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Alpine Buttercup
Alpine Gold
Alpine Heather
Alpine Lily
Brown's or Wild Peony
Camas Lily
Corn Lily
Crimson Columbine
Elephant Heads
Great Red Paintbrush
Green Gentian
Large-Leaf Lupine
Little Elephant's Head
Mariposa Lily
Monkshood
Mountain Bluebells
Mountain Jewelflower
Prairie Smoke
Ranger Buttons
Red Mountain Heather
Rock Fringe
Rosy Sedum
Showy Penstemon
Sierra Gooseberry
Sierra Primrose
Sierra Shooting Star
Sierra Wallflower
Snowplant
Steer's Head
Swamp Onion
Towering Larkspur
 

     Scientific Name: Geum Triflorum
   Common Name: Prairie Smoke, Downy Avens
   or Old Man's Whiskers
   Family: Rose
   Color: Rose Red

 

Description: As reddish petals and sepals peel away, red hairy styles grow and twist upward, ultimately forming a soft head that resembles a smoky flame.

Habitat: Mountain ridges, plateaus, and open slopes.

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