Colorado Butterfly Plant

Photo By/Credit

Julie Reeves/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

01/10/2022

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Colorado butterfly plant is found in southeastern Wyoming, north-central Colorado, and western Nebraska. This unique plant was removed from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2019 due to successful recovery efforts with conservation partners.

Ecosystem

Prairie

Species

Gaura neomexicana ssp. coloradensis

Subject tags

Flowering plants

Recovered

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