🌻 COLORADO WILDFLOWER GUIDE 🌻

Colorado’s high deserts, prairies, foothills, and mountains ~ there’s so much here to explore! I’m a slow hiker though, and stop to look at, and photograph, every interesting and pretty little thing along the way. I find connection and creative inspiration in native wildflowers, and have illustrated many as Wildflower Women.

The land where I live is the territory and homelands of the Núuchiu (Ute), Hinono’ei (Arapaho), and Tsistsistas (Cheyenne) peoples. Where possible, Indigenous names for many of these plants are included alongside common and scientific names, and references to cultural knowledge are approached with respect and an awareness of my position as a learner. Additional information about sources, acknowledgements, and research can be found here.

Through learning the names and characteristics of the small beauties around us, her role in her ecosystem, her stories and medicine, we can recognize her each time we meet outside or on a trail ~ not just as a familiar face, but as a friend, sister, kin ~ and in gratitude to the land and home that we share.

This collection is far from complete, and always ongoing. All are wildflowers and blooming shrubs I’ve found and photographed, native to Colorado’s Front Range and beyond. Flowers are categorized by color in the galleries below. Select a color, then click on each wildflower to see and learn more. Let’s go for a hike!

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