia tridentata Lygodesmia dianthopsis Poison Hemlock Cutleaf Balsamroot Hoary Tansyaster Conium maculatum Balsamorhiza macrophylla Machaeranthera canescens Longstalk Spring Parsley Arrowleaf Balsamroot Smallflower Tansyaster Cymopteris longipes Balsamorhiza sagittata Machaeranthera parviflora Queen Ann's Lace Douglas Dusty Maiden Scotch Thistle Daucus carota Chaenactis douglasii Onopordum acanthium Fernleaf Biscuitroot Rubber Rabbitbrush Rock Goldenrod Lomatium dissectum Chrysothamnus nauseosus Petradoria pumila 9-leaf Biscuitroot Sticky-leaf Rabbitbrush Mountain Groundsel Lomatium triternatum Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus Senecio crassulus Indian Potato Wavyleaf Thistle Columbia Groundsel Orogenia linearifolia Cirsium undulatum Senecio integerrimus Western Sweetanise Bull Thistle Canada Goldenrod Osmorhiza occidentalis Cirsium vulgare Solidago canadensis APOCYNACEAE Tapertip Hawksbeard Threenerve Goldenrod (Dogbane Family) Crepis acuminata Solidago velutina Spreading Dogbane Western Hawksbeard Everywhere Aster Apocynum adrosaemifolium Crepis occidentalis Symphyotrichum ascendens Indian Hemp Sand Fleabane Common Dandelion Apocynum cannabinum Erigeron arenarioides Taraxacum officinale ASCLEPIADACEAE Spreading Fleabane Daisy Meadow Salsify (Milkweed Family) Erigeron divergens Tragopogon dubius Antelope Horns Engelmann Fleabane Meadow Salsify Asclepias asperula Erigeron engelmannii Tragopogon pratensis Showy Milkweed Blanketflower Mule's Ear Asclepias speciosa Gaillardia sp. Wyethia amplexicaulis Cocklebur Shepard's Purse Snowberry Xanthium strumarium Capsella bursa-pastoris Symphoricarpos occidentalis BERBERIDACEAE Whitetop Mountain Snowberry (Barberry Family) Cardaria draba Symphoricarpos occidentalis Creeping Oregon Grape Blue Mustard CARYOPHYLLACEAE Mahonia repens Chorispora tenella (Pink Family) BETULACEAE Tansy Mustard Sandwort (Birch Family) Descurainia spp. Arenaria sp. Western Water Birch Spring Draba Low Baby's Breath Betula occidentalis Draba verna Gypsophila muralis BORAGINACEAE Western Wallflower Seabluff Catchfly (Borage Family) Erysimum asperum Silene douglasii Annual Cat's eye Wormseed Wallflower CHENOPODIACEAE Cryptantha affinis Erysimum cheiranthoides (Goosefoot Family) Waterton Lakes Cryptantha Syria-weed Kochia Cryptantha sobolifera Euclidium syriacum Kochia scoparia Dwarf Cat's Eye Dyer's Woad CONVOLVULACEAE Cryptantha humilis Isatis tinctoria (Morning Glory Family) Hound's Tongue Money Plant Field Bindweed Cynoclossum officinale Lunaria annua Convolvulus arvensis Western Tickseed Tumble Mustard CORNACEAE Hackelia floribunda Sisymbrium altissimum (Dogwood Family) Jessie's Tickseed Heartleaf Twistflower Red Osier Dogwood Hackelia micrantha Streptanthus cordatus Cornus sericea White Tickseed Hackelia CACTACEAE CUSCUTACEAE patens (Cactus Family) (Dodder Family) White Stoneseed Brittle Pricklypear Alfalfa Dodder Lithospermum arvense Opuntia fragilis Cuscuta approximata Yellow Stoneseed Twistspine Pricklypear Bigseed Alfalfa Dodder Lithospermum ruderale Opuntia macrorhiza Cuscuta indecora Aspen Bluebells Plains Pricklypear CYPERACEAE Mertensia arizonica Opuntia polyacantha (Sedge Family) Shortstyle Bluebells CAPPARACEAE Sedge Mertensia brevistyla (Caper Family) Carex spp. Mountain Bluebells Rocky Mountain Bee Plant Panicled Bulrush Mertensia ciliata Cleome serrulata Scirpus microcarpus Oblong Leaf Bluebells Clammy Weed EQUISETACEAE Mertensia oblongifolia Polanisia dodecandra (Horsetail Family) BRASSICACEAE CAPRIFOLIACEAE Field Horsetail (Mustard Family) (Honeysuckle Family) Equisetum arvense Garlic Mustard Tatarian Honeysuckle Common Scouring Rush Alliaria petiolata Lonicera tatarica Equisetum hymale Smoothpod Alyssum Utah Honeysuckle EUPHORBIACEAE Alyssum minus Lonicera utahensis (Spurge Family) Holboell Rockcress Blue Elderberry Blue Spurge Arabis holboellii Sambucus caerulea Euphorbia myrsenites FABACEAE Threadleaf Scorpionweed Munro's Globemallow (Pea Family) Phacelia linearis Sphaeralcea munroana Beckwith Milkvetch JUNCACEAE ONAGRACEAE Astragalus beckwithii (Rush Family) (Evening Primrose Family) Browse Milkvetch Arctic Rush Diamond Clarkia Astragalus cibarius Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis Clarkia rhomboidea Meadow Milkvetch LAMIACEAE Annual Willowherb Astragalus convallarius (Mint Family) Epilobium brachycarpum Utah Milkvetch Henbit Tufted Evening Primrose Astragalus utahensis Lamium amplexicaule Oenothera caespitosa Crownvetch Spearmint Hooker's Evening Primrose Coronilla varia Mentha spicata Oenothera elata Northern Sweetvetch Catnip Mint ORCHIDACEAE Hedysarum boreale Nepeta cataria (Orchid Family) Purple Peavine LILIACEAE Slender-Spire Orchid Lathyrus brachycalyx (Lily Family) Piperia unalasensis Tailcup Lupine Tapertip Onion POACEAE Lupinus caudatus Allium acuminatum (Grass Family) Black Medic Sego Lily Jointed Goatgrass Medicago lupulina Calochortus nuttallii Aegilops cylindrica Alfalfa Glacier Lily Crested Wheatgrass Medicago sativa Erythronium grandiflorum Agropyron spicatum Sweetclover Leopard Lily Three Awn Grass Melilotus spp. Fritillaria atropurpurea Aristida longiseta Clover Yellowbells Rattlesnake Chess Trifolium spp. Fritillaria pudica Bromus brizaeformis Bitleaf American Vetch False Solomon's Seal Cheatgrass Vicia americana Maianthemum racemosum Bromus tectorum FAGACEAE Wild Lily of the Valley Brook Grass (Oak Family) Maianthemum stellatum Catabrosa aquatica Gambel Oak Wild Hyacinth Orchard Grass Quercus gambelii Triteleia grandiflora Dactylis glomerata GERANIACEAE Foothill Death Camas Barnyard Grass (Geranium Family) Zigadenus paniculatus Echinochloa crus-galli Stork's Bill Erodium LINACEAE Blue Wildrye Erodium cicutarium (Flax Family) Elymus glaucus Sticky Geranium Blue Flax Big Squirreltail Geranium viscosissimum Linum lewisii Elymus multisetus HYDROPHYLLACEAE MALVACEAE Bluebunch Wheatgrass (Waterleaf Family) (Mallow Family) Elymus spicatus Ballhead Waterleaf Common Mallow Needle and Thread Grass Hydrophyllum capitatum Malva neglecta Hesperostipa comata Western Waterleaf Scarlet Globemallow Foxtail Grass Hydrophyllum occidentale Sphaeralcea coccinea Hordeum sp. Varileaf Scorpionweed Gooseberryleaf Globemallow June Grass Phacelia heterophylla Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia Koeleria macrantha Oniongrass Bur Buttercup Smallflower Woodland Star Melica bulbosa Ranunculus testiculatus Lithophragma parviflorum Timothy Grass ROSACEAE Slender Woodland Star Phleum pratense (Rose Family) Lithophragma tenellum Bulbous Bluegrass Saskatoon Serviceberry Golden Currant Poa bulbosa Amelanchier alnifolia Ribes aureum Muttongrass Utah Serviceberry SCROPHULARIACEAE Poa fendleriana Amelanchier utahensis (Figwort Family) Rabbitfoot Grass Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany Blue-eyed Mary Polypogon monspeliensis Cercocarpus ledifolius Collinsia parviflora Cereal Rye Douglas Hawthorn Dalmation Toadflax Secale cereale Crataegus douglasii Linaria dalmatica Indian Rice Grass Bushrock Spirea Wasatch Penstemon Stipa hymenoides Holodiscus dumosus Penstemon cyananthus POLEMONIACEAE Cinquefoil Palmer's Penstemon (Phlox Family) Potentilla sp. Penstemon palmeri Bigflowered Collomia Nanking Cherry Broadleaf Penstemon Collomia grandiflora Prunus tomentosa Penstemon platyphyllus Scarlet Gilia Chokecherry Moth mullein Ipomopsis aggregata Prunus virginiana Verbascum blattaria Longleaf Phlox Antelope Bitterbrush Flannel Mullein Phlox longifolia Purshia tridentata Verbascum thapsus POLYGONACEAE Dog Rose Bilobed Speedwell (Buckwheat Family) Rosa canina Veronica biloba Redroot Buckwheat Nootka Rose Bird's Eye Speedwell Eriogonum racemosum Rosa nutkana Veronica persica Sulpherflower Buckwheat Woods' Rose SOLANACEAE Eriogonum umbellatum Rosa woodsii (Nightshade Family) Prostrate Knotweed Threeleaf Raspberry Bittersweet Nightshade Polygonum aviculare Rubus idaeus Solanum dulcamara Curly Dock RUBIACEAE TYPHACEAE Rumex crispus (Madder Family) (Cattail Family) POLYPODIACEAE Bedstraw Common Cattail (Fern Family) Galium aparine Typha latifolia Brittle Bladder Fern SALICACEAE ULMACEAE Cystopteris fragilis (Willow Family) (Elm Family) PORTULACACEAE Sandbar Willow Common Hackberry (Purslane Family) Salix exigua Celtis occidentalis Lanceleaf Spring Beauty SANTALACEAE Siberian Elm Claytonia lanceolata (Sandalwood Family) Ulmus pumila Miner's Lettuce Bastard Toadflax VIOLACEAE Montia perfoliata Comandra umbellata (Violet Family) RANUNCULACEAE SAXIFRAGACEAE Goosefoot Violet (Buttercup Family) (Saxifrage Family) Viola purpurea Low Larkspur Common Alumroot Beckwith's Violet Delphinium nuttallianum Heuchera parvifolia Viola beckwithii If you would like more information on the plants in the Natural Area, please send an email to [email protected] and indicate which types of information would be useful in future editions of this checklist.