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Abronia fragrans

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Abronia fragrans

Species	Photo	Seeds/lb	Color	A/P	Hgt(in)	Bloom	Sow	Habitat/Range
Achillea millefolium		2700000	W	P	10-24	6-8	spring	Plains-alpine, dry soils, fine-coarse
Aconitum columbianum		240000	B	P	24-60	7-8	fall	Montane-subalpine, wet soils
Agastache rupestris		1524000	Pi	P	12-36	8-9	spring	Plains, foothills, TX & NM
Agastache urticifolia		850000	Pi	P	18-60	7-8	fall	Moist montane meadows, aspen groves
Amorpha canescens		494860	Pu	P	12-40	6-7	fall	Eastern Great Plains, well drained soils
Antennaria microphylla		4000000	G	P	0.5-6	5-6	spring	Foothills-Subalpine, dry rocky soils
Argemone polyanthemos		79904	W	A/B	18-36	6-7	fall	Plains-montane, coarse soils
Artemisia frigida		4500000	G	P	208	7-9	spring	Plains-alpine, wide range of tolerances, allegedly deer proof
Artemisia ludoviciana		4449000	G	P	808	7-9	spring	Plains-montane, coarse to fine soil, allegedly deer proof
Asclepias asperula		60000	GW	P	402	5-6	spring	Plains-foothills, dry or calcareous soils
Asclepias hallii		57000	W	P	24-36	7-8	spring	Montane, dry to moist soils, ditches
Asclepias speciosa		58000	Pink	Perennial	24-36	June-July	spring	Plains-montane, moist soils
Aster laevis		1280000	Pi	P	12-36	8-9	spring	Plains-montane, moist soils, allegedly deer proof
Astragalus adsurgens		70000	Pu	P	608	5-7	fall	Plains-montane, coarse dry soils
Astragalus bisulcatus		400000	W	P	608	6-7	fall	Plains-upper montane, dry slopes
Astragalus convallarius		80000	YW	P	6-24	6-7	fall	Sagebrush, p-j, montane, desert shrub
Astragalus drummondii		220000	W	P	12-32	5-6	fall	Plains-montane, full sun
Astragalus utahensis		150000	Pi/Pu	P	1-5	4-5	F	Wasatch Front, sagebrush, p-j, mountain brush
Bahia dissecta		900000	Y	A	12-36	7-9	spring	Foothills-upper montane, moist soil
Baileya multiradiata		1100000	Y	B/P	8-20	3-5	spring	Sonoran desert, generally below 3,000'
Balsamorhiza sagittata		55000	Y	P	12-24	4-6	fall	Great Basin sagebrush, deep soils
Berlandiera lyrata		131660	Yellow	Perennial	18-48	June-October	spring	Southern Great Plains and foothills
Callirhoe involucrata		108960	R	P	4-24	5-6	fall	Great Plains, sandy soils, full sun
Calochortus ambiguus		160000	W	P	602	5-6	fall	Plains, p-j, montane, dry soil
Calochortus gunnisonii		166164	W	P	602	6-7	fall	Montane, sagebrush, loamy soils
Caltha leptosepala		550000	Y	P	4-24	6-8	fall	Subalpine-alpine, wet meadows, seeps
Calylophus hartwegii		800000	Y	P	2-6	6-8	spring	G.P., Colorado Plateau, dry soil
Campanula rotundifolia		5000000	B	P	402	7-8	spring	Montane-subalpine, partial shade
Castilleja integra		4367480	O	P	2-8	6-9	spring	Plains-montane, open meadows
Castilleja sessiliflora		4367480	O	P	10-24	6-7	fall	Plains, dry soil
Cleome serrulata		113500	Pink	Annual	24-48	June-August	fall	Great plains-montane, coarse soils.
Coreopsis tinctoria		1400000	Y R	A	12-36	6-7	spring	Plains-foothills, moist sandy soil, deer proof
Dalea candida		374000	W	P	6-32	6-7	spring	Plains, deserts, coarse soils
Dalea purpurea		293000	Pu	P	6-20	6-7	spring	Plains, foothills, deserts, dry soils
Delphinium andersonii		600000	B	P	8-24	4-6	fall	Creosote, Sage to p-j, full sun, dry soil
Delphinium occidentale		500000	Pu	P	20-48	7	fall	Montane-subalpine meadows, woods
Delphinium ramosum		558420	Pu	P	20-40	7	fall	Montane to subalpine, wet soils
Desmanthus illinoensis		85000	W	P	12-80	6-8	spring	Plains, coarse soil, sun to part shade
Echinacea angustifolia		81720	Pu	P	12-24	6-7	fall	Northern and western G.P., loamy soil
Epilobium angustifolium		8000000	Pink	Perennial	24-48	July-August	fall	Montane-subalpine, moist soils.
Erigeron engelmannii		1000000	B	P	808	7-8	spring	Sagebrush, montane, subalpine, sun-part shade
Erigeron speciosus		1135000	B	P	1208	7-8	spring	Foothills-montane, dry soils, deer proof
Eriogonum jamesii v. jamesii		400000	YW	P	602	7-9	spring	Plains-montane, coarse soils, deer proof
Eriogonum umbellatum		700000	Y	P	608	7-8	fall	Sagebrush, mid to high elevation, allegedly deer proof
Erysimum capitatum		1085504	R Y	A	16-40	6-7	fall	Plains-montane, dry soils, full sun-part shade
Eschscholzia californica		293000	O	A	408	2-5	spring	California, but naturalized elsewhere
Frasera speciosa		500000	G & W	B	24-48	6-7	fall	Montane-subalpine, meadows, forests
Gaillardia aristata		132000	Yellow	Perennial	12-24	July-August	spring	Montane, aspen groves, open meadows, allegedly deer proof.
Gaillardia pinnatifida		136200	Y	P	12-24	4-6	Spring	Plains, foothills, deserts
Geranium viscosissimum		65830	Pink	Perennial	8-24	June-July	spring	Great plains-montane, full sun to part shade, allegedly deer proof.
Geum macrophyllum		30000	Y	P	12-30	7	spring	Mountain wet meadows, streamsides
Hedysarum boreale		43000	Pi	P	8-24	5-6	fall	Dry rocky plains,hillsides, G.P.& G.B, 1208" annual precip
Helenium hoopesii		181600	Orange	Perennial	12-40	July-August	spring	Montane, partial shade to full sun.
Helianthella quinquenervis		104420	Yellow	Perennial	20-64	July	spring	Montane-subalpine, deep soils
Helianthus annuus		115000	Y&Bk	A	24000	7-9	spring	Widespread, disturbed soils, roadsides
Helianthus nuttallii		217000	Y	P	24-60	7-8	fall	Montane-northern G.P., wet meadows
Helianthus pumilus		200000	Y	P	18-32	6-7	fall	Foothills-montane, slopes, coarse soils
Heracleum sphondylium		77000	GW	P	24-60	6	fall	Montane-alpine, wet soil, streambanks
Hymenopappus filifolius		220000	Y	P	6-24	6	spring	Great Plains-pinyon-juniper, dry soils
Iliamna rivularis		800000	WPi	P	24-48	6-7	fall	Montane-subalpine, moist soils
Ipomopsis aggregata		340000	Red	Biennial	20-36	June-August	Spring	Foothills to montane, coarse soils, slopes.
Iris missouriensis		21000	Blue	Perennial	12-24	May-June	fall	Plains-montane, moist to wet meadows, allegedly deer proof.
Liatris punctata		168000	Pi	P	4-32	800	spring	Plains-foothills, coarse or sandy soils
Ligularia bigelovii		775000	R&Y	P	12-36	7-8	spring	Montane-subalpine, moist meadows
Linum perenne v. lewisii		293000	BLue	Perennial	12-36	May-June	spring	Plains-montane, wide range of sites.
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia		496000	Pink	Annual	4-20	May-August	spring	Deserts, sandy soils.
Melampodium leucanthum		217920	W	P	602	5-9	spring	Plains-foothills, Son.-Chih. coarse soil
Mentzelia decapetala		304180	White	Perennial	24-40	July-August	Spring	Great Plains, clayey or heavy soils
Mimulus guttatus		4400000	Y	P	10-24	6-8	spring	Montane-subalpine, streamsides, seeps, allegedly deer proof
Mirabilis multiflora		12258	Pink	Perennial	12-48	June-September	spring	Plains-foothills, dry sandy soils.
Monarda pectinata		1300000	White	Annual	608	June-July	spring	Plains-foothills, dry sandy soils, allegedly deer proof.
Oenother albicaulis		700000	W	A	4-8	4-6	fall	Plains-foothills, p-j coarse soil
Oenothera caespitosa		174336	W	P	prost	6-8	fall	Plains-montane, dry loose slopes
Oenothera missouriensis		170000	Y	P	600	6-8	spring	Plains, dry sandy soils
Opuntia phaeacantha		25000	Y	P	602	5-6	spring	G.P.-foothills, Chih., dry open sites
Orthocarpus luteus		2043000	Y	A	402	7	fall	Foothills-montane, sagebrush
Oxytropis sericea		129000	W	P	806	4-6	fall	Plains to upper montane, dry slopes
Penstemon angustifolius		313000	Blue	Perennial	808	May-June	fall	Plains to foothills, sandy or coarse soils.
Penstemon auriberbis		600000	Pinkish Purple	Perennial	402	May-June	fall	Foothills, dry soil, limestone outcrops
Penstemon crandallii		1300000	Pink	Perennial	prostrate	July-August	fall	Foothills-montane, coarse dry soil.
Penstemon cyananthus		550000	Blue	Perennial	8-32	May - July	fall	Great Basin mountain meadows
Penstemon eatonii		600000	Red	Perennial	16-40	May	fall	Sagebrush, Great Basin, sandy to clay soils.
Penstemon glaber v. alpinus		544800	Pi	P	20-36	7-8	fall	Foothills-montane, coarse soils
Penstemon grandiflorus		450000	Pink	Perennial	24-36	May - June	fall	Central G.P. sandy to loamy soils
Penstemon pachyphyllus		817200	Pi	P	12-26	5-6	fall	Colorado Plateau, pinyon-juniper to montane
Penstemon palmeri		976000	Pink	Perennial	20-56	March-October	fall	Great Basin, sagebrush to pinyon-juniper.
Penstemon parryi		817200	Reddish Pink	Perennial	24-48	March - April	fall	Sonoran Desert, Arizona, well drained slopes
Penstemon pseudospectabilis		600000	Pink	Perennial	24-36	May-July	spring	Mojave & Sonoran deserts, arid mountain slopes.
Penstemon rydbergii		1452800	Blue	Perennial	6-20	July-August	fall	Montane-subalpine moist meadows.
Penstemon secundiflorus		500000	Pink	Perennial	6-20	May-July	fall	Plains-montane, sandy soils.
Penstemon strictus		692000	Bluish purple	Perennial	8-30	June-July	fall	Foothills-montane, coarse soils.
Penstemon superbus		500000	Pinkish Red	Perennial	24-60	May - July	fall	Pinyon-Juniper, gravelly soil
Penstemon venustus		500000	Bluish Purple	Perennial	18-36	June-July	fall	Northern Great Basin, dry rocky soil
Penstemon virens		1316600	Blue	Perennial	602	July-August	fall	Foothills-montane, coarse soils.
Penstemon virgatus		500000	Pinkish Purple	Perennial	8-24	June-July	Fall	Foothills-montane, loose coarse soils.
Penstemon whippleanus		1452800	Purple	Perennial	6-24	June-August	fall	Upper montane-alpine, moist-dry soil.
Polanisia dodecandra		105000	W	A	8-24	7	fall	Northern G.P. to Son., dry coarse soil
Polemonium foliosissimum		517000	B	P	12-36	7	fall	Montane-subalpine, wet to moist soils
Potentilla hippiana		4000000	Y	P	608	6-7	fall	Montane, poor soils, full sun
Psilostrophe cooperi		953400	Y	P	4-24	5-9	spring	Chih & Great Basin deserts
Pulsatilla patens		220000	Pu	P	402	4-6	spring	Plains-subalpine, dry soil, sun-shade
Ratibida columnifera		780000	Y	P	12-24	5-8	spring	Great Plains, dry sunny meadows.
Rudbeckia occidentalis		345000	Bk	P	40-80	7	spring	Montane moist meadows, full sun
Schrankia nuttallii		28000	Pi	P	602	6-7	fall	Great Plains, rocky or sandy soils
Sedum lanceolatum		2750000	Y	P	prost	6-8	spring	Plains-subalpine, barren areas
Senecio atratus		1407400	Y	P	8-32	7-8	spring	Upper montane-subalpine, coarse soils
Senecio longilobus		750000	Y	P	12-24	7-8	spring	Plains-montane, coarse soils, slopes
Solidago canadensis		700000	Y	P	24-48	7-9	spring	Plains-montane wet soils, ditches
Solidago velutinus		4600000	Y	P	12-24	7-9	spring	P-j dry washes, gravelly sandy soil
Sphaeralcea ambigua		800000	OR	P	18-32	2-5	spring	Son and Moj deserts, coarse soils
Stanleya albescens		200000	YW	B	12-36	5-6	fall	CO Plateau, clayey or adobe soils
Stanleya pinnata		191000	Y	P	24-48	5-6	fall	Great Plains, deserts, dry clay soils
Thelesperma filifolium		254240	Y	A/B	10-20	6-9	spring	Plains to foothills, dry coarse soils
Tradescantia occidentalis		128000	Pi	P	12-24	5-6	spring	Western Great Plains-foothills, sandy soil
Verbena bipinnatifida		862600	Pi	P	400	5-7	fall	Great Plains, sandy or coarser soils
Verbesina encelioides		136200	Y	P	12-36	7-8	spring	Plains-montane, Chih.& Son.,fine soil
Viguiera multiflora		1215000	Y	P	10-36	7-9	fall	Foothills-montane, dry slopes.
Viola nuttallii		250000	Y	P	1-2	4-6	fall	Great Plains to foothills, dry sandy soil
Heights may vary depending on local growing conditions Seed counts are approximate: the actual number of seeds per pound may vary from those given.

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