Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon: 2010

Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon

May 16, 2010

Oregon Highway 19 from Fossil, OR to US Highway 26

Desert Paintbrush (Castilleja chromosa) and Purple Sage (Salvia dorii)

Desert paintbrush (Castilleja chromosa) and purple sage (Salvia dorrii) blooming on slopes next to the John Day River along Oregon Highway 19 in north-central Oregon................May 16, 2010.

* indicates flowers currently in bloom

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (ssp. elymoides?)

Giant Wildrye: Leymus cinereus

* One-sided Bluegrass: Poa secunda

Beardless Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata -

* Heart-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. leianthum

* Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum (var. halimioides ?)

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

Greasewood: Sarcobatus vermiculatus

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Clasping Pepperweed: Lepidium perfoliatum

* Tall Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia ( var. alnifolia or A. utahensis ?)

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. campanulata

Threadstalk Milkvetch: Astragalus filipes

Pursh's Deervetch: Lotus (purshianus?)

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

* Chick Lupine: Lupinus microcarpus

* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa ssp. linguifolia

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Orange Globe Mallow: Sphaeralcea munroana -

Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Cockscomb Cryptantha: Cryptantha celosioides

* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule

* Purple Sage: Salvia dorrii

* Narrow-leaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia

* Desert Paintbrush: Castilleja chromosa

Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Washinton Monkeyflower: Mimulus washingtonensis

Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus (var. ?)

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

* Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber

* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii

* John Day Chaenactis: Chaenactis nevii

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosum

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

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


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