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Calochortus ambiguus (Liliaceae) (16x8,Z5,P,C,3:6w) .............................................. 100 seeds / $4.00 07610.15 (W) Yavapai Co., AZ, 5925ft, 1806m. Similar to C. nuttallii and considered by some to be merely a variety of it. This population has pale lavender flowers and basal hairs with enlarged apices.   Photo

Calochortus aureus (30x8,Z6,P,C,3:6w) ..................................................................... 100 seeds / $4.00 08744.25 (W) Mohave Co., AZ, 5000ft, 1524m. Lovely golden bowls marked with dark maroon crescents at the petal base.   Photo

Calochortus bruneaunis (35x12,Z5,P,C,3:6w) .............................................................. 80 seeds / $4.00 10760.23 (W) Tooele Co., UT, 5275ft, 1608m. Stunning snow-white bowls with yellow, brown and burnt sienna nectary arches.   Photo

Calochortus eurycarpus (55x10,Z5,P,C,3:6w) ................................................................ 100 seeds / $4.00 28751.23 (W) Cassia Co., ID, 6150ft, 1875m. Bowls of cream with purple patches above the nectaries. Growing in volcanic loam.

Calochortus gunnisonii (alpine) (15x6,Z3,P,C,3:6w) .................................................. 90 seeds / $4.00 32878.25 (W) Lake Co., CO, 10675ft, 3255m. Elegant bowls of cream to pale lavender with purple to green arches and a dense covering of yellow hairs on the glands.   Photo1   Photo2

Calochortus gunnisonii (Plains form) (22x8,Z4,P,C,3:6w) ......................................... 90 seeds / $4.00 32879.23 (W) Jefferson Co., CO, 6500ft, 1982m. Delightful cream-colored bowls on stems taller than the mountain forms. Infrequently seen on the Plains.

Calochortus kennedyi (14x8,Z6,P,C,3:6w) ........................................................................... 80 seeds / $4.00

 52278.43  (W) Yavapai Co., AZ, 4500ft, 1372m.  Breathtaking cups of a brilliant, glowing, deep orange.  Growing in gravelly loam of volcanic origin.   Photo

Calochortus kennedyi (16x10,Z6,P,C,3:6w) ....................................................................... 100 seeds / $4.00

 52278.63  (W) Yavapai Co., AZ, 2800ft, 854m.  Somewhat larger plants here being lower down in the desert. Growing in very rocky, gravelly soil.

Calochortus nuttallii (pink form) (Liliaceae) (20x8,Z4,P,C,3:6w) ............................. 70 seeds / $4.00 58898.32 (W) Grand Co., UT, 5200ft, 1585m. Lovely rose-pink forms predominate in this population. Photo

Calochortus nuttallii (white form) (20x8,Z4,P,C,3:6w) ............................................... 70 seeds / $4.00 58899.33 (W) Mesa Co., CO, 5080ft, 1549m. Creamy-white flowers here, with bright brown-maroon crescents above the nectaries. Growing in rocky clay.Photo

Caltha biflora v. rotundifolia (Ranunculaceae) (55x25,Z6,P,L,3:8w) ................................... 100 seeds / $3.50

 10451.10  (W) Jackson Co., OR, 6600ft, 2012m.  Large, roundish leaves with crenulate margins and white flowers on tall scapes. This extra-robust population grows on S-facing, wet, alpine meadows.

Caltha leptosepala (14x20,Z3,P,L,3:8w) ........................................................................... 100 seeds / $3.50 54290.48 (W) Albany Co., WY, 10350ft, 3155m. Shining, snow white flowers with a boss of yellow stamens over ovate leaves. Early alpine bloomer in vernally moist meadows.    Photo

Calycoseris wrightii (Asteraceae) (12x8,A,C,1) ................................................................. 40 seeds / $3.50 92747.17 (W) San Diego Co., CA, 1000ft. A tangle of bluish-green stems supporting numerous bright white Chicory-like flowers. This annual appears by the millions in the Sonoran desert after good winter rains.

Calylophus hartwegii ssp. fendleri (Onagraceae) (24x20,Z5,P,L,2) ………................…….. 60 seeds / $3.50

 35095.35  (W) Grant Co., NM, 5200ft, 1585m.  A very showy perennial of myriad upright stems covered with large deep yellow to orange-yellow flowers.   Photo

Camassia cusickii (Liliaceae) (45x35,Z6,P,C,3:12w) ............................................................. 70 seeds / $3.50

 12896.18  (W) Wallowa Co., OR, 5700ft, 1738m.  Each fountain of long folded leaves produces a raceme packed with starry, ice-blue-lilac flowers. This high altitude population should prove very hardy. Note: it is important to keep flats at 40°F. for another 2 months after germination in order for the seedlings to develop properly.

Camassia leichtlinii (Liliaceae) (80x28,Z6,P,C,3:12w) ................................................ 100 seeds / $3.00 54243.13 (W) Douglas Co., OR, 950ft, 290m. White flowers with pale blue stripes on the outside of the petals. Photo

Camassia quamash (24x7,Z3,P,C,3:12w) ...................................................................... 100 seeds / $3.50 72807.23 (W) Lewis and Clark Co., MT, 6350ft, 1936m. The shortest spikes of blue here, the smallest form I have ever seen, growing in a subalpine meadow. Definitely hardy.

Camassia scilloides (50x25,Z4,P,C,4:8w) ....................................................................... 70 seeds / $3.00 76150.09 Racemes of white to pale lavender or light blue flowers above a rosette of floppy, long leaves. Blooms in late spring to early summer. Indigenous to the eastern U.S. and Ontario, it favors woodland areas or moist prairies, tolerating light shade to full sun.

Camissonia brevipes (Onagraceae) (30x14,A,L,1) ................................................... 100 seeds / $3.50 10780.17 (W) San Bernadino Co., CA, 1650ft, 503m. Golden-yellow flowers over dark-green, brown-mottled leaves.   Photo

Camissonia claviformis (Onagraceae) (16x12,A,L,1) ............................................ 100 seeds / $3.00 12543.11 (W) Imperial Co., CA, 0ft. An attractive desert annual with red-brown-eyed, four-petalled, white flowers in several racemic clusters. Photo

Campanula barbata (Campanulaceae) (16x12,Z4,SLP,L,3:8w) ................................ 100 seeds / $3.50 10094.17 (W) Alpi della Zillertal, Italy, 5900ft, 1800m. Monocarpic rosettes sprout inforescences of blue to white bell-flowers in summer. Petal edges are usually covered with long hairs (villous). Growing on acid substrates.

Campanula lanata (Campanulaceae) (18x42,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ........................................... 100 seeds / $3.50 54079.03 Dense tufts of velvety, serrated foliage which erupt into numerous semi-trailing stems covered with large creamy bell-flowers.

Campanula rotundifolia (14x6,Z3,P,L,3:4w) ................................................................ 100 seeds / $3.50 74698.13 (W) Boulder Co., CO, 8430ft, 2570m. Dainty blue bells on numerous stems clothed in linear leaves, blooming in late summer. The specific epithet is derived from the rounded basal leaves.

Campanula scabrella (Campanulaceae) (4x6,Z4,P,L,2) ............................................... 100 seeds / $4.00 76122.22 (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 8900ft, 2713m. Individual gray-green rosettes bear several upturned bells variable in color from purple and lavender to very pale shades. Does not form mats.

Campanula thyrsoides (40x25,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ................................................................ 100 seeds / $3.00 78361.13 (W) Tyrol, Mt. Patscherkofel, 2000m., Austria. Hundreds of pale creamy-yellow flowers are densely-packed into a single spike erupting from a hairy rosette.

Campsis radicans (Bignoniaceae) (150x120,Z5,P,C,1) ........................................................... 40 seeds / $3.00

 74035.19  (W) Hidalgo Co., NM, 4000ft, 1220m.  Apparently escaped from cultivation, I found a large clump of vines succeeding quite well under extremely arid conditions in a vacant lot.  Flowers not seen but are probably the typical long, reddish-orange, tubular flowers.

Canotia holacantha (Celastraceae) (300x120,Z7,P,C,2) ..................................................... 40 seeds / $3.50 35640.12 (W) Gila Co., AZ, 3500ft, 1067m. Small trees or large bushes of masses of spine-tipped, gray-green stems which bear clusters of yellowish flowers in June. A unique, dioecious plant from the middle desert. Seed rarely offered because the woody capsules mature in Jan./Feb.

Carpenteria californica (Philadelphaceae) (300x220,Z7,P,L,3:6w) ………...........……….... 100 seeds / $4.00

 12075.45  (W) Fresno Co., CA, 3200ft, 976m.  Small trees with narrowly-elliptical, glossy-green, leathery leaves, tomentose below and beautiful, snow-white, fragrant, poppy-like flowers. Infrequent on steep hillsides of the western Sierra Nevada foothills. Spectacular in full bloom.   Photo

Castilleja applegatei v. viscida (Scrophulariaceae) (16x12, Z3, P, RL, 3:6w) ……............. 100 seeds / $4.00

 09070.10  (W) Sanpete Co., UT, 10400ft, 3171m.  “Wavy-leaf Paintbrush.”  Atop multiple stems clothed in dissected, undulate foliage arise bright orange-red spikes.  One of the showiest species in Castilleja.   Photo

Castilleja chromosa (28x15,Z5,P,RL,3:6w) ......................................................................... 100 seeds / $3.50

 12363.59  (W) Mesa Co., CO, 4800ft, 1463m.  The typical, more upright form here but with the same fiery-red flower spikes as C. scabrida.  On dry hills of sandy clay.

Castilleja integra (12x16,Z4,P,RL,3:6w) ..................................................................... 100 seeds / $3.50 47879.33 (W) El Paso Co., CO, 7100ft, 2165m. Brilliant orange-scarlet flower spikes illuminate the Plains in late spring. Photo

Castilleja latifolia (16x12,Z10,P,RL,3:8w) ..................................................................... 100 seeds / $4.00 54099.15 (W) Monterey Co., CA, 100ft, 30m. Almost succulent leaves on tree-like plants with short bracts in various reddish-orange to yellow-orange shades. An odd member of the coastal flora shared with Dudleya caespitosa et al.

Castilleja parvula v. revealii (10x8,Z5,P,RL,3:6w) ............................................................ 100 seeds / $4.00

 70097.19  (W) Garfield Co., UT, 7800ft, 2378m.  Dark green tufts with one to three flower stems bearing brilliant deep plum-pink bracts.  Endemic to NW-facing limestone slopes of the Claron Formation.   Photo

Castilleja rhexifolia (30x20,Z3,P,RL,3:4w) ........................................................................ 100 seeds / $3.50 74354.17 (W) Big Horn Co., WY, 9400ft, 2866m. Brilliant rosy-pink spikes cover alpine slopes.   Photo

Castilleja sessiliflora (12x8,Z4,P,RL,3:4w) ................................................................. 100 seeds / $3.50 76296.23 (W) El Paso Co., CO, 7088ft, 2161m. Unique tricolor flower spikes of pink, cream and green.    Photo

Ceanothus cordulatus (Rhamnaceae) (120x120,Z6,P,SC,4:8w) .................................... 90 seeds / $4.00 12699.14 (W) Trinity Co., CA, 4275ft, 1303m. A thorny shrub with blue-gray stems and blue-green leaves which bears masses of cream flowers in late spring.

Ceanothus fendleri (18x28,Z5,P,SC,4:8w) ..................................................................... 40 seeds / $4.00 30278.13 (W) La Plata Co., CO, 8270ft, 2521m. Low spreading shrubs with spines and small oblong, veined leaves bear puffs of white flowers followed by pinkish fruits that eventually dry and explode.

Ceanothus velutinus (80x150,Z4,P,SC,4:8w) ................................................................... 100 seeds / $4.00 90274.23 (W) Summit Co., UT, 7715ft, 2352m. Thicket-like, vigorous bushes with prominently-veined, minutely-serrated leaves and clouds of snow-white flowers.

Centaurium calycosum (Gentianaceae) (12x15,A,L,2) ……………………..........………... 100 seeds / $3.00

 12074.55  (W) Eddy Co., NM, 2975ft, 907m.  Though an annual, this species is definitely worth growing for its masses of saturated pink-lilac, saucer flowers. Very long-blooming and drought-resistant.

Cercocarpus intricatus (Rosaceae) (100x90,Z5,P,C,2) .................................................. 60 seeds / $4.00 47878.43 (W) Beaver Co., UT, 6500ft, 1982m. Dense shrubs of intricately-branched stems clothed with linear, incurved leaves. Insignificant flowers are followed by plumes of long-tailed seeds.

Cercocarpus ledifolius (240x180,Z4,P,C,2) ................................................................... 60 seeds / $4.00 54236.33 (W) Sevier Co., UT, 9100ft, 2775m. Stout shrubs with very stiff, narrowly-elliptical, fragrant leaves. Plants appear to be covered with silvery snow when the masses of feathery seed tails mature in late summer.   Photo

Cercocarpus montanus (150x90,Z4,P,C,2) .................................................................... 60 seeds / $3.50 56679.23 (W) La Plata Co., CO, 8270ft, 2521m. Hairy, lobed, veined leaves and plumose seed tails. On south-facing montane slopes.   Photo

Chaenactis alpina(Asteraceae) (8x10,Z3,P,L,3:6w) ......................................................... 40 seeds / $3.50 07470.33 (W) Summit Co., CO, 12600ft, 3841m. Attractive compact clumps of silvery-gray, incised rosettes with cream to pale pink, pin-cushion flowers in summer. W-facing alpine scree slopes.

Chaenactis suffrutescens (Asteraceae) (14x20,Z6,P,C,3:8w) ..................................... 40 seeds / $3.50 76851.17 (W) Trinity Co., CA, 2500ft, 762m. A most unusual Chaenactis with tufts of pinnatifid, silver-gray foliage and creamy, button flowers. Would make a great foliage plant for troughs.   Photo

Chamaebatiaria millefolium (Rosaceae) (100x120,Z5,P,L,1) ……………….............…..... 100 seeds / $4.00

 56474.22  (W) Butte Co., ID, 5600ft, 1707m.  Very attractive bushes of finely-dissected leaves topped with white flower spikes resemble an Achillea on steroids. Growing on old lava flows.

Chamaechaenactis scaposa (Asteraceae) (5x10,Z5,P,L,1) .................................................. 12 seeds / $4.00 76125.23 (W) San Juan Co., UT, 6600ft, 2012m. Compact stacks of tiny round or heart-shaped gray leaves produce a few relatively huge white & pink pin-cushion flowers. Our hand-selected seed ensures high viability, given a harvest window shorter than Phlox and low seed-set.   Photo

Chasmatophyllum musculinum (Aizoaceae) (4x20,Z7,P,L,1) ................................................. 40 seeds / $2.50

 56896.09    Mats of succulent green leaves bear yellow flowers in abundance.

Chilopsis linearis (Bignoniaceae) (350x250,Z6,P,C,1) ................................................... 40 seeds / $4.00 54478.39 (W) San Miguel Co., NM, 4200ft, 1280m. Bicolor, light and dark pink flowers with darker magenta spots and guidelines in the pale gold throat. Hardiest population known.   Photo1   Photo2

Chimaphila umbellata (Ericaceae) (12x10,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ........................................... 1000 seeds / $3.50 87612.43 (W) Kittitas Co., WA, 4800ft, 1463m. "Western Prince's Pine." Whorled leathery leaves are crowned with a nodding raceme of pink flowers.

Cistus creticus (Cistaceae) (75x80,Z9,P,L,3:8w) .................................................................. 100 seeds / $3.50

 12745.10  (W) Mariposa Co., CA, 2700ft, 823m.  Not native to California, a small colony has naturalized itself in the Sierran foothills. Small shrubs covered with brilliant, silky, crinkled blossoms of pink to purple, flaunting a prominent boss of stamens.   Photo

Clarkia concinna (Onagraceae) (10x12,A,L,1) ............................................................ 100 seeds / $3.50 12678.13 (W) Lake Co., CA, 2175ft, 663m. Bright, hot-pink flowers on branching, skeleton plants with a few lanceolate leaves. Photo

Claytonia megarhiza (Portulacaceae) (4x12,Z3,P,L,4:8w) ............................................ 40 seeds / $5.00 56252.33 (W) Summit Co., CO, 12200ft, 3720m. Prostrate, succulent, roundish-spatulate leaves form rosettes above a massive rootstalk with horizontal racemes of white to pale pink flowers, often darkly veined.   Photo

Clematis columbiana (blue/pink) (Ranunculaceae) (12x26,Z5,P,C,5) .................................... 50 seeds / $5.00

 12674.63  (W) Chelan Co., WA, 5700ft, 1738m.  Though predominantly a blue-flowered population, many individual plants sport pink flowers, along with many intermediate shades. On N-facing slopes of loam derived from fractured basalt and pine duff.   Photo   Photo2    Photo3    Photo4

Clematis heracleifolia (90x75,Z5,P,L,5) ............................................................................... 75 seeds / $3.00

 35294.07    A bushy, non-climbing, herbaceous perennial which bears large, thrice-divided, toothed leaves and lavender-blue, 3/4" scented flowers in rings around the upper axils.

Clematis hirsutissima (Ranunculaceae) (45x25,Z5,P,C,5) ......................................... 50 seeds / $4.00 35470.51 (W) Mesa Co., CO, 10300ft, 3140m. Extra robust population here on the high points of the Grand Mesa. Growing in basaltic soil.

Clematis hirsutissima (26x12,Z5,P,C,5) ........................................................................ 50 seeds / $4.00 35470.13 (W) Sheridan Co., WY, 7500ft, 2287m. Another great population here, slightly smaller than the Colorado population. On an E-facing, gravelly limestone slope.

Clematis scottii (Ranunculaceae) (40x25,Z4,P,C,5) ..................................................... 50 seeds / $5.00 76129.63 (W) Custer Co., CO, 9060ft, 2762m. Much like the better known C. hirsutissima but with minor differences such as slightly wider leaf divisions and hairy sepal margins. Blue-purple lantern flowers. From a high-altitude, floriferous population.

Clementsia rhodantha (Crassulaceae) (20x7,Z3,P,L,1) .................................................... 100 seeds / $3.50 74358.58 (W) Albany Co., WY, 9850ft, 3003m. Spiky inflorescences of pale rose-pink flowers.

Codonopsis lanceolata (Campanulaceae) (150x15,Z6,P,C,3:8w) ................................... 20 seeds / $4.00 54080.04 One of the best in the genus with large pendant bells on twining vines reaching several feet. The flowers are deep maroon with a wide throat of greenish-yellow speckled maroon. Photo

Coleogyne ramosissima (Rosaceae) (60x60,Z5,P,C,1) ..................................................... 50 seeds / $3.50 74076.10 (W) Grand Co., UT, 4135ft, 1261m. "Blackbrush." Dense shrubs covered with dark leaves adorned with strigose hairs. After good winter moisture, small yellow flowers appear in masses. Covers large areas in the canyonlands.

Coreopsis gigantea (Asteraceae) (150x40,Z10,P,C,1) ........................................................... 50 seeds / $3.50

 32453.20  (W) Ventura Co., CA, 350ft, 107m.  Succulent, pinnate leaves sprout on top of a massive trunk, appearing like a living fossil from ancient times.  Numerous cymes of myriad yellow daisy-flowers early in spring.  Endemic to a few locales along the Californian coast.   Photo

Corydaliscaseana ssp. brandegei (Fumariaceae) (150x80,Z3,P,L,4:12w) ................ 90 seeds / $4.50 12097.23 (W) Mineral Co., CO, 10875ft, 3316m. Definitely for the specimen border - lush and succulent, pinnatifid foliage and huge racemes of cream to pale pink pea-like blossoms. About 4 to 5 feet tall at this location with multiple hollow stems. Prefers somewhat moist conditions. Seed refrigerated, sow immediately upon receipt.   Photo

Coryphantha andreae (Cactaceae) (14x7,Z8,P,L,3:4w) .............................................. 30 seeds / $4.00 07815.03 Thompson cult., ex Veracruz, MX. TC033 Single deep green, compressed stem with woolly crowns. Short grayish-yellow, brown-tipped spines. Narrow light yellow flowers and green fruits. Limited.

Coryphanthaechinus (Cactaceae) (10x8,Z5,P,L,2) ................................................... 40 seeds / $3.50 23235.15 (W) Pecos Co., TX, 3500ft, 1067m. JRT4151 Bright white spines with long, single, straight centrals thick enough to obscure the stems. Rather large yellow flowers.

Coryphantha echinus (10x7,Z5,P,L,2) .......................................................................... 40 seeds / $3.50 23235.25 (W) Howard Co., TX, 3800ft, 1158m. JRT4152 Single stems with straw-colored spines. Few if any central spines on this form. Large bright yellow flowers.

Cotoneaster nebrodensis (Rosaceae) (180x110,Z4,P,C,3:12w) ................................... 30 seeds / $3.50 58230.13 (W) Rila Mts., Bulgaria. Shrubs with elliptical leaves, tomentose underneath, bearing clusters of bright red berries in autumn.

Cryptantha caespitosa (Boraginaceae) (10x16,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ................................................. 40 seeds / $5.00

 12036.18  (W) Fremont Co., WY, 6700ft, 2043m.  Forms mounded cushions of bristly, gray leaves. Two or three dozen short, dense spikes of white flowers arch from mature cushions. Grows on hills of tuffaceous mud/sandstone.

Cryptantha compacta (4x9,Z5,P,L,2) .................................................................................... 40 seeds / $5.00

 12676.13  (W) Millard Co., UT, 6200ft, 1890m.  Spikes of white, yellow-centered flowers above bristly, grayish buns.  On limestone flats. One of the choicest and most compact in the genus.

Cryptantha humilis v. nana (5x12,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ................................................................ 50 seeds / $4.00 35876.22 (W) San Juan Co., UT, 6100ft, 1860m. Caespitose silver-gray tufts of hairy leaves bear flat-topped inflorescences of rather densely-packed white flowers with yellow cornices.   Photo

Cryptantha johnstonii (18x10,Z5,P,L,2) ……………………………….........……………... 50 seeds / $3.50

 50655.35  (W) Emery Co., UT, 6900ft, 2104m.  Large white flowers with yellow fornices from swollen, hairy calyxes over silvery tufts. A showy species from the San Rafael Swell in sandy clay soil.

Cryptantha paradoxa (6x10,Z5,P,C,2) ………………………………………..........…….... 40 seeds / $4.00

 70094.15  (W) Montrose Co., CO, 5500ft, 1675m.  Tufts of green, spatulate leaves produce masses of intensely-fragrant, white, yellow-throated, waxy blossoms. Endemic to gypsiferous clay in the Paradox Valley of western Colorado. One of the best in the genus.   Photo

Cylindropuntia imbricata (Cactaceae) (180x90,Z4,P,SC,4:6w) ………………............…..... 50 seeds / $3.00

 47610.26  (W) Fremont Co., CO, 6200ft, 1890m.   Our prevalent cholla, magenta to violet blossoms.

Cylindropuntia whipplei (30x60,Z5,P,SC,4:6w) .................................................................... 50 seeds / $3.00

 92357.26  (W) Archuleta Co., CO, 6400ft, 1951m.   Low, dense clumps of cylindrical stems covered with sheathed spines. The brilliant chartreuse flowers appear in early summer.

Cymopterus aboriginum (Apiaceae) (6x15,Z6,P,C,4:8w) ………………………..........….... 40 seeds / $4.00

 01069.15  (W) Mono Co., CA, 6400ft, 1950m.  Gorgeous gray-green mounds of very ferny, thrice-pinnatifid foliage of heavy substance. White fruiting clusters on short scapes. On N-facing carbonates.

Cymopterus acaulis v. fendleri (Apiaceae) (7x16,Z5,P,C,4:8w) ................................. 50 seeds / $3.50 01219.14 (W) Grand Co., UT, 4400ft, 1342m. Bright yellow umbels over stiff, glossy-green, pinnatifid foliage. Growing in pink sand.   Photo

Cymopterus bulbosus (Apiaceae) (8x12,Z4,P,RC,4:8w) ............................................... 70 seeds / $3.50 70542.13 (W) Mesa Co., CO, 5080ft, 1549m. Attractive flower heads of purple to maroon surrounded by white bracts. Large, undulating seed clusters and blue-green, lacy foliage. Photo1   Photo2

Cymopterus duchesnensis (14x12,Z5,P,C,4:8w) ………………………………….............. 40 seeds / $3.50

 15832.15  (W) Uintah Co., UT, 5500ft, 1677m.  From clumps of celery-like leaves emerge bright yellow flowers in the spring, followed by eye-catching, corrugated seed heads. Uinta Basin endemic.

Cymopterus longilobus (Apiaceae) (16x15,Z3,P,L,4:12w) .................................................... 60 seeds / $3.50

 54678.48  (W) Park Co., WY, 8000ft, 2439m.  Glossy, waxy, intensely anise-scented foliage, Yellow umbels.  On fractured limestone.

Cymopterus megacephalus (6x24, Z5, P, L, 4:12w) ............................................................. 85 seeds / $3.50

 56253.15  (W) Coconino Co., AZ, 6100ft, 1860m.  From waxy, gray-green, dissected foliage arises a few globular flower heads which mature to fruit literally the size of golf balls.

Cymopterus montanus (Apiaceae) (5x10,Z5,P,C,4:8w) ................................................. 40 seeds / $3.50 56678.39 (W) Grand Co., CO, 7800ft, 2378m. Flowers not seen here but are probably yellow.

Cymopterus planosus (Apiaceae) (6x14,Z4,P,C,4:8w) ................................................... 70 seeds / $4.00 80540.13 (W) Garfield Co., CO, 7700ft, 2348m. Heads of reddish-maroon flowers nestled in gray-green tufts of laciniate foliage. Growing in basaltic loam. Photo

Cymopterus sessiliflorus (10x18,Z4,P,C,4:8w) .................................................................... 70 seeds / $3.50 10745.18  (W) Fremont Co., WY, 6400ft, 1951m.  Was listed as Cymopterus sp. novum. Known from three other states, this population represents its first occurrence for Wyoming. Dark green, pinnatifid leaves in dense tufts sprout from a massive rhizomatous network.  Small heads of yellow flowers. Growing on red loamy sandstone.   Photo

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