Forb Plants by Family, Common Name

redroot pigweed Scientific Name Amaranthus retroflexus Family Amaranth Flower Color Green Plant Type Forb Weed Yes

Dutchman's breeches Scientific Name Dicentra cucullaria Family Bleeding heart or Fumatory Plant Type Forb Short Description Dutchman's breeches is a native wildflower that grows in a few partial shade sheltered canyon environments. These spots have more moisture than rangelands, but are not really wet soil. Native Yes

gypsy flower Scientific Name Cynoglossum officinale Family Borage Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Introduced North America

gypsyflower Scientific Name Cynoglossum officinale Family Borage Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Introduced North America

hound's tongue Scientific Name Cynoglossum officinale Family Borage Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Introduced North America

hounds tongue Scientific Name Cynoglossum officinale Family Borage Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Introduced North America

hounds-tongue Scientific Name Cynoglossum officinale Family Borage Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Introduced North America

rats and mice Scientific Name Cynoglossum officinale Family Borage Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Introduced North America

rigid fiddleneck Scientific Name Amsinckia retrorsa Family Borage Flower Color Orange, Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes

birdnest buckwheat Scientific Name Eriogonum nidularium Coville Family Buckwheat Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

black bindweed Scientific Name Polygonum convolvulus Family Buckwheat Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Yes

climbing bindweed Scientific Name Polygonum convolvulus Family Buckwheat Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Yes

erect knotweed Scientific Name Polygonum argyrocoleon Family Buckwheat Flower Color Green Plant Type Forb Weed Yes

ivy bindweed Scientific Name Polygonum convolvulus Family Buckwheat Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Yes

Japanese knotweed Scientific Name Polygonum cuspidatum Family Buckwheat Plant Type Forb Native No Weed Yes

knot bindweed Scientific Name Polygonum convolvulus Family Buckwheat Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Yes

sand dock Scientific Name Rumex venosus Family Buckwheat Flower Color Pink and Yellowish Plant Type Forb Short Description perennial Native Yes Weed No

smart weed Scientific Name Polygonum Family Buckwheat Flower Color Pink and Yellowish Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed Yes

smartweed Scientific Name Polygonum Family Buckwheat Flower Color Pink and Yellowish Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed Yes

sulphur buckwheat Scientific Name Eriogonum umbellatum Family Buckwheat Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

sulphur-flowered buckwheat Scientific Name Eriogonum umbellatum Family Buckwheat Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

water smartweed Scientific Name Polygonum coccineum Family Buckwheat Flower Color Pink Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed Yes

columbine Scientific Name Aguilegia sp. Family Buttercup Flower Color White, yellow Plant Type Forb Location McCall and many locations Native Yes Weed No

Cleomella Scientific Name Cleomella macbrideana Family Caper Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Short Description The cleomella pictured here was found on very poor, bare clay soil in the Succor Creek watershed. Native Yes Weed No

cat-tail Scientific Name Typha latifolia Family Cat-Tail Flower Color Brown Plant Type Forb Short Description Tall perennial, creeping rhizomes. Native Yes Weed No

annual sowthistle Scientific Name Sonchus oleraceus Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native No Weed Yes

Atkinson's coreopsis Scientific Name Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. var. atkinsoniana Family Composites, Sunflower Plant Type Forb Short Description Atkinson's coreopsis grows east of New Plymouth, ID, on low lying wet soils near the Payette River. It is a native plant in the western United states and British Columbia. Native Yes

common cockleburr Scientific Name Xanthium strumarium Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Green Plant Type Forb Introduced North America Native No Weed Yes

common groundsel Scientific Name Senecio vulgaris Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color White, yellow Plant Type Forb Native No Weed Yes

diffuse knapweed Scientific Name Centaurea diffusa Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Light Pink Plant Type Forb Native No Weed Yes

horseweed Scientific Name Conyza canadensis Family Composites, Sunflower Plant Type Forb Native North America grasslands

low hawksbeard Scientific Name Crepis modocensis Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

marshelder Scientific Name Iva xanthifolia Family Composites, Sunflower Plant Type Forb Native No Weed Yes

modoc hawksbeard Scientific Name Crepis modocensis Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

mountain tarweed Scientific Name Madia glomerata Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native North America

musk thistle Scientific Name Carduus nutans Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Weed Yes

old-man-in-the-Spring Scientific Name Senecio vulgaris Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color White, yellow Plant Type Forb Native No Weed Yes

oneflower helianthella Scientific Name Helianthella uniflora Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Brilliant Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

pathfinder Scientific Name Adenocaulon bicolor Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Green, mixed Plant Type Forb Location McCall Native Yes Weed No

pineappleweed Scientific Name Matricaria matricarioides Family Composites, Sunflower Plant Type Forb Native North America Weed Yes

poverty sumpweed Scientific Name Iva axillaris Family Composites, Sunflower Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed Can be

rocky mountain helianthella Scientific Name Helianthella uniflora Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Brilliant Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

rocky mountain little sunflower Scientific Name Helianthella uniflora Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Brilliant Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

rush skeletonplant Scientific Name Lygodesmia juncea Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Light purple Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed Yes

rush skeletonweed Scientific Name Chondrilla juncea Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Yes

Scotch thistle Scientific Name Onopordum acanthium Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Native No Weed Noxious

showy townsend daisy Scientific Name Townsendia florifer Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Short Description Annual plant.. Native Yes

spotted knapweed Scientific Name Centaurea maculosa Family Composites, Sunflower Plant Type Forb Native No Weed Yes

trail plant Scientific Name Adenocaulon bicolor Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Green, mixed Plant Type Forb Location McCall Native Yes Weed No

yellow starthistle Scientific Name Centaurea solstitialis Family Composites, Sunflower Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native No Weed Yes

Booths evening-primrose Scientific Name Camissonia boothii Family Evening Primrose Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

desert evening primrose Scientific Name Oenothera caespitosa Family Evening Primrose Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

pale evening primrose Scientific Name Oenothera pallida Lindl. Family Evening Primrose Flower Color Pale pink Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

panicle willowweed Scientific Name Epilobium brachycarpum Family Evening Primrose Flower Color Purple, white Plant Type Forb Weed Yes

small-flowered gaura Scientific Name Gaura mollis Family Evening Primrose Flower Color Pink, Green Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed Yes

Cusick's Indian paintbrush Scientific Name Castilleja cusickii Family Figwort or Snapdragon Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

dalmatian toadflax Scientific Name Linaria dalmatica Family Figwort or Snapdragon Plant Type Forb Weed Noxious

firecracker penstemon Scientific Name Penstemon eatonii Family Figwort or Snapdragon Flower Color Red Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

globe penstemon Scientific Name Penstemon globosus Family Figwort or Snapdragon Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Short Description Globe Penstemon

Tweedy's snowlover Scientific Name Chionophila tweedyi Family Figwort or Snapdragon Flower Color Pale lavender Plant Type Forb Short Description Tweedy's snowlover is a very common understory plant at elevations of 7,500 to 9,000 feet in the Central Mountains of Idaho. Native Yes Weed No

blue flax Scientific Name Linum perenne Family Flax Flower Color Blue Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes

Lewis flax Scientific Name Linum lewisii Family Flax Flower Color Blue Plant Type Forb Native Yes

wild flax Scientific Name Linum perenne Family Flax Flower Color Blue Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes

halogeton Scientific Name Halogeton glomeratus Family Goosefoot Flower Color Green-white Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Yes

kochia Scientific Name Kochia scoparia Family Goosefoot Plant Type Forb Native No Weed Noxious

Russian thistle Scientific Name Salsola kali Family Goosefoot Flower Color Pink, purple Plant Type Forb Short Description A Eurasian annual weed of dry, often alkaline areas. Native No Weed Yes

tumbleweed Scientific Name Salsola kali Family Goosefoot Flower Color Pink, purple Plant Type Forb Short Description A Eurasian annual weed of dry, often alkaline areas. Native No Weed Yes

horsetail Scientific Name Equisetum arvense Family Horsetail Flower Color -none- Plant Type Forb Location McCall Native Yes Weed No

scouringrush Scientific Name Equisetum hyemale Family Horsetail Flower Color Brown Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed Yes

yellow flag Scientific Name Iris pseudacorus Family Iris Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Short Description Introduced plant, conspicuous along edges of ponds, irrigation canals. Native No Weed Can be

basalt milkvetch Scientific Name Astragalus filipes Family Legume or Pea Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

big-head clover Scientific Name Trifolium macrocephalum Family Legume or Pea Flower Color Pink and Yellowish Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

largehead clover Scientific Name Trifolium macrocephalum Family Legume or Pea Flower Color Pink and Yellowish Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

Searl's prairie clover Scientific Name Dalea searlsiae Family Legume or Pea Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

strawberry clover Scientific Name Trifolium fragiferum Family Legume or Pea Flower Color Light Pink Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed No

threadstalk milkvetch Scientific Name Astragalus filipes Family Legume or Pea Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

white sweetclover Scientific Name Melilotus alba Family Legume or Pea Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Yes

wild licorice Scientific Name Glycyrrhiza lepidota Family Legume or Pea Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed Yes

beargrass Scientific Name Xerophyllum tenax Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

California false hellebore Scientific Name Veratrum californicum Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Location McCall and many locations Native Yes Weed No

Clintonia Scientific Name Clintonia uniflora Family Lily Flower Color Waxy white Plant Type Forb Short Description Short perennial, usually has single flowers. Location McCall Native Yes Weed No

corn lily Scientific Name Veratrum californicum Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Location McCall and many locations Native Yes Weed No

false Solomons seal Scientific Name Smilacina stellata Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Short Description Alternate zig-zag pattern of leaves and flowers. Location McCall Native Yes Weed No

glacier lily Scientific Name Erythronium grandiflorum Family Lily Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Location McCall and many locations Native Yes Weed No

green false hellebore Scientific Name Veratrum viride Family Lily Flower Color Green, mixed Plant Type Forb Short Description False hellebore is a common plant of mid and high elevation marshes, growing exclusively on soils that have a continual source of free water. Location McCall Native Yes Weed No

meadow death camas Scientific Name Zigadenus venenosus Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

meadow deathcamas Scientific Name Zigadenus venenosus Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

mountain death camas Scientific Name Zigadenus elegans Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

mountain deathcamas Scientific Name Zigadenus elegans Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

mountain lily Scientific Name Leucocrinum montanum Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

Queen's Cup Scientific Name Clintonia uniflora Family Lily Flower Color Waxy white Plant Type Forb Short Description Short perennial, usually has single flowers. Location McCall Native Yes Weed No

sand lily Scientific Name Leucocrinum montanum Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

sego lily Scientific Name Calochortus nuttallii Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

skunk cabbage Scientific Name Veratrum californicum Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Location McCall and many locations Native Yes Weed No

squaw grass Scientific Name Xerophyllum tenax Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

star lily Scientific Name Leucocrinum montanum Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

starry false lily of the valley Scientific Name Smilacina stellata Family Lily Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Short Description Alternate zig-zag pattern of leaves and flowers. Location McCall Native Yes Weed No

trillium Scientific Name Trillium ovatum Family Lily Flower Color White to pink Plant Type Forb Location McCall Native Yes Weed No

yellowbell Scientific Name Fritillaria pudica Family Lily Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Location McCall and many locations Native Yes Weed No

gooseberry leaf globe mallow Scientific Name Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia Family Mallow Flower Color Orange, Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

gooseberryleaf globemallow Scientific Name Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia Family Mallow Flower Color Orange, Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

red globe mallow Scientific Name Sphaeralcea coccinea Family Mallow Flower Color Red, Orange Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

small flower globe mallow Scientific Name Sphaeralcea parvifolia Family Mallow Flower Color Orange, Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

henbit Scientific Name Lamium amplexicaule Family Mint Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Weed Yes

henbit deadnettle Scientific Name Lamium amplexicaule Family Mint Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Weed Yes

black mustard Scientific Name Brassica nigra Family Mustard Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Yes

blue mustard Scientific Name Chorispora tenella Family Mustard Flower Color Blue - purple Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Noxious

clasping pepperweed Scientific Name Lepidium perfoliatum Family Mustard Flower Color Green-yellow Plant Type Forb Native No Weed Yes

cut-leaf thelypody Scientific Name Thelypodium laciniatum Family Mustard Flower Color White/Purple Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

flixweed Scientific Name Descurainia sophia Family Mustard Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native No Weed Noxious

perennial pepperweed Scientific Name Lepidium latifolium L Family Mustard Flower Color White, cream Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Noxious

purple mustard Scientific Name Chorispora tenella Family Mustard Flower Color Blue - purple Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Noxious

tall tumblemustard Scientific Name Sisymbrium altissimum Family Mustard Flower Color Yellowish Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Yes

tenella mustard Scientific Name Chorispora tenella Family Mustard Flower Color Blue - purple Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Noxious

thick-leaf thelypody Scientific Name Thelypodium laciniatum Family Mustard Flower Color White/Purple Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

tumble mustard Scientific Name Sisymbrium altissimum Family Mustard Flower Color Yellowish Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Native No Weed Yes

pellitory Scientific Name Parietaria pensylvanica Family Nettle Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed Yes

stinging nettle Scientific Name Urtica dioica Family Nettle Flower Color Green Plant Type Forb Location McCall and many locations Native Yes Weed Can be

bog orchid Scientific Name Habenaria dilatata Family Orchid Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Short Description Thin spikelike raceme of flowers. Location McCall Native Yes Weed No

calypso orchid Scientific Name Calypso bulbosa Family Orchid Flower Color Pink, purple Plant Type Forb Location McCall Native Yes Weed No

fairy slipper Scientific Name Calypso bulbosa Family Orchid Flower Color Pink, purple Plant Type Forb Location McCall Native Yes Weed No

mountain lady's slipper Scientific Name Cypripedium montanum Family Orchid Flower Color Brown and White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

rattlesnake plantain Scientific Name Goodyera oblongifolia Family Orchid Flower Color -dull- Plant Type Forb Short Description Forest floor. Leaves: White stripe on midrib Location McCall Native Yes Weed No

desert parsley Scientific Name Lomatium dissectum Family Parsley Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

fernleaf biscuitroot Scientific Name Lomatium dissectum Family Parsley Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

fern-leafed desert parsley Scientific Name Lomatium dissectum Family Parsley Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

fern-leafed lomatium Scientific Name Lomatium dissectum Family Parsley Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

Gray's desert parsley Scientific Name Lomatium grayi Family Parsley Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

Gray's lomatium Scientific Name Lomatium grayi Family Parsley Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

grand collomia Scientific Name Collomia grandiflora Family Phlox Flower Color White, Orange Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

narrow-leaf collomia Scientific Name Collomia linearis Family Phlox Flower Color Light purple Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

slender phlox Scientific Name Microsteris gracilis Family Phlox Flower Color Light Pink Plant Type Forb Short Description A very tiny early spring flower. Native Yes

tiny trumpet Scientific Name Collomia linearis Family Phlox Flower Color Light purple Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

angel's trumpet Scientific Name Datura innoxia Family Potato Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed Yes

coyote tobacco Scientific Name Nicotiana attenuata Family Potato Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes

hairy night shade Scientific Name Solanum sarrachoides Family Potato Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Short Description There berries are Green, brown, and yellow when matured. Introduced Yes Native No Weed Yes

sacred datura Scientific Name Datura innoxia Family Potato Flower Color White Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed Yes

common evening primrose Scientific Name Oenothera biennis Family Primrose Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native North America

diverse-leafed cinquefoil Scientific Name Potentilla diversifolia Family Rose Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

grimy mousetail Scientific Name Ivesia rhypara Family Rose Plant Type Forb Native Yes

doveweed Scientific Name Eremocarpus setigerus Family Spurge Flower Color Light Green Plant Type Forb Native Yes

leafy spurge Scientific Name Euphorbia esula Family Spurge Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Weed Yes

milk spurge Scientific Name Chamaesyce maculata Family Spurge Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed Yes

petty spurge Scientific Name Euphorbia peplus Family Spurge Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes Weed Yes

prostrate spurge Scientific Name Chamaesyce maculata Family Spurge Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed Yes

turkey mullein Scientific Name Eremocarpus setigerus Family Spurge Flower Color Light Green Plant Type Forb Native Yes

bigbract verbena Scientific Name Verbena bracteata Family Verbena Flower Color Light purple Plant Type Forb Native Yes

prostrate vervain Scientific Name Verbena bracteata Family Verbena Flower Color Light purple Plant Type Forb Native Yes

ground nama Scientific Name Nama aretioides Family Waterleaf Flower Color Light purple Plant Type Forb Native Yes Weed No

silverleaf phacelia Scientific Name Phacelia hastata Family Waterleaf Flower Color Green, Red Plant Type Forb Location McCall and many locations Native Yes Weed Can be

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bastard toadflax Scientific Name Comandra umbellata Plant Type Forb Short Description Native Yes

cous biscuit-root Scientific Name Lomatium cous Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes

cous-root desert-parsley Scientific Name Lomatium cous Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes

daggerpod Scientific Name Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides Nutt. Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Native Yes

goathead Scientific Name Tribulus terrestris L. Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes

Mexican sandbur Scientific Name Tribulus terrestris L. Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes

puncturevine Scientific Name Tribulus terrestris L. Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes

tackweed Scientific Name Tribulus terrestris L. Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes

Texas sandbur Scientific Name Tribulus terrestris L. Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Introduced Yes

wallflower phoenicaulis Scientific Name Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides Nutt. Flower Color Purple Plant Type Forb Native Yes

whitestem blazingstar Scientific Name Mentzelia albicaulis Flower Color Yellow Plant Type Forb Native Yes

wishbone-bush Scientific Name Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa Plant Type Forb Short Description perennial Native Yes