Showy Wildflowers of Mid to Late Spring – Treasures of the Boise Front

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Here are examples of some of the more prominent showy flowers in the foothills.

Hotrock penstemon — Hotrock penstemon
Penstemon deustus

tufted or desert evening-primrose (<em>Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata</em>) — tufted or desert evening-primrose (Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata)
Oenothera cespitosa

Pallid evening-primrose on Camel's Back. — Pallid evening-primrose on Camel’s Back.
Oenothera pallida

foothill or panicled death-camas (<em>Toxicoscordion paniculatum</em>) — foothill or panicled death-camas (Toxicoscordion paniculatum)

Rigid fiddleneck — rigid or harvest fiddleneck (Amsinckia retrorsa)
Amsinckia retrorsa

Pale or white-stemmed evening primrose — Pale or white-stemmed evening primrose
Oenothera pallida

Ballhead waterleaf, woolly-breeches — Ballhead waterleaf, woolly-breeches
Hydrophyllum capitatum

Nuttall's larkspur — upland larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum)

western hawksbeard (<em>Crepis occidentalis</em>) — western hawksbeard (Crepis occidentalis)
Crepis occidentalis

western hawksbeard (<em>Crepis occidentalis</em>) — western hawksbeard (Crepis occidentalis)
Crepis occidentalis

Pale bastard toadflax — Pale bastard toadflax
Comandra umbellata var. pallida

Hermit milkvetch — Hermit milkvetch
Astragalus eremiticus

Largeflower triteleia — Wild hyacinth
Triteleia grandiflora

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