Calochortus ambiguus (Liliaceae) (16x8, Z5, P, C, 3:6w) ...................................................... 50 seeds / $3.00

 07610.13  (W) Yavapai Co., AZ, 5900ft, 1799m.  Similar to C. nuttallii and considered by some to be merely a variety of it.  This population has pale lavender flowers and basal hairs with enlarged apices.

Calochortus bruneaunis (30x10,Z6,P,C,3:6w) ……………………………...........………... 80 seeds / $3.50

 10760.15  (W) Inyo Co., CA, 7900ft, 2408m.  Cream cups with lilac tinges and purple nectary arches.

Calochortus eurycarpus (Liliaceae) (55x10,Z5,P,C,3:6w) ...................................................... 70 seeds / $3.50

 28751.18  (W) Wasington Co., ID, 3250ft, 991m.  Bowls of cream with purple patches above the nectaries. Growing in volcanic loam.

Calochortus flexuosus (Liliaceae) (30x8,Z6,P,C,3:6w) ........................................................... 50 seeds / $3.50

 30545.38  (W) Clark Co., NV, 4000ft, 1220m. Pale to deep lavender blossoms with maroon and yellow blotches near the base. Can support itself but if other vegetation is nearby, the wiry stems will twist and climb through.   Photo

Calochortus macrocarpus (40x12,Z5,P,C,3:6w) ................................................................... 35 seeds / $5.00

 56032.28  (W) Butte Co., ID, 5800ft, 1768m.  Large, beautiful bowls of pale lavender flowers with greenish-yellow hairs in the pale throat sit atop long, reflexed sepals which extend beyond the petals.   Photo

Calochortus nuttallii (pink form) (20x8, Z4, P, C, 3:6w) ....................................................... 90 seeds / $3.50

 58898.23  (W) Grand Co., UT, 5200ft, 1585m.  Lovely rose-pink forms predominate in this pop.   Photo

Calochortus nuttallii (white form) (20x8,Z4,P,C,3:6w) ......................................................... 90 seeds / $3.50

 58899.28  (W) Fremont Co., WY, 6500ft, 1982m.  Snow-white flowers here, with purple crescents above the nectaries.   Photo

Calochortus umpquaensis (12x8,Z7,P,L,3:8w) …………………………………................. 40 seeds / $3.50

 87670.15  (W) Douglas Co., OR, 1510ft, 460m.  Hairy flowers of cream with a prominent dark-maroon base, followed by large, drooping seed capsules. A narrow Umpqua serpentine endemic.

Caltha biflora v. rotundifolia (Ranunculaceae) (55x25,Z6,P,L,3:8w) …………................... 100 seeds / $2.50

 10451.15  (W) Jackson Co., OR, 6600ft, 2012m.  Large, roundish leaves with crenulate margins and white flowers on tall scapes. This extra-robust population grows on S-facing, wet, alpine meadows.

Caltha leptosepala (10x12,Z3,P,L,3:8w) ............................................................................. 100 seeds / $3.00

 54290.17  (W) Albany Co., WY, 10500ft, 3201m.  Shining, snow white flowers with a boss of yellow stamens over ovate leaves. Early alpine bloomer in vernally moist meadows.

Calylophus hartwegii ssp. fendleri (Onagraceae) (24x20,Z5,P,L,2) ………................…….. 60 seeds / $3.50

 35095.35  (W) Grant Co., NM, 5200ft, 1585m.  A very showy perennial of myriad upright stems covered with large deep yellow to orange-yellow flowers.   Photo

Calylophus lavandulifolius (7x10,Z4,P,L,2) …………………………………...........……... 30 seeds / $3.50

 54110.45  (W) Garfield Co., UT, 7800ft, 2378m.  The long-tubed, square yellow flowers seem huge against the dark green tufts in late spring. Growing in the pink limestone of the Claron formation.

Calylophus serrulatus (20x14, Z4, P, L, 2) ……………....................................................... 50 seeds / $3.00

 76294.13  (W) Elbert Co., CO, 6600ft, 2012m.  Reddish foliage with deep yellow blossoms from orange buds. Found sporadically across the Plains.

Calylophus tubicula (18x24,Z7,P,L,2) ……………………………………............………... 40 seeds / $3.50

 78830.25  (W) Eddy Co., NM, 3100ft, 945m.  Dense herbaceous shrublets of wiry stems bearing yellow flowers with very long 1½"+ tubes. Much like C. serrulatus on steroids.

Calyptridium umbellatum (Portulacaceae) (2x9, Z4, P, L, 1) ................................................. 70 seeds / $3.50

 87610.14  (W) Beaver Co., UT, 11400ft, 3475m.  On a small eroded gully in volcanic ash were bright spots of raspberry.  Closer inspection revealed huge decumbent flower heads splayed around miniature rosettes of rubbery, green, spatulate leaves.  Far superior to any of the pallid Sierran forms.   Photo

Camassia cusickii (Liliaceae) (45x35,Z6,P,C,3:12w) ............................................................. 70 seeds / $3.50

 12896.18  (W) Wallowa Co., OR, 5700ft, 1738m.  Each fountain of long folded leaves produces a raceme packed with starry, ice-blue-lilac flowers. This high altitude population should prove very hardy. Note: it is important to keep flats at 40°F. for another 2 months after germination in order for the seedlings to develop properly.

Camassia quamash (Liliaceae) (40x22,Z6,P,C,3:12w) ......................................................... 100 seeds / $2.50

 72807.16  (W) Douglas Co., OR, 1510ft, 460m.   A decidedly dwarf population here of short, Eremurus-like spires in pale to violet-blue. Growing on a steep, stony, serpentine slope.

Campanula aucheri (Campanulaceae) (8x8,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ……..…………...................…….. 70 seeds / $3.50

 08323.05  Ex North Anatolia, Turkey, 2400m.   Dense tufts of spatulate leaves bear numerous erect, inch-wide, solitary blue-violet bells on short stems.

Campanula coriacea (15x12,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ……………………………...............………..... 70 seeds / $3.50

 12695.05  Ex Turkey, 2200m.   Dense tufts of leathery, ovate, coarsely-toothed, pubescent leaves with nice panicles of lilac-blue bell-flowers. Choice.

Campanula raineri (3x8, Z4, P, GL, 3:8w) ………………..................................................... 60 seeds / $4.00

 74047.04  Ex Paso Croce Domini, Italy, 2200m.  Exquisite miniature of grayish leaves and upturned bells of pale blue.  Found on limestone screes.

Campanula rotundifolia (8x5,Z3,P,L,3:4w) ………………………...............……………... 100 seeds / $3.00

 74698.25  (W) Gilpin Co., CO, 10800ft, 3292m.  A dwarf alpine race with dainty clear blue bells but will probably grow considerably larger under garden conditions.

Campanula scabrella (4x6, Z4, P, L, 2) ............................................................................... 100 seeds / $3.00

 76122.25  (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 8900ft, 2713m.  Individual gray-green rosettes bear several upturned bells variable in color from purple and lavender to very pale shades.  Does not form mats.

Campanula shetleri (2x30, Z4, P, L, 2) ............................................................................... 100 seeds / $4.00

 76354.14  (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 6200ft, 1890m.  Extensive mats of tiny rosettes smothered in pale blue, upward-facing bells on very short stems in mid-summer.  On N-facing granitic screes and cliffs.   Photo

Caragana microphylla (Fabaceae) (100x120, Z4, P, SC, 1) .................................................. 30 seeds / $3.00

 56432.10  Spreading shrubs covered with yellow pea-flowers.

Cardiocrinum cordatum (Liliaceae) (100x30,Z4,P,C,5) …………………............................. 55 seeds / $3.00

 12693.15  (W) Yoro Mtns, C. Japan, 75m.   Stout stems with cordate, whorled leaves, bearing mildly fragrant, creamy lilies with reddish-brown speckling and pale yellow throats. Striking.

Carnegia gigantea (Cactaceae) (500x200, Z10, P, L, 1) ………………………................. 100 seeds / $2.50

 32452.17  (W) Pima Co., AZ, 4200ft, 1280m.  "Saguaro."  Large waxy creamy flowers followed by red fruit. Takes about 60 to 70 years to start developing the “arms.”

Carpinteria californica (Philadelphaceae) (300x220,Z7,P,L,3:6w) ………...........……….... 100 seeds / $4.00

 12075.45  (W) Fresno Co., CA, 3200ft, 976m.  Small trees with narrowly-elliptical, glossy-green, leathery leaves, tomentose below and beautiful, snow-white, fragrant, poppy-like flowers. Infrequent on steep hillsides of the western Sierra Nevada foothills. Spectacular in full bloom.

Caryopteris x clandonensis (Verbenaceae) (100x100,Z4,P,C,1) .......................................... 50 seeds / $2.00

 12542.06   Wonderful soft blue mounds over gray-green foliage in late summer. The seed heads remain ornamental through the winter. Prune each spring to about a foot. Comes true from seed.

Cassia roemeriana (Fabaceae) (40x24, Z7, P, SC, 1) ........................................................... 40 seeds / $2.50

 74627.14  (W) Eddy Co., NM, 4800ft, 1463m.  Shrubby mounds of stiff paired leaflets bear capitate clusters of yellow to orange pea-flowers, often intricately-veined.  Growing on rocky limestone soil.

Castilleja angustifolia (Scrophulariaceae) (16x12,Z4,P,RL3:6w) ......................................... 100 seeds / $3.50

 07832.18  (W) Butte Co., ID, 6800ft, 2073m.  A spring-blooming sp. with gorgeous flower spikes in various purple, plum or pink shades.  On alluvial plains of gravelly, loamy soils.   Photo1   Photo2

Castilleja applegatei v. viscida (Scrophulariaceae) (16x12, Z3, P, RL, 3:6w) ……................ 90 seeds / $3.00

 09070.14  (W) Sanpete Co., UT, 10600ft, 3232m.  “Wavy-leaf Paintbrush.”  Atop multiple stems clothed in dissected, undulate foliage arise bright orange-red spikes.  One of the showiest species in Castilleja.   Photo

Castilleja chromosa (Scrophulariaceae) (28x15,Z5,P,RL,3:6w) ............................................ 100 seeds / $3.50

 12363.38  (W) Mesa Co., CO, 4800ft, 1463m.  The typical, more upright form here but with the same fiery-red flower spikes as C. scabrida.  On dry hills of sandy clay.

Castilleja covilleana (Scrophulariaceae) (14x18,Z3,P,RL,3:6w) ........................................... 100 seeds / $3.50

 12710.18  (W) Blaine Co., ID, 7200ft, 2195m.  Dark, finely-cut foliage and scarlet inflorescences glow like hot coals against its native scoria.

Castilleja haydenii (9x10,Z3,P,RL,3:6w) ……………………..............…………............... 100 seeds / $4.00

 35098.17  (W) Custer Co., CO, 12300ft, 3750m.   A beautiful alpine dwarf with finely-shredded flowers in dense spikes of various deep rosy-pink-lavender hues.   Photo

Castilleja integra (16x10,Z3,P,RL,3:6w) ............................................................................. 100 seeds / $3.00

 47879.27  (W) Park Co., CO, 9800ft, 2988m.  Brilliant orange-scarlet flower spikes illuminate the alpine meadows in South Park.  Photo

Castilleja rhexifolia (30x20,Z3,P,RL,3:4w) ......................................................................... 100 seeds / $3.50

 74354.18  (W) Big Horn Co., WY, 9400ft, 2866m.  Brilliant rosy-pink spikes cover alpine slopes.   Photo

Castilleja scabrida (9x15,Z4,P,RL,3:6w) ............................................................................. 100 seeds / $4.00

 76137.57  (W) San Miguel Co., CO, 6050ft, 1844m.  Dwarf tufts with greatly incised foliage and brilliant crimson flowers. Growing on sandstone ledges. One of the showpieces of the Colorado Plateau.   Photo

Castilleja sessiliflora (12x8, Z4, P, RL, 3:4w) ..................................................................... 100 seeds / $3.00

 76296.13  (W) Elbert Co., CO, 6650ft, 2030m.  Unique tricolor fl. spikes of pink, cream and green.

Ceanothus greggii (Rhamnaceae) (40x50, Z6, P, SC, 4:8w) .................................................. 70 seeds / $3.00

 32745.11  (W) Otero Co., NM, 6500ft, 1982m.  Dense shrubs with ovate, veined leaves and umbels of whitish flowers.  On W-facing slopes of crumbling limestone.

Ceanothus prostratus (4x120,Z5,P,SC,4:8w) ....................................................................... 40 seeds / $4.00

 70748.56  (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 4800ft, 1463m.   One of the most distinctive groundcovers, seen throughout the Sierra Nevadas and up into the Siskiyou Mountains.  Dense, wide mats of prickly leaves produce short racemes of pale to deep blue flowers followed by exploding seed capsules.

Ceanothus pumilus (4x30,Z6,P,SC,4:8w) ………………………………………..........….... 45 seeds / $4.00

 70876.16  (W) Josephine Co., OR, 1700ft, 518m.   Compact racemes of ghostly blue, whitish or pale lavender flowers on absolutely prostrate mats of rounded, blunt-toothed leaves.

Ceanothus velutinus (110x150, Z6, P, SC, 4:8w) .................................................................. 70 seeds / $3.00

 90274.10  (W) Chelan Co., WA, 3500ft, 1067m.  Vigorous bushes with serrated leaves and snow-white clouds.

Centaurium calycosum (Gentianaceae) (12x15,A,L,2) ……………………..........………... 100 seeds / $3.00

 12074.55  (W) Eddy Co., NM, 2975ft, 907m.  Though an annual, this sp. is definitely worth growing for its masses of saturated pink-lilac, saucer flowers. Very long-blooming and drought-resistant.

Cerastium alpinum v. lanatum (Caryophyllaceae) (6x20,Z3,P,L,2) ....................................... 50 seeds / $2.50

 07471.06     Slowly-creeping cushions of dense wool look wonderful squeezing between rocks. Hundreds of single white flowers in the spring.

Cerastium candidissimum (12x25, Z4, P, L, 2) ................................................................... 100 seeds / $2.00

 12079.15  White-woolly, caespitose mats with white flowers.  Mountains of Greece.

Cercis occidentalis (Fabaceae) (250x110, Z6, P, SC, 3:6w) .................................................. 40 seeds / $2.50

 63212.24  (W) Shasta Co., CA, 3500ft, 1067m.  These handsome small trees with heart-shaped leaves are smothered with purple-pink pea-flowers in early spring followed by masses of flat pods.

Cercocarpus intricatus (Rosaceae) (90x90, Z5, P, C, 2) …………………….........……….. 60 seeds / $3.00

 47878.33  (W) Uintah Co., UT, 8100ft, 2470m.  Dense shrubs of intricately-branched stems clothed with linear, incurved leaves.  Insignificant flowers are followed by clouds of long-tailed plumes.

Cercocarpus ledifolius (Rosaceae) (80x80,Z4,P,C,2) ............................................................ 50 seeds / $3.50

 54236.28  (W) Johnson Co., WY, 6000ft, 1829m.  Gray-green shrubs with stiff, narrow, inrolled leaves.  On hills of red sandstone.  Considerably dwarfer than the Idaho forms.

Chaenactis alpina (Asteraceae) (8x10,Z3,P,L,3:6w) .............................................................. 40 seeds / $3.00

 07470.16  (W) Park Co., CO, 11900ft, 3628m.   Attractive compact clumps of silvery-gray, incised rosettes with cream to pale pink, pin-cushion flowers in summer. W-facing alpine scree slopes.

Chaenorrhinum glareosum (Scrophulariaceae) (8x20, Z5, P, L, 1) ...................................... 100 seeds / $3.00

 32542.13  Tufts of ovate leaves bear prostrate racemes of violet-lilac flowers with a yellow palate.

Chamaebatiaria millefolium (Rosaceae) (100x120,Z5,P,L,1) ……………….............…..... 100 seeds / $3.00

 56474.25  (W) Butte Co., ID, 5600ft, 1707m.  Very attractive bushes of finely-dissected leaves topped with white flower spikes resemble an Achillea on steroids. Growing on old lava flows.

Chamaechaenactis scaposa (Asteraceae) (5x10,Z5,P,L,1) ................................................... 20 seeds / $4.00

 76125.37  (W) Montrose Co., CO, 6900ft, 2104m.  Compact stacks of tiny round or heart-shaped gray leaves produce a few relatively huge white & pink pin-cushion flowers.

Chionophila jamesii (Scrophulariaceae) (6x9,Z3,P,RL,3:8w) .................................................. 90 seeds / $3.50

 50076.26  (W) Summit Co., CO, 12200ft, 3720m.   A Penstemon relative with short but densely-packed, arching spikes of flattened creamy yellow flowers over tufts of narrow leaves which easily turn maroon-brown with the onset of cold weather. On E-facing alpine screes of schist.

Chilopsis linearis (Bignoniaceae) (180x150,Z7,P,C,1) ........................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00

 54478.27  (W) Doña Ana Co., NM, 4400ft, 1341m.  "Desert Orchid." A small tree with long, thin leaves and large, orchid-like, pink-to-white blossoms reminiscent of the Catalpa.

Clematis columbiana (Ranunculaceae) (14x9, Z3, P, C, 5) .................................................... 50 seeds / $3.50

 12674.25  (W) Cache Co., UT, 9200ft, 2805m.  Lovely pendant violet flowers sway over a few incised leaflets.  Found on S- & E-facing rocky limestone slopes and crevices, often in large colonies.  Segregation into C. columbiana v. tenuiloba is not supported taxonomically.   Photo1   Photo2

Clematis columbiana (35x14,Z4,P,C,5) ................................................................................ 50 seeds / $3.50

 12674.37  (W) Bernalillo Co., NM, 10400ft, 3171m.  (= C. pseudoalpina.) Small vine which climbs when it can, trails when it must, on steep, W-facing limestone cliffs and slopes. Lovely bluish-purple pendant flowers.

Clematis heracleifolia (90x75,Z5,P,L,5) ............................................................................... 75 seeds / $3.00

 35294.07    A bushy, non-climbing, herbaceous perennial which bears large, thrice-divided, toothed leaves and lavender-blue, 3/4" scented flowers in rings around the upper axils.

Clematis hirsutissima (26x12, Z5, P, C, 5) ........................................................................... 50 seeds / $3.00

 35470.13  (W) Sheridan Co., WY, 7500ft, 2287m.  Dark blue-purple, pendant lanterns unfurl over dissected, hirsute foliage.  On an E-facing, gravelly limestone slope.

Clematis scottii (40x25, Z5, P, C, 5) ..................................................................................... 50 seeds / $3.50

 76129.53  (W) Fremont Co., CO, 6500ft, 1982m.  Much like the better known C. hirsutissima but with minor differences such as slightly wider leaf divisions and hairy sepal margins.  Blue-purple lantern flowers.

Clematis stans (80x40, Z5, P, RL, 3:8w) ............................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00

 76782.14  (W) Hida Reg., Japan, 750m.  Large panicles of pale purple-blue bells, the outside white-tomentose.

Clematis terniflora (500x200,Z5,P,C,5) ............................................................................... 20 seeds / $3.50

 78296.17  (W) Mino Reg., Japan, 262ft, 80m.  Vigorous vines with starry, fragrant, white flowers.

Clementsia rhodantha (Crassulaceae) (20x7,Z3,P,L,1) ....................................................... 100 seeds / $3.00

 74358.47  (W) Park Co., CO, 11900ft, 3628m.  Spiky inflorescences of pale rose-pink flowers.

Collomia debilis v. debilis (Polemoniaceae) (8x30,Z3,P,L,4:8w) ............................................ 30 seeds / $4.00

 15230.18  (W) Sublette Co., WY, 9250ft, 2820m.  Decumbent creeper with sticky, dark green foliage and deep rose-magenta trumpets nearly all summer.  A top-rate rock garden perennial.   Photo

Collomia debilis v. trifida (Polemoniaceae) (4x15,Z4,P,L,4:8w) ............................................ 15 seeds / $4.00

 15331.16  (W) Custer Co., ID, 8200ft, 2500m.   Attractive, non-viscid, gray-green rosettes whose individual leaves are deeply three-lobed. Heads of white to pale pink flowers. Runs stoloniferously through its native limestone scree.

Coreopsis gigantea (Asteraceae) (150x40,Z10,P,C,1) ........................................................... 30 seeds / $3.50

 32453.18  (W) Santa Barbara Co., CA, 65ft, 20m.  Succulent, pinnate leaves sprout on top of a massive trunk, appearing like a living fossil from ancient times.  Numerous cymes of myriad yellow daisy-flowers early in spring.  Endemic to a few locales along the Californian coast.   Photo

Coryphantha bisbeeana (Cactaceae) (10x12, Z7, P, L, 2) ..................................................... 75 seeds / $2.50

 10496.17  (W) Cochise Co., AZ, 4800ft, 1463m.  Sumptuous flowers of deep pink shading to white in the throat.

Coryphantha sulcata (10x8,Z5,P,L,2) ……………………………………………............... 40 seeds / $3.00

 76874.05  Ex Thompson cult.   Multi-clumping stems with white spines. Large, bright yellow flowers with deep red throats.

Coryphantha vivipara (Cactaceae) (10x10,Z4,P,L,3:4w) ....................................................... 70 seeds / $3.00

 90510.18  (W) Albany Co., WY, 7400ft, 2255m.  Tubercled barrel cacti with rosy-violet chalices.

Coryphantha vivipara v. arizonica (6x8,Z5,P,L,3:6w) …………………….…..............…... 70 seeds / $3.00

 90512.15  (W) Millard Co., UT, 6100ft, 1860m.  Bright deep lavender-violet flowers on white-spined barrels, the central spines tipped black. On S-facing hills of limestone.

Coryphantha vivipara v. buoflama (10x15, Z6, P, L, 3:4w) ……………..............……….... 60 seeds / $2.50

 90511.18  (W) Yavapai Co., AZ, 4400ft, 1341m.  Barrels are densely covered with white spines tipped black.  Small apical flowers in various yellow, pink and peach shades.

Crassula ausensis ssp. titanopsis (Crassulaceae) (4x9, Z10, P, L, 2) …………….............. 100 seeds / $3.50

 08764.13  Ex Grünau, Namibia.  A recent discovery (described in 1998, see CSSA, Vol. 71, No. 2).  The triangular leaves are tightly packed and are covered with crystalline tubercles, tipped rusty red.

Cryptantha caespitosa (Boraginaceae) (10x16,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ................................................. 40 seeds / $5.00

 12036.18  (W) Fremont Co., WY, 6700ft, 2043m.  Forms mounded cushions of bristly, gray leaves. Two or three dozen short, dense spikes of white flowers arch from mature cushions. Grows on hills of tuffaceous mud/sandstone.

Cryptantha humilis v. nana (Boraginaceae) (5x12,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ........................................... 35 seeds / $4.00

 35876.17  (W) Montrose Co., CO, 6900ft, 2104m.  Caespitose silver-gray tufts of hairy leaves bear flat-topped inflorescences of rather densely-packed white flowers.

Cryptantha johnstonii (18x10,Z5,P,L,2) ……………………………….........……………... 50 seeds / $3.50

 50655.35  (W) Emery Co., UT, 6900ft, 2104m.  Large white flowers with yellow fornices from swollen, hairy calyxes over silvery tufts. A showy species from the San Rafael Swell in sandy clay soil.

Cryptantha paradoxa (6x10,Z5,P,C,2) ………………………………………..........…….... 40 seeds / $4.00

 70094.15  (W) Montrose Co., CO, 5500ft, 1675m.  Tufts of green, spatulate leaves produce masses of intensely-fragrant, white, yellow-throated, waxy blossoms. Endemic to gypsiferous clay in the Paradox Valley of western Colorado. One of the best in the genus.   Photo

Cusickiella douglasii (Brassicaceae) (1x3,Z4,P,L,3:8w) ……………………............……..... 35 seeds / $3.50

 15685.16  (W) Elko Co., NV, 6500ft, 1982m.  Very dwarf gray-green rosettes bear white flowers.

Cusickiella quadricostata (3x16,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ……..……………………….…...........….... 35 seeds / $4.00

 72803.15  (W) Mono Co., CA, 8500ft, 2591m.  (= Draba quadricostata.) One of the best and most caespitose cushions of the Sierra Nevadas, comprised of hundreds of tiny, gray-green rosettes, sometimes spanning 12" or more. Short racemes of pale yellow are borne in early summer.

Cylindropuntia imbricata (Cactaceae) (180x90,Z4,P,SC,4:6w) ………………............…..... 50 seeds / $3.00

 47610.26  (W) Fremont Co., CO, 6200ft, 1890m.   Our prevalent cholla, magenta to violet blossoms.

Cylindropuntia whipplei (30x60,Z5,P,SC,4:6w) .................................................................... 50 seeds / $3.00

 92357.26  (W) Archuleta Co., CO, 6400ft, 1951m.   Low, dense clumps of cylindrical stems covered with sheathed spines. The brilliant chartreuse flowers appear in early summer.

Cymopterus aboriginum (Apiaceae) (6x15,Z6,P,C,4:8w) ………………………..........….... 40 seeds / $4.00

 01069.15  (W) Mono Co., CA, 6400ft, 1950m.  Gorgeous gray-green mounds of very ferny, thrice-pinnatifid foliage of heavy substance. White fruiting clusters on short scapes. On N-facing carbonates.

Cymopterus duchesnensis (14x12,Z5,P,C,4:8w) ………………………………….............. 40 seeds / $3.50

 15832.15  (W) Uintah Co., UT, 5500ft, 1677m.  From clumps of celery-like leaves emerge bright yellow flowers in the spring, followed by eye-catching, corrugated seed heads. Uinta Basin endemic.

Cymopterus longilobus (Apiaceae) (16x15,Z3,P,L,4:12w) .................................................... 60 seeds / $3.50

 54678.48  (W) Park Co., WY, 8000ft, 2439m.  Glossy, waxy, intensely anise-scented foliage, Yellow umbels.  On fractured limestone.

Cymopterus megacephalus (6x24, Z5, P, L, 4:12w) ............................................................. 85 seeds / $3.50

 56253.15  (W) Coconino Co., AZ, 6100ft, 1860m.  From waxy, gray-green, dissected foliage arises a few globular flower heads which mature to fruit literally the size of golf balls.

Cymopterus montanus (5x10,Z5,P,C,4:8w) .......................................................................... 35 seeds / $3.00

 56678.17  (W) Fremont Co., CO, 6000ft, 1829m.  Pinkish flower heads over bluish, glaucous leaves. In sandy clay.

Cymopterus planosus (8x12, Z4, P, RC, 4:8w) ..................................................................... 70 seeds / $3.00

 70542.13  (W) Mesa Co., CO, 5000ft, 1524m.  Attractive flower heads of purple to maroon surrounded by white bracts.  Large, undulating seed clusters and blue-green, lacy foliage.