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🌾Colorado Wildflower Guide🌾

Colorado’s high deserts, prairies, hills and mountains ~ there’s so much here to explore! I’m a slow hiker though, and stop to look at (and photograph) every interesting or 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. They were (and still are) the original stewards of this land, the first caretakers of the waters, air, and all living beings within it. In acknowledgement, the original, Indigenous names of many wildflowers are included here.

Through learning the names and characteristics of the small beauties around us, her role in her ecosystem, her story 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 still in progress), but all are wildflowers (and blooming shrubs) I’ve found and photographed, native to Colorado’s Front Range. 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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