[Wildflowers in Bloom in Central & Eastern Oregon - 2004]
Lonerock Road southeast of Condon, OR

May 1, 2004

 

 

N 45* 10.664' ------ W 120* 01.654' ------ Elevation: 3207' ---- +/- 16'

* Indicates a wildflower currently in bloom.

*Rock Onion: Allium macrum

*Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum

*Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora

*Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii

Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus caudatus ? - Not in bloom yet.

*Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*Cous: Lomatium cous

*Donnell's Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii

*Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

*Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata

Blepharripappus: Blepharipappus scaber

Thistle: Cirsium sp.

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - In bud.

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (Chrysothamnus nauseosus)

*Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum

Matchbrush: Gutierrezzia sarothae

N 45* 09.495' ------ W 119* 59.258' ------ Elevation: 3417' ---- +/-15'

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis ?

*Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

Grass Widows: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. ? - i-n fruit

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum

*Miner's Lettuce: Montia perfoliata

*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Hornseed: Ranunculus testiculatus

*Thread-leaved Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris

*Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora

*Milkvetch: Astragalus conjunctus

*Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii

*Rock Lupine: Lupinus saxosus

*Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*Cous: Lomatium cous

*Donnell's Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii

*Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

*John Day Valley Desert Parsley: Lomatium minus

*Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

*Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

*Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata

*Blepharripappus: Blepharipappus scaber

Thistle: Cirsium sp.

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - In bud.

*Golden Daisy: Erigeron chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis

*Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum

N 45* 06.816' ----- W 119* 55.977' ----- Elevation: 3766' ---- +/- 15'

Top of downgrade to Lonerock, OR

 

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Douglas' Onion: Allium douglasii var. douglasii ? - In bud.

*Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum

Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracloides

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum

*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

*Thread-leaved Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris

Cusick's Rockcress: Arabis cusickii - In fruit.

*Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

Stonecrop: Sedum sp.

*Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

*Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora

*Cous: Lomatium cous

*John Day Valley Desert Parsley: Lomatium minus

*Midget Phlox: Phlox (Microsteris) gracilis

*Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum

*Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

*Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida

*Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri ? - In bud.

Snowberry: Symphoricarpos sp.

*Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida ?

*Golden Daisy: Erigeron chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (Chrysothamnus nauseosus)

Additional species found just outside (to the north) of Lonerock, OR

*Douglas' Cluster Lily: Brodiaea douglasii (just south of Lonerock)

*Golden Currant: Ribes aureum

*Yellow Prairie Violet: Viola nuttallii

*Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii

*Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule (just south of Lonerock)

*Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

*Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata ? (Upslope, so this isn't a positive id.)

Paul Slichter