Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon
Summit of Tygh Ridge
May 14, 2010
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
Medusahead: Taenitherum caputmedusae
Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus - Basal leaves only.
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
* Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii
Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides - In bud.
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum
* Dagger Pod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Fading out of bloom.
* Jim Hill Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Going to seed.
* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum
* Howell's Milk-vetch: Astragalus howellii
* Stiff Milk-vetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus (formerly Lupinus laxiflorus)
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -
Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina -
* Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum -
* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. platycarpum -
* Longleaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia
* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Corn Gromwell: Lithospermum arvense
* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -
Flannel Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera -
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana
Blepharipappus: Blepharippus scaber - In bud.
Tumble Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa - Basal leaves seen.
Hoary False Yarow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa - On the road cut.
Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis - In bud.