Forb:

Major Rangeland Plants of Idaho: Forbs

Forb:

Arrowleaf Balsamroot•Perennial•Native•Fair for Grazers•Fair for Browsers

flowers are sunflower-like, large, showy, and yellow

Disk flowers

Ray flowers

Leaves are large, shaped like arrowheads

Forb:

Curlycup Gumweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 371.

•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers •Poor for Browsers

flower heads grow at the top of branching stems

Serrated leaf margins

Forb:

Indian Paintbrush•Perennial•Native•Fair for Grazers •Fair for Browsers

Highly lobed leaf margins

Asymmetrical (irregular) flowers

Forb:

Low Larkspur•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers •Poor for Browsers

** Poisonous – This plant contains an alkaloid that is very toxic.

has a long spur extending from the

backside of the flowerRaceme seed head

Highly palmately divided leaf margins

Forb:

Mules Ear•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers •Poor for Browsers

Simple leaf shape

Mostly basal leaves; some grow on flower stalks

Forb:

Penstemon or Beardtongue• Perennial• Native• Fair for Grazers • Fair for Browsers

Asymmetrical flowers

leaves are opposite

Forb:

Russian Thistle/Tumbleweed•Annual•Introduced•Fair for Grazers•Poor for Browsers

White or green flowers

Linear leaves

Forb:

Tailcup Lupine•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers •Poor for Browsers

** Poisonous – This plant contains an alkaloid that quite toxic.

Raceme seed heads

Compound leaves

Forb:

Tall Larkspur•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers •Poor for Browsers

** Poisonous – This plant contains a potent alkaloid. More animals die from this plant than from any other in North America

White or purple flowers

Highly palmately

divided leaves

Forb:

Taper-tip Hawksbeard•Perennial•Native•Fair for Grazers•Good for Browsers

Distinct ray flowers

One distinct taproot

Forb:

Western Yarrow•Perennial•Native•Poor for Grazers •Fair for Browsers

Flowers in umbel (umbrella-like) shaped inflorescence

deeply divided fern-like leaves

Forb:

Wild Geranium•Perennial•Native•Fair for Grazers•Fair for Browsers

Symmetrical flowers and seedhead

Palmate leaf venation