Lance-leaved Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma lanceolata var. lanceolata
The South Steens Loop Road is open as high as the gate at the Rooster Comb. One may hike the road above this gate for access to the upper sections of the Steens Mt.
This list notes plants found along the South Steens Loop Road from Oregon Highway to the South Steens Camp Ground.
1. Pepperwort: Marsilea vestita
*2. Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
*3. Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica
*4. Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum
*5. Ballhead Sandwort: Arenaria congesta var. palmifrons
6. Mousetail: Myosaurus sp.
*7. Hoary Rockcress: Arabis puberula
*8. Wax Currant: Ribes cereum
*9. Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata
10. Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens
*11. Thread-stalk Milk Vetch: Astragalus filipes
*12. Freckled Milk Vetch: Astragalus lentiginous var. chartaceus
*13. Yellow Sweet-clover: Melilotus officinalis
14. Cup Clover: Trifolium cyathiferum
*15. White-stemmed Mentzelia: Mentzelia albicaulis
*16. Tansy-leaved Evening Primrose: Camissonia tanacetifolia
*17. Ragged Robin: Clarkia pulchella
*18. Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum
*19. Yellow-flowered Navarretia: Navarretta breweri
*20. Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia var. grandiflora
*21. Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri
*22. Nettle-leaved Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia
*23. Monardella: Monardella odoratissima
*24. Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. pedicellatus
*25. Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii
*26. Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis
*27.Cascade Downingia: Downingia yina
*28. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
*29. Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia
*30. Gray Sagewort: Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. candicans
*31. Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber
*32. Thistle: Cirsium sp.
*33. Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum
*34. Curly Cup Gumweed: Grindelia squarrosa var serrulata
*35. Lance-leaved Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma lanceolata var. lanceolata (Haplopappus lanceolatus)
*36. Woolly Groundsel: Senecio canus
Rattlesnake
Belding Ground Squirrel
Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Yellow-bellied Marmot
Red-tailed Hawk
American Robin
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper