Part 12

109. HUMMINGBIRD TRUMPET Evening-primrose Family Zauschneria garrettii

One of the late blooming plants in Zion National Park is the Hummingbird Trumpet, also called Fire-chalice, or sometimes the Wild Fushia. It can often be found on the Canyon Overlook Trail or on the West Rim Trail at elevations near 6,000 feet.

It can be identified by the narrow oval leaves pointed and toothed, and the fushialike flowers, narrowly funnel-shaped, with the pistil and stamens extending beyond the petals.

The brilliant scarlet of this flower in fairly dense clusters makes a very attractive display in late August and September.

INDEX

Common Name Scientific Name Figure Number A

Alfilera Erodium circutraium 48 American Harebell Campanula rotundifolia 92 Antelope Bitterbrush Purshia tridentata 34 Arnica, Heartleaf Arnica cordifolia 103 Arrowleaf Balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata 106 Aster, Purple Aster sp. 96

Balsamroot, Arrowleaf Balsamorhiza sagittata 106 Baneberry, Western Actaea arguta 20 Bearberry Honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata 90 Beavertail Cactus Opuntia basilaris 61 Bitterbrush, Antelope Purshia tridentata 34 Bittercress Cardamine hirsuta 108 Bitterroot Lewisia rediviva 14 Blackbrush Coleogyne ramosissima 35 Blazingstar, Desert Mentzelia multiflora 57 Bluebells, Mountain Mertensia ciliata 78 Bluedicks Dichelostemma pulchellum 4 Buckhorn Cholla Cactus Opuntia acanthocarpa 62 Buckwheat, Wild Eriogonum umbellatum 8 Buffaloberry, Roundleaf Shepherdia rotundifolia 65 Bush Cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa 36 Buttercup, Sand Ranunculus juniperinus 21 Buttercup Ranunculus sp. 16 Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa 75

Cactus Fruit Opuntia engelmannii 64 Calypso Orchid Calypso bulbosa 11 Cardinalflower, Western Lobelia splendens 93 Cinquefoil, Bush Potentilla fruticosa 36 Chokecherry Prunus virginiana 40 Cliffrose, Stansbury Cowania stansburiana 33 Columbine Aquilegia sp. 17 Coneflower Rudbeckia occidentalis 25 Creosotebush Larrea tridentata 50 Curlycup Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa 95

Deathcamas, Mountain Zigadenus elegans 7 Desertbeauty Dalea Dalea johnsoni 46 Desert Blazingstar Mentzelia multiflora 57 Desert Globemallow Sphaeralcea ambigua 53 Desert Marigold Baileya multiradiata 101 Desert Princesplume Stanleya pinnata 26 Desert Sage Salvia carnosa 80

Eaton Penstemon Penstemon eatoni 83 Elder, Red-berried Sambucus racemosa 31 Elephanthead Pedicularis Pedicularis groenlandica 91 Elk Thistle Cirsium foliosum 24 Engelmann Pricklypear Cactus Opuntia engelmannii 64 Ephedra, Green Ephedra viridis 9 Euphorbia, Whitemargin Euphorbia albomarginata 51 Evening-primrose, White Oenothera caespitosa 66 Evening-primrose, Yellow Oenothera strigosa 67

Fineleaf Yucca Yucca angustissima 6 Firechalice Zauschneria garrettii 109 Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium 54 Flax, Lewis Linum lewisii 49 Fleabane Erigeron speciosus 97 Four-O’Clock Mirabilis multiflora 12 Fourwing Saltbush Atriplex canescens 10 Fremont Geranium Geranium fremontii 47 Fremont Barberry Berberis fremonti 23 Fringed Gentian Gentiana thermalis 74 Fritillary, Purplespot Fritillaria atropurpurea 5

Gaillardia Gaillardia parryi 100 Gentian, Fringed Gentiana thermalis 74 Gentian, Green Frasera speciosa 70 Geranium, Fremont Geranium fremontii 47 Gilia, Skyrocket Gilia aggregata 77 Globemallow, Scarlet Sphaeralcea coccinea 52 Globemallow, Desert Sphaeralcea ambigua 53 Green Ephedra Ephedra viridis 9 Green Gentian Frasera speciosa 70 Greenleaf Manzanita Arctostaphylis patula 69 Gumweed, Curlyleaf Grindelia squarrosa 95

Harebell, American Campanula petiolata 92 Heartleaf Arnica Arnica cordifolia 103 Hedgehog Cactus Echinocereus coccineus 58 Honey Mesquite Prosopis juliflora 41 Honeysuckle, Bearberry Lonicera involucrata 90 Hummingbird Trumpet Zauschneria garrettii 109

Indianpotato Orogenia linearifolia 72 Indian Paintbrush Castilleja coccinea 88

Larkspur Delphinium sp. 18 Lewis Flax Linum lewisii 49 Ligusticum, Porter Ligusticum porteri 68 Littleleaf Mountainmahogany Cercocarpus intricatus 32 Loco Astragalus sp. 43 Locust, New Mexico Robinia neomexicana 45 Lupine Lupinus sp. 42

Manzanita, Greenleaf Arctostaphylis patula 69 Mariposa, Segolily Calochortus nuttallii 1 Mariposa, Yellow Calochortus nuttallii var. aureus 2 Marigold, Desert Baileya multiradiata 101 Marshmarigold Caltha leptosepala 15 Meadow Salsify Tragopogon pratensis 104-105 Mesquite, Honey Prosopis juliflora 41 Milkweed, Butterfly Asclepias tuberosa 75 Monkeyflower Mimulus cardinalis 87 Monkshood Aconitum columbianum 19 Mountain Bluebells Mertensia ciliata 78 Mountain Deathcamas Zigadenus elegans 7 Mountainmahogany, Littleleaf Cercocarpus intricatus 32 Mountain Sunflower Helianthella uniflora 98 Mullein Verbascum thapsus 81

New Mexico Locust Robinia neomexicana 45

Oregon Grape Berberis repens 22 Oysterplant - Meadow Salsify Tragopogon pratensis 104-105

Palmer Penstemon Penstemon palmeri 85 Parry Primrose Primula parryi 71 Penstemon, Eaton Penstemon eatoni 83 Penstemon, Palmer Penstemon palmeri 85 Penstemon, Royal Penstemon speciosus 82 Penstemon, Thickleaf Penstemon pachyphyllus 84 Phlox, Pink Phlox canescens 76 Pinedrops, Woodland Pterospora andromedea 55 Poisonvetch Astragalus sabulosus 44 Porter Ligusticum Ligusticum porteri 68 Prairiesmoke Geum triflorum var. ciliatum 37 Prairie Spiderwort Tradescantia occidentalis 3 Pricklepoppy Argemone platyceras 28 Pricklypear Cactus Opuntia rhodantha 60 Princesplume, Desert Stanleya pinnata 26 Puccoon, Narrowleaf Lithospermum incisum 79 Purplespot Fritillary Fritillaria atropurpurea 5 Purple Torch Cactus Echinocereus engelmanii 59

Rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus sp. 94 Rocky Mountain Beeplant Cleome serrulata 29 Rose, Wild Rosa sp. 38 Roundleaf Buffaloberry Shepherdia rotundifolia 65 Royal Penstemon Penstemon speciosus 82

Sacred Datura Datura meteloides 86 Sage, Desert Salvia carnosa 80 Saltbush, Fourwing Atriplex canescens 10 Sand Buttercup Ranunculus juniperinus 21 Scarlet Globemallow Sphaeralcea coccinea 52 Segolily Mariposa Calochortus nuttalli 1 Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia 39 Shootingstar Dodecatheon pauciflorum 73 Skyrocket Gilia Gilia aggregata 77 Spiderflower, Yellow Cleome lutea 30 Snowberry Symphoricarpos utahensis 89 Spiderwort, Prairie Tradescantia occidentalis 3 Springbeauty Claytonia lanceolata 13 Stansbury Cliffrose Cowania stansburiana 33 Stonecrop Sedum stenopetalum 27 Sunflower, Common Helianthus annuus 99 Sunflower, Mountain Helianthella uniflora 98

Thickleaf Penstemon Penstemon pachyphyllus 84 Thistle, Elk Cirsium foliosum 107

Violet, Yellow Viola praemorsa 56

Western Baneberry Actaea arguta 20 Western Cardinalflower Lobelia splendens 93 Western Wallflower Erysimum capitatum 107 Western Yarrow Achillea lanulosa 102 Whitemargin Euphorbia Euphorbia albomarginata 51 Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum 8 Wild Rose Rosa sp. 38 Woodland Pinedrops Pterospora andromedea 55

Yarrow, Western Achillea lanulosa 102 Yellow Mariposa Calochortus nuttallii var. aureus 2 Yellow Spiderflower Cleome lutea 30 Yellow Violet Viola praemorsa 56 Yucca, Fineleaf Yucca angustissima 6

REFERENCES

Arnberger, Leslie P. (Drawings by Jeanne R. Janish)