Cobaea Beardtongue (Penstemon This brochure is a brief introduction to Its large bell-shaped flowers are Yellow Paintbrush Sneezeweed (Helenium amarum) centers, and the petals have a “crepe covered with many small cobaea) Figwort Family Wildflowers of some of the most common wildflowers light green and have a waxy (Castilleja citrina) Daisy Family paper” appearance. It is common spines. Its leaves are This tall stout plant has large found at Quartz Mountain. While the appearance. It is not unusual Figwort Family Sneezeweeds are a highly throughout the park. April-July. similar to those of the (2 in.) tubular flowers that Quartz Mountain park’s various habitats provide to find more than twenty This yellow relative of the branched plant with many mimosa and will close are whitish-lavender in growing conditions for nearly eighty flowers on a single stem. familiar Indian Paintbrush is small (½-¾ in.) yellow daisy- Large-flowered Gaura (Gaura when touched. It is color. They grow on the State Park species, these species are those most Yucca prefers open, well- common at Quartz Mountain like flowers. The center of lindheimeri) Evening Primrose Family common throughout the upper stems of the plant frequently observed by visitors. Most drained soils. April-June. along roadsides and on the these flowers are reddish- This is a very tall (2-5 .) slender mountains. April-June. and are nearly horizontal. of these flowers can be seen during mountains. The flowers of this brown. They are found plant with very small lance- Beardtongue grows mainly in the spring and summer either along Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) plant are found at the bases of growing on the mountain- shaped leaves. Its flowers are areas of eroded soil along the the roadsides or the New Horizon Trail. Aster Family the upper leaves which are sides from May-August. The small and have four white to Spectacle Pod (Dithyrea Wislizeni) park roadsides. April-June. Please, remember to enjoy these This flower is familiar to bright yellow. April-July. name sneezeweed comes from pink petals. The flower stamens Mustard Family wildflowers where you find them many Oklahomans as the plant’s use as snu. This caused are long and drooping. Gaura This tall grayish plant is very Star Violet (Hedyotis nigricans) growing; do not pick them! Oklahoma’s State Wild- sneezing which was thought to rid the is found growing mainly along common along the roadsides Bedstraw Family flower. It has a large daisy- Long-haired Phlox body of evil spirits. the park roadsides. May-July. and in open sandy areas of This beautiful li le Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) like head with 10-20 rays (Phlox pilosa var. longipilosa) the park. The flowers are four- flower grows in Miner’s Le uce Family that are red at the base and Phlox Family Slender Day-Flower Partridge Pea (Cassia fasciculata) petaled, white and grown in clusters at the ends This small white to light pink yellow at the tip. Standing This unusual plant is a distinct variety (Commelina erecta) Spiderwort Family Pea Family clusters at the top of the of 1-2 . stems. These flower is the first to bloom 6-15 inches tall, Indian of the common phlox (Phlox pilosa), This species is one of our few This beautiful plant is found plant. Spectacle pod gets its stems grow in large in the park, oen as early Blanket can be seen along and is only found in the blue flowers. It has three in areas of sandy soil. It is name from its seed pods which clumps that are common as late January. It prefers open roadsides and in the dry soil area of the park and no- bright blue petals one of 1-3 . tall with five-petaled resemble the lenses of a pair of in the mountain soils. The areas with moist soil, and can of the mountains. April-June. where else in the state. which is very small. It can yellow flowers. The leaves are spectacles. April-July. flowers are four-petaled, be seen until mid-April. It is a medium-sized reach 2 . tall, but the plant’s 1-3 in. long and have many leaflets, white and very tiny (¼-½ in.) Large-flower Tickseed plant (1-1½ .) with its weak stem makes this species giving each leaf a leathery appear- when viewed from directly above, False Wild Garlic (Nothoscordum (Coreopsis grandiflora) Aster Family five petaled rose-purple seem nearly prostrate. Day-flowers ance. Like all members of this family, Late Purple Aster (Aster patens) these flowers look like tiny stars. bivalve) Lily Family The tickseed is a tall (1-3 .) flowers arranged in clusters along the grow along roadsides and on the partridge Pea produces its own Daisy Family April-July. This 6-8 in. tall plant has plant that grows in clumps. stem. The stem and leaves are mountains, and can be seen from June nitrogen. June-September. This is the last wild- white flowers with light green Its flowers are bright yellow covered with dense jointed hairs. through September. flower to bloom in Nu all’s Stonecrop (Sedum veins in the petals. Oen 6-12 with each ray having several Long-haired phlox can be found Do ed Snakeroot (Liatris punctata) the park, usually in nu allianum) Stonecrop Family flowers will present in a cluster notches at the tip. This growing in the dry soils of the Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) Aster Family August. Its flowerheads This is a low creeping at the top of the plant. It can be flower is very common and mountains. April-June. Spiderwort Family Snakeroot is a 6-30 in. tall have 15-25 purple rays succulent plant found found in areas of moist soil from oen appears to cover the Spiderwort is a common unbranched plant that grows surrounding a yellow center. growing on the thin early February-May. mountains when in bloom. species in the park and in clusters of slender wands. It can be found growing soil on the rock. Its April-June. Lemon Monarda (Monarda citriodora) is seen along roadsides Its flowers are purple and throughout the mountains. tiny flowers are pale Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) Mint Family and on the mountains. are surrounded by clumps of August-October. yellow and create a Mint Family Thread-leaf Thelesperma This mint grows as a tall It is a tall (1-2 .) un- purple bristles. The leaves beautiful “wash”on the A familiar roadside flower, (Thelesperma filifolium) Daisy Family (1-2 .) unbranched stem. branching plant with are slender and are covered rocky soils when in bloom. Henbit is dark pink to purple Thelesperma is a tall (1-3 .) Its white-pink flowers grow lavender three-petaled flowers growing with many small dots, giving Antelope Horns (Asclepias asperula May-July. in color. It is a prostrate plant, highly branching plant. in dense whorls around the in clusters on the stem tip. this snakeroot its name. It is var. decumbens) Milkweed Family but can reach 18” in length. Its flowers are bright upper end of the stem. Each May-August. found in areas of dry sandy soil. This spreading member of the The tiny flowers are found growing at yellow with a reddish- flower cluster has a whorl of August-October. milkweed family is found the bases of the whorled leaves. Like brown center. It gets its small grayish green leaves Prickly Poppy in the drier soils of the Quartz Mountain State Park all mints the stem of Henbit is square. name from its very fine, (bracts) below it. This plant (Argemone intermedia) Sensitive Briar (Schrankia Nu allii) mountains. Its green 43393 Scissortail Rd Fabruary-May. thread-like leaves. This can be found in areas of dry Poppy Family Pea Family flowers are clustered in Lone Wolf, OK 73655 flower is common on the soils throughout the park. Prickly poppy is a tall This common, but unusual, plant umbrella-like heads. The Phone (580)563-2238 Yucca (Yucca glauca) Lily Family mountainsides from April Its leaves have pungent stout plant covered with bears its flowers in spherical pink size and shape of the seed www.TravelOK.com Yucca is a tall plant familiar to many through July. odor when crushed. May-July. many prickles. Its 3-4 in. flowerheads that are ⅔ to 1 inch in pods are what gives this because of its long sword-like leaves. flowers are white with yellow diameter. It is a low creeping plant plant its name. April-June. Cobaea Beardtongue (Penstemon This brochure is a brief introduction to Its large bell-shaped flowers are Yellow Paintbrush Sneezeweed (Helenium amarum) centers, and the petals have a “crepe covered with many small cobaea) Figwort Family some of the most common wildflowers light green and have a waxy (Castilleja citrina) Daisy Family paper” appearance. It is common spines. Its leaves are This tall stout plant has large found at Quartz Mountain. While the appearance. It is not unusual Figwort Family Sneezeweeds are a highly throughout the park. April-July. similar to those of the (2 in.) tubular flowers that park’s various habitats provide to find more than twenty This yellow relative of the branched plant with many mimosa and will close are whitish-lavender in growing conditions for nearly eighty flowers on a single stem. familiar Indian Paintbrush is small (½-¾ in.) yellow daisy- Large-flowered Gaura (Gaura when touched. It is color. They grow on the species, these species are those most Yucca prefers open, well- common at Quartz Mountain like flowers. The center of lindheimeri) Evening Primrose Family common throughout the upper stems of the plant frequently observed by visitors. Most drained soils. April-June. along roadsides and on the these flowers are reddish- This is a very tall (2-5 .) slender mountains. April-June. and are nearly horizontal. of these flowers can be seen during mountains. The flowers of this brown. They are found plant with very small lance- Beardtongue grows mainly in the spring and summer either along Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) plant are found at the bases of growing on the mountain- shaped leaves. Its flowers are areas of eroded soil along the the roadsides or the New Horizon Trail. Aster Family the upper leaves which are sides from May-August. The small and have four white to Spectacle Pod (Dithyrea Wislizeni) park roadsides. April-June. Please, remember to enjoy these This flower is familiar to bright yellow. April-July. name sneezeweed comes from pink petals. The flower stamens Mustard Family wildflowers where you find them many Oklahomans as the plant’s use as snu. This caused are long and drooping. Gaura This tall grayish plant is very Star Violet (Hedyotis nigricans) growing; do not pick them! Oklahoma’s State Wild- sneezing which was thought to rid the is found growing mainly along common along the roadsides Bedstraw Family flower. It has a large daisy- Long-haired Phlox body of evil spirits. the park roadsides. May-July. and in open sandy areas of This beautiful li le Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) like head with 10-20 rays (Phlox pilosa var. longipilosa) the park. The flowers are four- flower grows in Miner’s Le uce Family that are red at the base and Phlox Family Slender Day-Flower Partridge Pea (Cassia fasciculata) petaled, white and grown in clusters at the ends This small white to light pink yellow at the tip. Standing This unusual plant is a distinct variety (Commelina erecta) Spiderwort Family Pea Family clusters at the top of the of 1-2 . stems. These flower is the first to bloom 6-15 inches tall, Indian of the common phlox (Phlox pilosa), This species is one of our few This beautiful plant is found plant. Spectacle pod gets its stems grow in large in the park, oen as early Blanket can be seen along and is only found in the blue flowers. It has three in areas of sandy soil. It is name from its seed pods which clumps that are common as late January. It prefers open roadsides and in the dry soil area of the park and no- bright blue petals one of 1-3 . tall with five-petaled resemble the lenses of a pair of in the mountain soils. The areas with moist soil, and can of the mountains. April-June. where else in the state. which is very small. It can yellow flowers. The leaves are spectacles. April-July. flowers are four-petaled, be seen until mid-April. It is a medium-sized reach 2 . tall, but the plant’s 1-3 in. long and have many leaflets, white and very tiny (¼-½ in.) Large-flower Tickseed plant (1-1½ .) with its weak stem makes this species giving each leaf a leathery appear- when viewed from directly above, False Wild Garlic (Nothoscordum (Coreopsis grandiflora) Aster Family five petaled rose-purple seem nearly prostrate. Day-flowers ance. Like all members of this family, Late Purple Aster (Aster patens) these flowers look like tiny stars. bivalve) Lily Family The tickseed is a tall (1-3 .) flowers arranged in clusters along the grow along roadsides and on the partridge Pea produces its own Daisy Family April-July. This 6-8 in. tall plant has plant that grows in clumps. stem. The stem and leaves are mountains, and can be seen from June nitrogen. June-September. This is the last wild- white flowers with light green Its flowers are bright yellow covered with dense jointed hairs. through September. flower to bloom in Nu all’s Stonecrop (Sedum veins in the petals. Oen 6-12 with each ray having several Long-haired phlox can be found Do ed Snakeroot (Liatris punctata) the park, usually in nu allianum) Stonecrop Family flowers will present in a cluster notches at the tip. This growing in the dry soils of the Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) Aster Family August. Its flowerheads This is a low creeping at the top of the plant. It can be flower is very common and mountains. April-June. Spiderwort Family Snakeroot is a 6-30 in. tall have 15-25 purple rays succulent plant found found in areas of moist soil from oen appears to cover the Spiderwort is a common unbranched plant that grows surrounding a yellow center. growing on the thin early February-May. mountains when in bloom. species in the park and in clusters of slender wands. It can be found growing soil on the rock. Its April-June. Lemon Monarda (Monarda citriodora) is seen along roadsides Its flowers are purple and throughout the mountains. tiny flowers are pale Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) Mint Family and on the mountains. are surrounded by clumps of August-October. yellow and create a Mint Family Thread-leaf Thelesperma This mint grows as a tall It is a tall (1-2 .) un- purple bristles. The leaves beautiful “wash”on the A familiar roadside flower, (Thelesperma filifolium) Daisy Family (1-2 .) unbranched stem. branching plant with are slender and are covered rocky soils when in bloom. Henbit is dark pink to purple Thelesperma is a tall (1-3 .) Its white-pink flowers grow lavender three-petaled flowers growing with many small dots, giving Antelope Horns (Asclepias asperula May-July. in color. It is a prostrate plant, highly branching plant. in dense whorls around the in clusters on the stem tip. this snakeroot its name. It is var. decumbens) Milkweed Family but can reach 18” in length. Its flowers are bright upper end of the stem. Each May-August. found in areas of dry sandy soil. This spreading member of the The tiny flowers are found growing at yellow with a reddish- flower cluster has a whorl of August-October. milkweed family is found the bases of the whorled leaves. Like brown center. It gets its small grayish green leaves Prickly Poppy in the drier soils of the all mints the stem of Henbit is square. name from its very fine, (bracts) below it. This plant (Argemone intermedia) Sensitive Briar (Schrankia Nu allii) mountains. Its green Fabruary-May. thread-like leaves. This can be found in areas of dry Poppy Family Pea Family flowers are clustered in flower is common on the soils throughout the park. Prickly poppy is a tall This common, but unusual, plant umbrella-like heads. The Yucca (Yucca glauca) Lily Family mountainsides from April Its leaves have pungent stout plant covered with bears its flowers in spherical pink size and shape of the seed Yucca is a tall plant familiar to many through July. odor when crushed. May-July. many prickles. Its 3-4 in. flowerheads that are ⅔ to 1 inch in pods are what gives this because of its long sword-like leaves. flowers are white with yellow diameter. It is a low creeping plant plant its name. April-June.