[Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon: 2003]

Blue Ridge

Malheur National Forest

May 25, 2003

View northeast along the crest of Blue Ridge............May 2, 2003.

5201' Elevation

N 44* 13.485' ----- W 119* 22.868' -----+/ - 15'

Malheur N.F. Coordinates: T16S R27E S32


* Denotes wildflowers in bloom on this date.

Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda (Poa sandbergii)

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Taper-tip Onion: Allium accuminatum

*Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

Hyacinth Harvest Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Plants budding out.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica

*Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

*Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum

*Grass Widow: Olsynium inflatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. ?)

Sulphur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum (var. ellipticum ?)

*Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata (ssp. perfoliata?)

*Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - A few plants commencing bloom.

*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Hornseed: Ranunculus testiculatus - In seed.

*Douglas' Draba: Cusickiella douglasii

*Western Bladderpod: Lesquerella occidentalis var. cusickii

*Fendler's Pennycress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca (Thlaspi fendleri var. glaucum)

Lance-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (old Lithophragma bulbifera)

*Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. ?)

*Stiff Milk-vetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus

*Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii (var. ?)

*Balloon-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. sonneanus

*Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

*Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*Glaucous Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii

*Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (white-flowered form)

*Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum (var. triternatum ?)

*Broadsheath Desert Parsley: Lomatium vaginatum

*Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

*Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

*Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii ?

*Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum

*Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Bushy Birdbeak: Cordylanthus ramosus

*Dwarf Monkey Flower: Mimulus nanus var. nanus

Washington Monkey Flower: Mimulus washingtonensis

Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilus var. humilis

Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea

Snowberry: Symphoricarpos sp.

*White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

*Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagitatta

*Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata

*Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

Hawksbeard: Crepis sp.

*Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri - Beginning bloom.

Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

*False-agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

*Western Groundsel: Senecio integerimus var. exaltatus


Animals Seen or Heard:

Wildhorses: 1 stallion, 1 mare, and a 1 year old foal

Mountain Bluebird

Chipping Sparrow


Paul Slichter