This is a list of flora of Utah, a state in the western United States, listed alphabetically by family. , there are 3,930 species of plants in Utah, with 3,128 of those being indigenous and 792 being introduced through various means.
Plants sorted by family Each entry lists the scientific name first (sorted alphabetically), then one or more common names for the plant (if any). Flora that have been introduced to the state are indicated with an † at the right of the scientific name. Entries are otherwise native. Entries marked with ‡ are considered invasive or noxious per the official list of noxious weeds maintained by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, though nine of those are not known to exist in Utah and have therefore not been included here.
Amaranthaceae Allenrolfea occidentalis – iodine bush Atriplex argentea – silverscale saltbush, silver orache Atriplex canescens – chamiso, chamiza, four-wing saltbush Atriplex confertifolia – shadscale Atriplex elegans – wheelscale saltbush, Mecca orach, wheelscale Atriplex garrettii – Garrett's saltbush Atriplex hymenelytra – desert holly Atriplex lentiformis – quail bush, big saltbrush, big saltbush, quailbrush, lenscale, len-scale saltbush, white thistle Atriplex nuttallii – Nuttall's saltbush Atriplex phyllostegia – arrowscale, leafcover saltweed, Truckee orach Atriplex polycarpa – allscale, cattle spinach, allscale saltbush, cattle saltbush Atriplex robusta Atriplex truncata – wedgeleaf saltbush, wedgescale, wedge orach Blitum bonus-henricus (also Chenopodium bonus-henricus)† – Good-King-Henry, poor-man's asparagus, perennial goosefoot, Lincolnshire spinach, Markery, English mercury, mercury goosefoot Blitum capitatum (or Chenopodium capitatum) – blite goosefoot, strawberry goosefoot, strawberry spinach, Indian paint, Indian ink Blitum virgatum (or Chenopodium foliosum)† – leafy goosefoot Chenopodiastrum murale (or Chenopodium murale) – nettle-leaved goosefoot, Australian-spinach, salt-green, sowbane Chenopodium album† – lamb's quarters, melde, goosefoot, manure weed, wild spinach, fat-hen, white goosefoot Chenopodium atrovirens – pinyon goosefoot, dark goosefoot Chenopodium berlandieri – pitseed goosefoot, huauzontle, lamb's quarters, lambsquarters Chenopodium desiccatum – aridland goosefoot, slimleaf goosefoot Chenopodium fremontii – Frémont's goosefoot Chenopodium graveolens (or Dysphania graveolens)† – fetid goosefoot Chenopodium hians – hians goosefoot, gaping goosefoot Chenopodium humile† – marshland goosefoot Chenopodium incanum – mealy goosefoot Chenopodium leptophyllum – narrowleaf goosefoot Chenopodium overi – Over's goosefoot Chenopodium pratericola – desert goosefoot Chenopodium salinum – Rocky Mountain goosefoot Chenopodium simplex – mapleleaf goosefoot Chenopodium subglabrum – smooth goosefoot Chenopodium watsonii – Watson's goosefoot Dysphania ambrosioides† – wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican-tea, payqu, paico, epazote, mastruz, herba sanctæ Mariæ Dysphania botrys† – Jerusalem oak goosefoot, sticky goosefoot, feathered geranium Grayia spinosa – hop sage, spiny hop sage Halogeton glomeratus† – saltlover, Aral barilla, and halogeton Krascheninnikovia lanata – winterfat Oxybasis chenopodioides (or Chenopodium chenopodioides) – low goosefoot Oxybasis rubra (or Chenopodium rubrum) – red goosefoot, coastblite goosefoot, on’-tǐm-pi-wa-tsǐp, on’-tǐm-pi-wa, on’-tǐm-pi-a-wa, on’-tǐm-pai-wa Salicornia rubra – red swampfire Salicornia utahensis – Utah swampfire Suaeda nigra (formerly Suaeda moquinii) – Mojave sea-blite, bush seepweed
Amaryllidaceae Allium atrorubens – dark red onion Allium brandegeei – Brandegee's onion Allium brevistylum – shortstyle onion Allium lemmonii – Lemmon's onion Allium nevadense – Nevada onion Allium parvum – small onion Allium passeyi – Passey's onion Allium textile – prairie onion, textile onion
Anacardiaceae Rhus typhina – staghorn sumac
Apiaceae Angelica wheeleri – Utah angelica Conium maculatum†‡ – hemlock, poison hemlock Cymopterus basalticus – Intermountain wavewing Cymopterus beckii – featherleaf springparsley, Beck springparsley, pinnate springparsley Cymopterus evertii – Evert's springparsley, Evert's waferparsnip Cymopterus globosus – globe springparsley Lomatium ambiguum – Wyeth biscuitroot Lomatium grayi – Gray's biscuitroot, Gray's lomatium, milfoil lomatium Lomatium latilobum – Canyonlands lomatium, Canyonlands biscuitroot Lomatium macrocarpum – bigseed lomatium, biscuit root, bigseed biscuitroot Lomatium nevadense – Nevada biscuitroot Lomatium nudicaule – pestle lomatium, barestem biscuitroot, Indian celery, Indian consumption plant Lomatium triternatum – nineleaf biscuitroot
Apocynaceae Asclepias fascicularis – narrowleaf milkweed, Mexican whorled milkweed Asclepias welshii – Welsh's milkweed Cycladenia humilis – Sacramento waxydogbane Funastrum utahense – Utah swallow-wort, Utah vine milkweed
Asparagaceae Agave utahensis – Utah agave, Nevada agave, Kaibab agave Androstephium breviflorum – pink funnel lily, small flowered androstephium Camassia quamash – camas, small camas, common camas, common camash, quamash Dipterostemon capitatus – blue dicks, purplehead, brodiaea Eremocrinum albomarginatum – Utah solitaire lily, Intermountain false-wheatgrass, desert lily, lonely lily, sand lily Yucca angustissima – narrowleaf yucca Yucca elata – soaptree, soaptree yucca, soapweed, palmella Yucca sterilis Yucca utahensis
Asteraceae Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus – rayless goldenhead Acourtia wrightii – brownfoot Agoseris grandiflora – California dandelion, bigflower agoseris, grassland agoseris Agoseris retrorsa – spearleaf agoseris, spearleaf mountain dandelion Ambrosia acanthicarpa† – flatspine bur ragweed, Hooker's bur-ragweed, annual burrweed, annual bur-sage, western sand-bur Ambrosia artemisiifolia† – common ragweed, annual ragweed, low ragweed, American wormwood, bitterweed, blackweed, carrot weed, hay fever weed, Roman wormwood, short ragweed, stammerwort, stickweed, tassel weed Ambrosia confertiflora – weakleaf bur ragweed Ambrosia dumosa – burro-weed, white bursage Ambrosia eriocentra – woolly bursage, woollyfruit burr ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya – Cuman ragweed and perennial ragweed, western ragweed Ambrosia salsola (or Hymenoclea salsola) – cheesebush, winged ragweed, burrobush, white burrobrush, desert pearl Ambrosia sandersonii (or Hymenoclea sandersonii) – Sanderson's burrobrush Ambrosia tomentosa – skeletonleaf bur ragweed, silverleaf povertyweed, skeleton-leaf bursage Ambrosia trifida – giant ragweed, great ragweed, Texan great ragweed, giant ragweed, tall ragweed, blood ragweed, perennial ragweed, horseweed, buffaloweed, kinghead Amphipappus fremontii – chaffbush, eytelia Arnica gracilis – Smallhead arnica Arnica rydbergii – Rydberg's arnica, subalpine arnica, subalpine leopardbane Artemisia arbuscula – little sagebrush, low sagebrush, black sagebrush Artemisia bigelovii – Bigelow sagebrush, flat sagebrush Artemisia cana – silver sagebrush, sticky sagebrush, silver wormwood, hoary sagebrush, dwarf sagebrush Artemisia michauxiana – Michaux's wormwood, lemon sagewort Artemisia nova – black sagebrush Artemisia pygmaea – pygmy sagebrush Artemisia spinescens – budsage, bud sagebrush Artemisia tridentata – big sagebrush, Great Basin sagebrush, sagebrush Baccharis salicifolia – mule fat, seepwillow, water-wally Baileya multiradiata – desert marigold Brickellia microphylla – littleleaf brickellbush Carduus nutans†‡ – musk thistle, nodding thistle, nodding plumeless thistle Centaurea calcitrapa†‡ – red star-thistle, purple starthistle Centaurea diffusa†‡ – diffuse knapweed, white knapweed, tumble knapweed Centaurea solstitialis†‡ – yellow star-thistle, golden starthistle, yellow cockspur, St. Barnaby's thistle, Barnaby thistle Centaurea stoebe†‡ – spotted knapweed, panicled knapweed Centaurea virgata†‡ – squarrose knapweed Chaenactis stevioides – Esteve's pincushion, desert pincushion Chaetopappa ericoides – rose heath, heath-leaved chaetopappa Chondrilla juncea†‡ – rush skeletonweed, gum succory, devil's grass, nakedweed Chrysothamnus depressus – long-flowered rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus greenei – Greene's rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus scopulorum – Grand Canyon glowweed, evening-daisy Chrysothamnus stylosus – pillar false gumweed, resinbush Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus – yellow rabbitbrush, green rabbitbrush Cirsium arvense†‡ – creeping thistle, Canada thistle, field thistle Cirsium barnebyi – Barneby's thistle Cirsium eatonii – Eaton's thistle, mountaintop thistle Cirsium rydbergii – alcove thistle, Rydberg's thistle Crepis modocensis – Modoc hawksbeard Encelia nutans – noddinghead, nodding sunray Encelia resinifera – sticky brittlebush, button brittlebush Enceliopsis argophylla – silverleaf sunray, nakedstem sunray, naked-stemmed daisy Ericameria crispa – crisped goldenbush Ericameria lignumviridis – Greenwood's goldenbush, heath-goldenrod Ericameria obovata – Rydberg's goldenbush Ericameria watsonii – Watson's goldenbush Ericameria zionis – subalpine goldenbush, cedar breaks goldenbush Erigeron arenarioides – sand fleabane, Wasatch fleabane Erigeron canaani – Abajo fleabane Erigeron clokeyi – Clokey's fleabane, Clokey's daisy Erigeron cronquistii – Cronquist's fleabane Erigeron garrettii – Garrett's fleabane Erigeron goodrichii – Uinta Mountain fleabane Erigeron kachinensis – Kachina fleabane, Kachina daisy Erigeron maguirei – Maguire daisy, Maguire's fleabane Erigeron mancus – depauperate fleabane, imperfect fleabane Erigeron melanocephalus – black-headed fleabane Erigeron religiosus – Clear Creek fleabane Erigeron sionis – Zion fleabane Erigeron untermannii – Indian Canyon fleabane Eriophyllum lanatum – common woolly sunflower, Oregon sunshine Eurybia kingii – King's serpentweed, King's aster Eurybia wasatchensis – Wasatch aster Gaillardia arizonica – Arizonia blanketflower Gaillardia parryi – Parry's blanketflower Gutierrezia petradoria – San Pedro snakeweed, goldenrod snakeweed Gutierrezia sarothrae (or Gutierrezia pomariensis) – broom snakeweed, broomweed, snakeweed, matchweed Helianthus paradoxus – paradox sunflower, puzzle sunflower, Pecos sunflower Heliomeris soliceps – tropical false goldeneye, paria sunflower Heterotheca jonesii – Jones's goldenaster Hymenoxys biennis Hymenoxys bigelovii – Bigelow's rubberweed Hymenoxys subintegra – Arizona rubberweed Isocoma humilis – Zion goldenbush, Zion jimmyweed Isocoma rusbyi – Rusby's goldenbush Layia platyglossa – coastal tidytips Lepidospartum latisquamum – Nevada broomsage Leucanthemum vulgare†‡ – ox-eye daisy, oxeye daisy, dog daisy, field daisy, Marguerite, moon daisy, moon-penny, poor-land penny, poverty daisy, white daisy Lorandersonia baileyi – Bailey's rabbitbrush Lorandersonia linifolia – rabbitbush Lygodesmia doloresensis – Dolores River skeletonplant Lygodesmia grandiflora – largeflower skeletonplant, showy rushpink Madia gracilis – grassy tarweed, slender tarweed, gumweed madia Onopordum acanthium†‡ – cotton thistle, Scotch thistle, Scottish thistle Packera castoreus – Beaver Mountain groundsel, Beaver Mountain ragwort Packera malmstenii – Podunk ragwort Packera musiniensis – Musinea ragwort, Musinea groundsel Peucephyllum schottii – pygmy cedar, Schott's pygmy cedar, desert fir, desert pine Pyrrocoma apargioides – alpineflames Pyrrocoma clementis – tranquil goldenweed Rafinesquia neomexicana – desert chicory, plumeseed, New Mexico plumeseed Rhaponticum repens (or Acroptilon repens)†‡ – Russian knapweed Scorzonera laciniata†‡ – mediterranean serpent-root Senecio bigelovii – nodding groundsel, nodding ragwort Senecio fremontii – dwarf mountain ragwort Stenotus armerioides – thrift mock goldenweed Stylocline intertexta – Morefield's neststraw, Mojave neststraw Stylocline psilocarphoides – baretwig neststraw, Peck's neststraw Thelesperma pubescens – hairy greenthread, Uinta greenthread Townsendia aprica – Last Chance Townsend daisy Wyethia arizonica – Arizona mule's ears Xanthisma paradoxum