[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2011]

Viewpoint on US Highway 26 Northeast of Prairie City, OR

June 3, 2011

Viewpoint on US Highway 26 Northeast of Prairie City, OR..........June 3, 2011.

A view towards the Strawberry Mountain Range from a viewpoint on US Highway 26 to the northeast of Prairie City, OR..........June 3, 2011. Strawberry Mountain is the high point on the horizon at center right.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

* Foxtail: Alopecurus sp.

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Big Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Medusa Head: Taenitherum caput-medusae

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

* Douglas' Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. ?)

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Pale Alyssum: Alyssum alyssoides

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Bulblet Prairie Stars: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Small-flowered Prairie Stars: Lithophragma parviflorum

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. fastigiata ?)

* Bushy Pea: Lathyrus rigidus

* Filareee: Erodium cicutarium

Oregon Checkerbloom: Sidalcea oregana

* Glaucous Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii

Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata - In bud.

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis micrantha

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida ?

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

* Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata

Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber

* Hawksbeard: Crepis sp.

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. ?)

* Golden Fleabane: Erigeron chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis - Beginning to bloom.

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Paul Slichter