[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Washington Cascades]


Wildflowers of Hellroaring Meadows, Hellroaring Creek and the Ridge of Wonders

Mt. Adams: Yakama Nation Lands

September 8, 2001

Hell Roaring Meadows with Mt. Adams at center background and the Ridge of Wonders at right.


* Indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

The east face of Mount Adams from Little Mount Adams

1. Spreading Stonecrop: Sedum divergens

2. Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii

* 3. Western St. John's Wort: Hypericum formosum

* 4. Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum

* 5. Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida

* 6. Lewis' Monkey Flower: Erythranthe lewisii

* 7. Musk Flower: Erythranthe moschata

* 8. Mountain Monkey Flower: Erythranthe cespitosa

*9. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*10. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* 11. Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum (var. parryi ?)

*12. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* 13. Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri var. scouleri


Wildflowers on Southern Slopes of Vista Ridge:

* 1. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride

* 2. White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata

3. False-rue: Trautvettaria caroliniensis

* 4. Low Mountain Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

5. Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus

6. Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

* 7. Skyrocket: Gilia aggregata

* 8. Lewis' Monkey Flower: Erythranthe lewisii

* 9. Racemose Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa var. racemosa

* 10. Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

* 11. Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

* 12. Wormwood: Artemisia sp. (common species of dry slopes on south side of Mt. Adams)

13. Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana

*14. Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus

* 15. Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri

* 16. Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis


Wildflowers Found Atop the Ridge of Wonders and on Little Mt. Adams:

* 1. Dirty Socks: Eriogonum pyroliifolium

* 2. Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. hausknechti

* 3. Newberry's Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae

* 4. Pussy-paws: Cistanthe umbellata:

* 5. Nuttall's Sandwort: Minuartia nuttallii var. fragilis

* 6. Parry's Campion: Silene parryi

* 7. Cascade Rock Cress: Arabis furcata

* 8. Wallflower: Erysimum arenicola

* 9. Alpine Smelowskia: Smelowskia calycina -

10. Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

* 11. Shrubby Cinquefoil: Dasiphora fruticosa

12. Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. pseudorupestris

* 13. Low Mountain Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

* 14. Mt. Adams Lupine: Lupinus sericeus var. fikeranus

15. Montane Spring-parsley: Cymopteris foeniculaceus - In seed.

* 16. Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei var. angustifolium

* 17. Yellow Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce glandulifera - A few still in bloom.

* 18. Alpine Collomia: Collomia debilis var. larsenii

* 19. Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis

20. Elegant Polemonium: Polemonium elegans - Past bloom.

*21. Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. compacta

* 22. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* 23. Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* 24. Rough Harebell: Campanula scabrella

* 25. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* 26. Mountain Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. monticola

* 27. Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus

* 28. Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri

* 29. Cut-leaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus var. glabratus

* 30. Oregon Sunshine / Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

* 31. Woolly-weed: Hieracium scouleri var. scouleri

* 32. Dwarf Hulsea: Hulsea nana

* 33. Rocky Mt. Butterweed: Senecio streptanthifolius var. streptanthifolius

* 34. Dwarf Goldenrod: Solidago simplex ssp. simplex var. nana (S. spathulata var. nana)


Little Mounta Adams

Little Mt. Adams from the Ridge of Wonders

Paul Slichter