[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Washington: 2005] [Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. Prior to 2005]

Wildflower Bloom in Mount Adams Country

Mt. Adams : Bridge on Road K6000 as it Crosses Hellroaring Ditch

May 7, 2005

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

Bulblet Prairiestars: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera)

Rd K6000 runs west and sharply uphill from the Mt. Adams Highway to the Hellroaring Ditch and then further upwards to above 4000' in elevation near the boundaries of both the Gifford Pinchot NF and Yakama Nation.

N46¾ 06.241' --- W121¾ 19.137' --- Elevation: 2780 --- +/- 22'


* Indicates the Wildflower is Currently in Bloom.

1. Taper-tip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

2. Rock Onion: Allium macrum - In bud.

* 3. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 4. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

* 5. Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium -

* 6. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera -

* 7. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora -

* 8. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. -

9. Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata -

* 10. Broad-petaled Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala -

11. Cinquefoil: Potentilla arguta or Potentilla glandulosa - Plants still small yet.

* 12. Baker's Violet: Viola bakeri (V. nuttallii var. bakeri) -

* 13. Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum? or other, small lomatium -

* 14. Midget Phlox: Phlox (Microsteris) gracilis -

* 15. Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus-

* 16. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

17. Taper-tip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus ? - Not in bloom yet.

* 18. Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea -


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