Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central & Eastern Oregon: 2008

Wildflower Bloom in Central & Eastern Oregon: June 25, 2008

Emigrant Road from Cabbage Hill east to Kamela, OR

Umatilla National Forest

 


* indicates flowers currently in bloom

* Few-flowered Wild Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata -

* Douglas' Onion: Allium douglasii var. douglasii -

* Elegant Mariposa Lily: Calochortus elegans -

* Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora -

* Star-flowered False Solomon Plume: Maianthemum stellatum -

* Douglas' Brodiaea - Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora (formerly Brodiaea douglasii) -

* Panicle Death Camas: Zigadenus paniculatus -

* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum -

* Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides -

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii -

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus var. parviflorus -

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii -

* Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum -

* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa -

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora - 00 or tenella ?

* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii -

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia -

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala -

* Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum -

* Mallow Ninebark: Physocarpus malvaceus -

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. intermedia ?) -

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. reflexa -

* Sulfur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta -

* Dog Rose: Rosa canus -

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus -

* Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis -

* Balloon Milkvetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. sonneanus -

* Burke's or Bigleaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus (var. burkei or prunophilus) - ??

* Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus var. tenuispicus -

* Sulfur Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus ssp. sulphureus - Fading out of bloom.

* Common Thermopsis or Golden Pea: Thermopsis gracilis or Thermopsis rhombifolia var. ovata - ??

* Annual Cow Vetch: Vicia villosa -

* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum -

* Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum -

* Oregon Checker Mallow, Oregon Sidalcea: Sidalcea oregana var. procera -

* Buck Brush: Ceanothus sanguineus -

* Slender Godetia: Clarkia gracilis -

* Beautiful Clarkia, Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchella -

* Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum -

* Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis -

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea -

* Giant Frasera: Frasera speciosa -

* Field Morning Glory: Convolvulus arvensis -

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis -

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida -

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

* Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis -

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflorus -

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea -

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides -

* Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Fading out of bloom.

* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta -

* Hoary Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza incana -

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagitatta -

* Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber -

* Golden Daisy, Dwarf Yellow Fleabane: Erigeron chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis -

* Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum -

* Blanketflower: Gaillardia aristata -

* Little Tarweed: Madia exigua -

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans -

* Northern Mule's-ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis -


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Oreas Anglewing


Paul Slichter