Colorado’s state bird – the lark bunting – and its state flower – the Rocky Mountain columbine – could soon be joined by a ...

But no bloom is as well-loved as the Colorado blue columbine, which is not only the state flower — and therefore, illegal to pick — but also only found in higher elevations in rock fields.

You'll spot everything from the mainstream mule's ear to wisps of prairie smoke — but the king of the hill is the columbine, Colorado's state flower, in hues ranging from pale pink to yellow to ...