Home Plant List

Forb Plants by Scientific Name where Weed includes No and Native includes Yes


Group by Family

Group by Color

Group by Ecoregion

Group by Introduced

Group by Location

Group by Watershed

Sort by Common Name
pathfinder, trail plant (Adenocaulon bicolor)
Adenocaulon bicolor
Common Names pathfinder, trail plant
Family Composites, Sunflower
Flower Color Green, mixed
Plant Type Forb
Location McCall
Native Yes
Weed No
columbine (Aguilegia sp.)Aguilegia sp.
Common Names columbine
Family Buttercup
Flower Color White, yellow
Plant Type Forb
Location McCall and many locations
Native Yes
Weed No
threadstalk milkvetch, basalt milkvetch (Astragalus filipes)
Astragalus filipes
Common Names threadstalk milkvetch, basalt milkvetch
Family Legume or Pea
Flower Color Yellow
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
sego lilyCalochortus nuttallii
Common Names sego lily
Family Lily
Flower Color White
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
calypso orchid, fairy slipper (Calypso bulbosa )

Calypso bulbosa
Common Names fairy slipper, calypso orchid
Family Orchid
Flower Color Pink, purple
Plant Type Forb
Location McCall
Native Yes
Weed No
Booths evening-primrose(Camissonia boothii )Camissonia boothii
Common Names Booths evening-primrose
Family Evening Primrose
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
Cusick's Indian paintbrush (Castilleja cusickii)
Castilleja cusickii
Common Names Cusick's Indian paintbrush
Family Figwort or Snapdragon
Flower Color Yellow
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
Tweedy's snowlover (Chionophila tweedyi)
Chionophila tweedyi
Common Names Tweedy's snowlover
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
cleomella (Cleomella macbrideana)Cleomella macbrideana
Common Names Cleomella
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
Clintonia, Queen's Cup (Clintonia uniflora)Clintonia uniflora
Common Names Clintonia, Queen's Cup
Family Lily
Flower Color Waxy white
Plant Type Forb
Short Description Short perennial, usually has single flowers.
Location McCall
Native Yes
Weed No
grand collomia (Collomia grandiflora)Collomia grandiflora
Common Names grand collomia
Family Phlox
Flower Color White, Orange
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
narrow-leaf collomia (Collomia linean's)
Collomia linearis
Common Names tiny trumpet, narrow-leaf collomia
Family Phlox
Flower Color Light purple
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
Low hawksbeard, modoc hawksbeard(Crepis modocensis)Crepis modocensis
Common Names modoc hawksbeard, low hawksbeard
Family Composites, Sunflower
Flower Color Yellow
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
mountain lady's slipper(Cypripedium montanum)Cypripedium montanum
Common Names mountain lady's slipper
Family Orchid
Flower Color Brown and White
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
Searl's prairie clover (Dalea searlsiae)
Dalea searlsiae
Common Names Searl's prairie clover
Family Legume or Pea
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
Equisetum arvense
Common Names horsetail
Family Horsetail
Flower Color -none-
Plant Type Forb
Location McCall
Native Yes
Weed No
blue mountain buckwheat (EriogonumStrictum)Eriogonum nidularium Coville
Common Names birdnest buckwheat
Family Buckwheat
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
sulphur-flowered buckwheat, sulphur buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Common Names sulphur-flowered buckwheat, sulphur buckwheat
Family Buckwheat
Flower Color Yellow
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum)

Erythronium grandiflorum
Common Names glacier lily
Family Lily
Flower Color Yellow
Plant Type Forb
Location McCall and many locations
Native Yes
Weed No
Yellow Bell (Fritillaria pudica)Fritillaria pudica
Common Names yellowbell
Family Lily
Flower Color Yellow
Plant Type Forb
Location McCall and many locations
Native Yes
Weed No
Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia)Goodyera oblongifolia
Common Names rattlesnake plantain
Family Orchid
Flower Color -dull-
Plant Type Forb
Short Description Forest floor. Leaves: White stripe on midrib
Location McCall
Native Yes
Weed No
bog orchid (Habenaria dilatata)
Habenaria dilatata
Common Names bog orchid
Family Orchid
Flower Color White
Plant Type Forb
Short Description Thin spikelike raceme of flowers.
Location McCall
Native Yes
Weed No
oneflower helianthella, rocky mountain helianthella, rocky mountain little sunflower (Helianthella uniflora)
Helianthella uniflora
Common Names oneflower helianthella, rocky mountain helianthella, rocky mountain little sunflower
Family Composites, Sunflower
Flower Color Brilliant Yellow
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
sand lily, star lily, mountain lily (Leucocrinum montanum)Leucocrinum montanum
Common Names mountain lily , sand lily, star lily
Family Lily
Flower Color White
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
desert parsley, fernleaf biscuitroot, fern-leafed lomatium, fern-leafed desert parsley (Lomatium dissectum)Lomatium dissectum
Common Names fern-leafed desert parsley, fernleaf biscuitroot, desert parsley, fern-leafed lomatium
Family Parsley
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
Gray's lomatium, Gray's desert parsley (Lomatium grayi)
Lomatium grayi
Common Names Gray's desert parsley, Gray's lomatium
Family Parsley
Flower Color Yellow
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
ground nama (Nama aretioides)Nama aretioides
Common Names ground nama
Family Waterleaf
Flower Color Light purple
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
desert evening primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
Oenothera caespitosa
Common Names desert evening primrose
Family Evening Primrose
Flower Color White
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
pale evening primrose(Oenothera pallida Lindl. )Oenothera pallida Lindl.
Common Names pale evening primrose
Family Evening Primrose
Flower Color Pale pink
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
firecracker penstemon (Penstemon eatonii )
Penstemon eatonii
Common Names firecracker penstemon
Family Figwort or Snapdragon
Flower Color Red
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
Diverse-leafed Cinquefoil (Potentilla diversifolia)Potentilla diversifolia
Common Names diverse-leafed cinquefoil
Family Rose
Flower Color Yellow
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
sand dock (Rumex venosus)Rumex venosus
Common Names sand dock
Family Buckwheat
Flower Color Pink and Yellowish
Plant Type Forb
Short Description perennial
Native Yes
Weed No
Wild Lily of the Valley (Smilacina stellata)Smilacina stellata
Common Names starry false lily of the valley, false Solomons seal
Family Lily
Flower Color White
Plant Type Forb
Short Description Alternate zig-zag pattern of leaves and flowers.
Location McCall
Native Yes
Weed No
red globe mallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea)
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Common Names red globe mallow
Family Mallow
Flower Color Red, Orange
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
gooseberryleaf globemallow (Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia)Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia
Common Names gooseberry leaf globe mallow, gooseberryleaf globemallow
Family Mallow
Flower Color Orange, Yellow
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
small flower globe mallow (Sphaeralcea parvifolia)Sphaeralcea parvifolia
Common Names small flower globe mallow
Family Mallow
Flower Color Orange, Yellow
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
thick-leaf thelypody, cut-leaf thelypody (Thelypodium laciniatum )
Thelypodium laciniatum
Common Names thick-leaf thelypody, cut-leaf thelypody
Family Mustard
Flower Color White/Purple
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
big-head clover (Trifolium macrocephalum)
Trifolium macrocephalum
Common Names big-head clover, largehead clover
Family Legume or Pea
Flower Color Pink and Yellowish
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
Trillium (Trillium ovatum)flower close-upTrillium ovatum
Common Names trillium
Family Lily
Flower Color White to pink
Plant Type Forb
Location McCall
Native Yes
Weed No
cat-tail (Typha latifolia)
Typha latifolia
Common Names cat-tail
Family Cat-Tail
Flower Color Brown
Plant Type Forb
Short Description Tall perennial, creeping rhizomes.
Native Yes
Weed No
California false hellebore, corn lily, skunk cabbage (Veratrum californicum)Veratrum californicum
Common Names skunk cabbage, corn lily, California false hellebore
Family Lily
Flower Color White
Plant Type Forb
Location McCall and many locations
Native Yes
Weed No
Green false Hellebore (Veratrum viride)
Veratrum viride
Common Names green false hellebore
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
beargrass, squaw grass (Xerophyllum tenax)
Xerophyllum tenax
Common Names beargrass, squaw grass
Family Lily
Flower Color White
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
mountain death camas, mountain deathcamas (Zigadenus elegans)Zigadenus elegans
Common Names mountain death camas, mountain deathcamas
Family Lily
Flower Color White
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No
meadow death camas, meadow deathcamas (Zigadenus venenosus)Zigadenus venenosus
Common Names meadow death camas, meadow deathcamas
Family Lily
Flower Color White
Plant Type Forb
Native Yes
Weed No