May 23, 2011 wildflowers at Reservoir Ridge

To see the flowers pictured below take the path up the hill from the parking lot north of Horsetooth Reservoir.  This parking area is on Centennial Drive and is about 100 yards from the northernmost dam on the reservoir. 
Platte Senecio (Packera plattensis), an aster:

White Loco (Oxytropis sericea), a pea:

Leafy Cinquefoil (Potentilla fissa), a rose:

Early Purple Vetch (Astragalus shortianus), a pea:

Musineon divaricartum, a parsley:

False Arabis (Boechera fendleri), a mustard:

Golden Smoke (Corydalis aurea), a fumitory:

American Vetch (Vicia americana), a pea:

Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), a morningglory:

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