[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2014]

Wildflower Bloom near Kiger Gorge

Steens Mountain Recreation Area

July 11, 2014

Showy frasera (Frasera speciosa) blooming amongst native grasses at the head of Kiger Gorge, Steens Mountain Recreation Area..........July 11, 2014.

Showy frasera (Frasera speciosa) blooming at the head of Kiger Gorge, Steens Mountain Recreation Area.........July 11, 2014.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes (muscorum ?)

Navel Fern: Umbilicaria virginis ?

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

* Western Singlespike Sedge: Carex scirpoidea ssp. pseudoscirpoidea

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides - Beginning to bloom.

* Fescue: Festuca sp.

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum

* Bluegrass: Poa sp.

* Spike Trisetum: Trisetum spicatum ?

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

* Alpine Lily: Lloydia serotina ssp. serotina

* Mat Buckwheat: Eriogonum cespitosum

* Oval-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. depressum

* Oval-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium

* Sulfur-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. dicrocephalum ?

* Alpine Sorrel: Oxyria digynia

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - Beginning to bloom.

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii - Beginning to bloom.

* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum (Spraguea umbellata)

* Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis ?

* Pygmy Lewisia: Lewisia pygmaea

* Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata

* Ballhead Sandwort: Eremogone congesta var. congesta

* Nuttall's Sandwort: Minuartia nuttallii var. fragilis

* Oregon Campion: Silene oregana

* Dwarf Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum

* Snow Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii

* Spreadingpod Rockcress: Arabis x divaricarpa ?

* Hoary Rockcress: Arabis puberula ?

* Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii var. pendulocarpa or retrofracta ?

* Steens Draba: Draba cusickii var. cusickii

* Slender Draba: Draba albertina

* Western Bladderpod: Lesquerella occidentalis ssp. occidentalis

* Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

* Lance-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum

* Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum

* Petalless Saxifrage: Saxifraga apetala - Fading out of bloom.

* Swamp Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. nidifica (S. integrifolia var. columbiana)

* Oregon Saxifrage: Saxifraga oregana

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Mountain Gooseberry: Ribes montigenum

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

* Pink Pinwheels: Horkelia fusca ssp. capitata

* Gordon's Ivesia: Ivesia gordonii

* Shrubby Cinquefoil: Pentaphylloides fruticosa (Potentilla fruticosa) - Beginning to bloom.

* Brewer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla brewerii

* Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla diversifolia var. glaucophylla

* Nevada Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. pseudorupestris

* Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri

* Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

* Steen's Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla versicolor

* Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens

* Balloon Milkvetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. confusus

* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

* Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var hansenii (T. longipes var. nevadense)

* Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum (T. longipes var. shastense)

* Blue Flax: Linum lewisii

* Tansy-leaved Evening-primrose: Camissonia tanacetifolia

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum

* Gumbo Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

* Showy Frasera: Frasera speciosa

* Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum ? - On north-facing cliffs.

* Dark-throat Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum var. pulchellum

* Small-flowered Gymnosteris: Gymnosteris parvula

* Prickly Phlox: Leptodactylon pungens

* Brewer's Navarretia: Navarretia breweri

* Sky Pilot: Polemonium viscosum - Fading out of bloom. Scattered on cliffs at the head of Wildhorse Canyon.

* Silky Phacelia: Phacelia sericea var. ciliosa

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

* Broadleaf Bluebells: Mertensia ciliata

* Sagebrush Bluebells: Mertensia oblongifolia - Fading out of bloom.

Mountain Balm: Monardella odoratissima

* Wavyleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum - In upper Wildhorse Canyon.

* Steens Mt. Paintbrush: Castilleja pilosa var. steenensis

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower: Mimulus nanus 

Little Elephant Heads: Pedicularis attolens

* Steen's Mountain Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii var. praeteritus

* Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. formosus

* Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii var. rydbergii

* Downy-fruited Valerian: Valeriana acutiloba var. pubicarpa

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Beginning to bloom.

* Alpine Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. monticola

* Tall Pussytoes: Antennaria anaphaloides

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella

Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula - In bud.

Lemon Sagewort: Artemisia michauxiana - In bud.

*Steens Mountain Thistle: Cirsium peckii

* Orange Sneezeweed: Dugaldia hoopesii

Discoid Goldenweed: Ericameria disoidea var. discoidea

Truckee Green Rabbitbrush: Ericameria humilis - In bud.

Sticky-flower Green Rabbitbrush: Ericameria viscidiflora ssp. viscidiflora

* Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri - Only in bloom at the summit ridge.

* Cut-leaved Daisy: Erigeron compositus var. glabratus (Both discoid and with rays.)

* Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana

* Howell's Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma howellii

* Thick-leaved Groundsel: Senecio crassulus - Beginning to bloom.

* Dwarf Mountain Butterweed: Senecio fremontii

* Narrowleaf Goldenweed: Nestotus stenophyllus

* Hayden's Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. haydenii - Beginning to bloom.

* Northern Goldenrod: Solidago multiradiata - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale - Along North Steens Loop Road at junction with road to Kiger Road.


Animals Seen at Kiger Gorge:

Belding Ground Squirrel

Prairie Falcon

Ravens

Mountain Bluebirds

Horned Larks

Brewer's Sparrows

Vesper Sparrows

White-crowned Sparrows

Violet-green Swallows

White-throated Swifts

Rock Wrens

Acmon Blue ?

Greenish Blue ?

Fritillary


Paul Slichter