There are at least 177 members of the order Caryophyllales found in Montana.[1] Some of these species are exotics (not native to Montana)[2] and some species have been designated as Species of Concern.[3]
Amaranth
Family: Amaranthaceae
- Amaranthus albus, white pigweed
- Amaranthus arenicola, sandhills amaranth
- Amaranthus blitoides, prostrate amaranth
- Amaranthus californicus, California amaranth
- Amaranthus hybridus, smooth amaranth
- Amaranthus powellii, green amaranth
- Amaranthus retroflexus, red-root pigweed
- Amaranthus tuberculatus, roughfruit amaranth
- Atriplex argentea, silvery saltbush
- Atriplex canescens, four-wing saltbush
- Atriplex confertifolia, shadscale
- Atriplex dioica, thickleaf orach
- Atriplex gardneri, Gardner's saltbush
- Atriplex gardneri var. falcata, sickle saltbush
- Atriplex heterosperma, two-scale saltbush
- Atriplex hortensis, garden orach
- Atriplex patula, halberd-leaf orache
- Atriplex powellii, Powell's saltbush
- Atriplex prostrata, creeping saltbush
- Atriplex rosea, tumbling orache
- Atriplex suckleyi, Suckley's saltbush
- Atriplex truncata, wedge-leaved saltbush
- Axyris amaranthoides, Russian-pigweed
- Bassia hyssopifolia, five-horn smotherweed
- Ceratoides lanata, winterfat
- Chenopodium album, white goosefoot
- Chenopodium atrovirens, dark goosefoot
- Chenopodium berlandieri, pit-seed goosefoot
- Chenopodium botrys, Jerusalem-oak
- Chenopodium capitatum, strawberry goosefoot
- Chenopodium capitatum var. parvicapitatum, Over's goosefoot
- Chenopodium chenopodioides, low goosefoot
- Chenopodium desiccatum, narrowleaf goosefoot
- Chenopodium fremontii, Fremont's goosefoot
- Chenopodium glaucum, oakleaf goosefoot
- Chenopodium glaucum var. salinum, Rocky Mountain goosefoot
- Chenopodium incanum, mealy goosefoot
- Chenopodium leptophyllum, narrowleaf goosefoot
- Chenopodium murale, nettle-leaf goosefoot
- Chenopodium pratericola, desert goosefoot
- Chenopodium rubrum, red goosefoot
- Chenopodium rubrum var. humile, marshland goosefoot
- Chenopodium rubrum var. rubrum, red goosefoot
- Chenopodium simplex, giant-seed goosefoot
- Chenopodium standleyanum, Standley's goosefoot
- Chenopodium subglabrum, smooth goosefoot
- Chenopodium watsonii, Watson's goosefoot
- Corispermum americanum, American bugseed
- Corispermum villosum, hairy bugseed
- Cycloloma atriplicifolium, winged pigweed
- Grayia spinosa, spiny hopsage
- Halogeton glomeratus, halogeton
- Kochia americana, red sage
- Kochia prostrata, prostrate summer-cypress
- Kochia scoparia, Mexican summer-cypress
- Monolepis nuttalliana, Nuttall's poverty-weed
- Salicornia rubra, western glasswort
- Salsola collina, slender Russian-thistle
- Salsola tragus, Russian-thistle
- Suaeda calceoliformis, American sea-blite
- Suaeda moquinii, Mojave sea-blite
- Suaeda occidentalis, slender seepweed
- Suckleya suckleyana, poison suckleya
Cactus
Family: Cactaceae
- Coryphantha missouriensis, Missouri foxtail cactus
- Coryphantha vivipara, spinystar cactus
- Opuntia fragilis, brittle pricklypear
- Opuntia polyacantha, Plains pricklypear
- Pediocactus simpsonii, Simpson's hedgehog cactus
Carpetweed
Family: Molluginaceae
- Mollugo verticillata, green carpetweed
Four-o-clock
Family: Nyctaginaceae
- Abronia fragrans, fragrant white sand-verbena
- Mirabilis albida, white four-o'clock
- Mirabilis linearis, narrow-leaf four-o'clock
- Mirabilis nyctaginea, heartleaf four-o'clock
- Tripterocalyx micranthus, small-flower sand-verbena
Greasewood
Family: Sarcobataceae
- Sarcobatus vermiculatus, black greasewood
Pinks
Family: Caryophyllaceae
- Agrostemma githago, common corncockle
- Arenaria aculeata, spiny sandwort
- Arenaria capillaris, fescue sandwort
- Arenaria congesta, capitate sandwort
- Arenaria congesta var. cephaloidea, sharptip sandwort
- Arenaria congesta var. congesta, ballhead sandwort
- Arenaria congesta var. lithophila, rock-loving sandwort
- Arenaria hookeri, Hooker's sandwort
- Arenaria kingii, King's arenaria
- Arenaria serpyllifolia, thymeleaf sandwort
- Cerastium arvense, field chickweed
- Cerastium beeringianum, bering sea chickweed
- Cerastium brachypodum, shortstalk chickweed
- Cerastium fontanum, common mouse-ear chickweed
- Cerastium glomeratum, sticky mouse-ear chickweed
- Cerastium nutans, nodding chickweed
- Cerastium tomentosum, snow-in-summer
- Dianthus armeria, Deptford pink
- Dianthus barbatus, sweet-william
- Dianthus deltoides, maiden-pink
- Gypsophila paniculata, tall baby's-breath
- Gypsophila scorzonerifolia, garden baby's-breath
- Holosteum umbellatum, jagged chickweed
- Minuartia austromontana, Columbian stitchwort
- Minuartia nuttallii, Nuttall's sandwort
- Minuartia obtusiloba, alpine stitchwort
- Minuartia rubella, boreal stitchwort
- Moehringia lateriflora, grove sandwort
- Moehringia macrophylla, largeleaf sandwort
- Myosoton aquaticum, giant-chickweed
- Paronychia sessiliflora, low nailwort
- Sagina nivalis, arctic pearlwort
- Sagina procumbens, procumbent pearlwort
- Sagina saginoides, arctic pearlwort
- Saponaria officinalis, bouncing-bet
- Scleranthus annuus, annual knawel
- Silene acaulis, moss campion
- Silene antirrhina, sleepy catchfly
- Silene conoidea, conoid catchfly
- Silene csereii, Balkan catchfly
- Silene dichotoma, forked catchfly
- Silene dioica, red catchfly
- Silene douglasii, Douglas' campion
- Silene drummondii, Drummond's campion
- Silene flos-cuculi, ragged robin
- Silene hitchguirei, mountain campion
- Silene latifolia, bladder campion
- Silene menziesii, Menzies' pink
- Silene noctiflora, night-flowering catchfly
- Silene oregana, Oregon catchfly
- Silene parryi, Parry's campion
- Silene repens, creeping catchfly
- Silene scouleri, Scouler's catchfly
- Silene spaldingii, Spalding's catchfly
- Silene uralensis, apetalous catchfly
- Silene vulgaris, maiden's-tears
- Spergula arvensis, cornspurry
- Spergularia media, middle-size sandspurry
- Spergularia rubra, purple sandspurry
- Spergularia salina, saltmarsh sandspurry
- Stellaria americana, American stitchwort
- Stellaria borealis, northern stitchwort
- Stellaria calycantha, northern stitchwort
- Stellaria crassifolia, fleshy stitchwort
- Stellaria crispa, crimped stitchwort
- Stellaria graminea, little starwort
- Stellaria jamesiana, James stitchwort
- Stellaria longifolia, longleaf stitchwort
- Stellaria longipes, long-stalked stitchwort
- Stellaria media, common starwort
- Stellaria nitens, shiny stitchwort
- Stellaria obtusa, Rocky Mountain stitchwort
- Stellaria umbellata, umbellate stitchwort
- Vaccaria hispanica, cowcockle
Purslane
Family: Portulacaceae
- Cistanthe umbellata, Mt. Hood pussy-paws
- Claytonia arenicola, sand springbeauty
- Claytonia cordifolia, heart-leaf springbeauty
- Claytonia lanceolata, springbeauty
- Claytonia megarhiza, alpine springbeauty
- Claytonia multiscapa, Rydberg's springbeauty
- Claytonia parviflora, little-flower springbeauty
- Claytonia perfoliata, miner's-lettuce
- Claytonia sibirica, Siberian springbeauty
- Lewisia columbiana, Columbia lewisia
- Lewisia pygmaea, alpine bitterroot
- Lewisia rediviva, bitterroot
- Lewisia triphylla, three-leaf bitterroot
- Montia chamissoi, Chamisso's miner's-lettuce
- Montia dichotoma, dwarf miner's-lettuce
- Montia linearis, linearleaf miner's-lettuce
- Montia parvifolia, little-leaf miner's-lettuce
- Portulaca oleracea, common purslane
- Talinum calycinum, large-flower flameflower
Further reading
- Schiemann, Donald Anthony (2005). Wildflowers of Montana. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing. ISBN 0-87842-504-7.
See also
Notes
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