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.
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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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