[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2007]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Small Creek on Road K1000 between the Glenwood-Goldendale Highway and Mt. Adams Highway

Roughly Following the Yakima-Klickitat County Line (Klickitat County NRCA)

N46 02.419' --- W121 15.020' --- +/-24' --- Elevation 1824'

May 5 , 2007

Hooker's Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza hookeri) as seen at this site...........May 5, 2007.

dwarf hesperochiron (Hesperochiron pumilis)The photo at right shows a close-up of dwarf hesperochiron (Hesperochiron pumilis) as seen at this site..........May 5, 2007.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis - Leaves forming.

* 2. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 3. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Basal leaves forming.

* 4. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis -

* 5. Nuttall's Toothwort, Oak's Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii -

* 6. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna -

* 7. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera) - Beginning to bloom.

* 8. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia -

* 9. Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala -

10. Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata -

11. Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii -

12. Nevada Pea, Thick-leaved Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus - Beginning to leaf out.

* 13. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -

* 14. Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Beginning to bloom.

* 15. Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus -

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

* 17. Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri -

* 18. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -

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