South Steens Loop Road

Approximately 0.9 miles downhill from intersection with north loop road. This is an area where snow drifts block the upper portion of the south loop road until mid to late summer.

Within a radius of 200 meters from the following GPS coordinates: N 42* 40.097' --- W 118* 34.975' --- Elevation: 9087' --- +/- 16'

* Lloydia: Lloydia serotina

* False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum

* Alpine Death Camas: Zigadenus elegans

* Oval-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. depressum

* Sulfur-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. dicrocephalum

* Alpine Sorrel: Oxyria digynia

* American Bistort: Polygonum bistortoides

* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

Pygmy Lewisia: Lewisia pygmaea - A few in bud.

* Prickly Sandwort: Arenaria aculeata

* Field Mouse-ear: Cerastium arvense

* Oregon Campion: Silene oregana

* Marsh marigold: Caltha leptosepala var. leptosepala

* Dwarf Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum

* Snow Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii

* Rockcress: Arabis species

* Spreading Rockcress: Arabis divaricarpa

* Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras

* Slender Draba: Draba albertina

* Steens Draba: Draba cusickii var. cusickii

* Lance-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum

* Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina

* Petalless Saxifrage: Saxifraga apetala (S. integrifolia var. apetala)

* Swamp Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. nidifica (S. integrifolia var. columbiana)

* Oregon Saxifrage: Saxifraga oregana var. montanensis

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

* Gordon's Ivesia: Ivesia gordonii

* Shrubby Cinquefoil: Pentaphylloides fruticosa

* Brewer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla breweri

* Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla diversifolia

* Varying Cinquefoil: Potentilla versicolor

* Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens

* Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

* Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. shastense

* False-mermaid: Floerkea proserpinacoides

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* Alpine Laurel: Kalmia microphylla - Going out of bloom.

* Dark-throat Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina

* Broadleaf Bluebells: Mertensia ciliata

Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii - In bud.

* Subalpine Monkeyflower: Mimulus tilingii

* Little Elephant Heads: Pedicularis attollens

Steens Mountain Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii var. praeteritus - Past bloom.

* Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. formosus

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Alpine Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. monticola - Leaves only

* Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria media

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

Longleaf Arnica: Arnica longifolia - In bud.

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

* Hayden's Aster: Aster alpigenus var. haydenii

* Leafy Aster: Aster foliaceus var. parryi

* Steens Mt Thistle: Cirsium peckii

* Orange Sneezeweed: Dugaldia hoopesii

* Cut-leaved Daisy: Erigeron compositus var. glabratus

* Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron peregrinus var. callianthemus

* Alpine Meadow Buttercup: Packera (Senecio) cymbalarioides

* Howell's Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma howellii

* Thick-leaved Groundsel: Senecio crassulus

* Dwarf Mountain Butterweed: Senecio fremontii

* Goldenrod: Solidago multiradiata

Narrowleaf Goldenweed: Stenotus stenophyllus - Past bloom.