Montana has over 2900 native plant species. The best time to visit to see wildflowers in peak bloom is late June through August, depending on the elevation and snowpack.
Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
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Orange Mountain Dandelion (Agoseris aurantiaca)
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Yellow Sweetclover (Melilotus oficinalis)
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Wood's Rose (Rosa woodsii)
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White Virgin's Bower (Clematis ligusticifolia)
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Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)
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White Praire Clover (Dalea candida)
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Western Stickseed (Hackelia floribunda)
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Tall Cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)
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Subalpine Buttercup (Ranunculus eschscholtzii)
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Cow Parsnip (Heracleum lanatum )
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Small-flower Penstemon (Penstemon procerus)
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Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
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Skunkbush Sumac (Rhus trilobata)
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Douglas' Dustymaiden (Chaenactis douglasii)
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Silver Sagebrush (Artemisia cana)
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Silky Lupine (Lupinus sericeus)
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Plains Cottonwood (Populus deltoides spp. monilifera)
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Rough Pricklypoppy (Argemone hispida)
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Boxelder Maple (Acer negundo)
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Prairie Sunflower (Helianthus petiolaris)
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Parsnipflower Buckwheat (Eriogonum heracleoides)
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Pacific Ninebark (Physocarpus capitatus)
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Narrowleaf four o'clock (Mirabilis linearis)
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Manyflowered Phlox (Phlox multiflora)
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Hairy Goldenaster (Heterotheca villosa)
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Great Plains Yucca (Yucca glauca)
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Gray Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
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Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
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Field Pennycress (Thiaspi arvense)
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Field Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris)
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Little Larkspur (Delphinium bicolor)
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Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
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Canadian Lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis)
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Butter-and-Eggs Toadflax ( Linaria vulgaris)
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American Bistort (Polygonum bistortoides)
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
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