Wildflowers in Colorado's mountains

In just the six days between 7/28/09 and 8/2/09, we saw more than 25 different species of wildflowers on three trails in Summit County:

1) Wilder Gulch to Ptarmigan Pass
2) Willow Lakes (Silverthorne/Mesa Cortina area)
3) West Maroon Trail (between Aspen and Crested Butte in the Snowmass-Maroon Bells Wilderness)

Here's a list of the wildflowers I was able to identify on those three hikes, and where I saw them. Bear in mind this is a partial list, as I couldn't identify many species:

1. Marsh Marigold - Wilder Gulch
2. Sickletop Lousewort - Willow Lakes
3. Mariposa Lilly (pictured) - Wilder Gulch
4. Cinquefoil - Wilder Gulch and Willow Lakes
5. Heart-leaved Arnica - Wilder Gulch and Willow Lakes
6. Heart-leaved buttercup - Wilder Gulch and Willow Lakes
7. Twinflower - Willow Lakes
8. Fireweed - Willow Lakes and W. Maroon trail
9. Rosy & Scarlet Paintbrush (scarlet pictured) - West Maroon Trail, Willow Lakes and Wilder Gulch
10. Kings Crown - West Maroon Pass
11. Rose Crown - W. Maroon Pass
12. Tall Chiming Bells - Willow Lakes and W. Maroon Trail
13. Lodgepole Lupine - W. Maroon Trail
14. Jacob's Ladder - W. Maroon Trail
15. Common Aster, Field Aster, Smooth Aster - W.Maroon Trail
16. Common Harebell - Willow Lakes
17. Subalpine Larkspur - W. Maroon Trail
18. Wild Geranium - W. Maroon Trail (south of the pass)
19. Monkshood - Willow Lakes
20. Bistort - W. Maroon Trail
21. Cornhusk lily - W. Maroon Trail (they were past flowering in late July)
22. White geranium - W. Maroon Trail
23. Yampa - W. Maroon Trail

Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vickijbrown/sets/72157622052904285/

Our friends Tom and Linda Watkins dubbed the vast fields of wildflowers on our W. Maroon Trail hike as "Monet's Meadow". A fitting tribute indeed.