[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 the Mt. Adams Highway

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

May 13 , 2007

Bog Deer-vetch (Hosackia pinnata) as seen near this site.........May 13, 2007.

The photo at right shows a close-up of the flower of poet's shooting star (Dodecatheon poeticum)...........May 13, 2007.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

* 1. Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis - This attractive sedge is beginning to bloom at this site.

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

* 3. Water Chickweed: Montia fontana -

* 4. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 5. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Numerous.

* 6. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis - Numerous.

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

* 8. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna -

9. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera) - Now bloomed out.

* 10. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora - Common.

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

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

* 13. Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Beginning to bloom.

14. Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis -

15. Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii -

* 16. Nevada Pea, Thick-leaved Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus - Beginning to bloom.

17. Bog Deer-vetch: Hosackia pinnata - Leaves appearing at this site. Beginning to bloom about one quarter mile downstream from this site.

18. Lupine: Lupinus sp. - (The banner index is large. My first guess was Lupinus sericeus, but the banners seemed to lack hairs on the back. A second guess would be Lupinus wyethia ? I will check back at a later date when more plants are in bloom.)

* 19. Hookedspur Violet: Viola adunca -

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

* 21. Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Fading out of bloom.

* 22. Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus -

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

* 24. Howell's Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii var. howellii (formerly Antennaria neglecta var. howellii) -

25. Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - Only several days from bloom.

* 26. Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Nearing the end of its bloom.

* 27. Small Tarweed: Madia minima -

* 28. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale - Seen occasionally.

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