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Arches National Park
February Flowers

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APIACEAE 
 (Carrot Family)
Lomatium latilobum

CANYONLANDS BISCUITROOT

 
Lomatium latilobum
Photo © Alicia Lafever


APIACEAE
(Carrot Family)
Lomatium parryi

PARRY'S BISCUITROOT

 


BRASSICACEAE 
(Mustard Family)
Draba cuneifolia

WEDGELEAF

 
Draba cuneifolia
   


BRASSICACEAE 
(Mustard Family)
Physaria acutifolia

RYDBERG'S TWINPOD

 


FABACEAE 
(Pea Family)
Astragalus amphioxys

CRESCENT MILKVETCH

 
Astragalus amphioxys
  


FABACEAE 
(Pea Family)
Astragalus desperatus

RIMROCK MILKVETCH

 


FABACEAE 
(Pea Family)
Astragalus mollissimus

WOOLLY LOCOWEED

 


GERANIACEAE 
(Geranium Family)
Erodium cicutarium

STORKSBILL

 
Ed Abbey  

Did You Know?
Edward Abbey worked as a seasonal park ranger at Arches in the late 1950s. His 1968 memoir of this experience, "Desert Solitaire," has become a classic of desert literature.

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Last Updated: November 10, 2007 at 19:48 EST