Another cheerful yellow bloom of Wyoming and Northern Colorado open spaces is the blanketflower, Gallardia aristata. In some areas, this flower can be found with bright red accents on the petals, but on my local hikes, the red tends to be only a subdued tinge on the bright yellow blossoms.
This species can bloom any time from June through October at a range of elevations throughout the west and north of the U.S. I have found beautiful patches of this flower as far north as Alberta, Canada, as shown in the next picture.
This is another native wildflower that was collected on the Lewis and Clark expedition, in this case in Montana. Also known as common gaillardia, this species can sometimes be called brown-eyed susan as well, although that designation can also refer to the coneflower Rudbeckia triloba, which does not occur in Wyoming or in places to the north.
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