Wildflowers in Bloom at Wildhorse Lake (and in the Wildhorse Lake Basin)

Steens Mountain

July 10, 2014

Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes sp.

Alpine Lady Fern: Athyrium alpestre var. americanum

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Cliff Brake: Pellaea breweri

Holly Fern: Polystichum lonchitis

* Booth's Willow: Salix boothii ?

* Blackened Sedge: Carex heteroneura var. heteroneura

* Raynold's Sedge: Carex raynoldsii

* Rocky Mountain Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa

* Spikerush: Eleocharis sp.

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum

White False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys

* Mat Buckwheat: Eriogonum cespitosum

* Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracloides var. heracloides - Beginning to bloom.

* Oval-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. depressum

* Oval-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium (Yellow flowers.)

* Sulfur-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. dicrocephalum - Beginning to bloom.

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - Beginning to bloom.

Broadleaf Knotweed: Polygonum minimum

* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

* Pygmy Lewisia: Lewisia pygmaea

* Threeleaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla

* Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata

* Field Mouse-ear: Cerastium arvense or Cerastium beeringianum

* Boreal Sandwort: Minuartia rubella

Douglas' Silene: Silene douglasii - In bud.

Crimson Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala var. leptosepala

* Dwarf Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum

* Plaintain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius (var. alismellus ?)

* Snow Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii

* Fendler's Meadowrue: Thalictrum fendleri ? (or hybrid with venulosum ?)

* Spreadingpod Rockcress: Arabis x divaricarpa

* Hoary Rockcress: Arabis puberula

* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras

* Steens Draba: Draba cusickii var. cusickii - A few left in bloom.

* Cusick's Draba: Draba cusickii var. cusickii

* Lance-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum

* Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Smooth Prairie Star: Lighophragma glabrum

* Swamp Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. nidifica

* Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma - Beginning to bloom.

* Bog Saxifrage: Saxifraga oregana var. montanensis

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Mountain Gooseberry: Ribes montigenum - Past bloom.

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum ssp. ciliatum

* Owyhee Ivesia: Ivesia baileyi var. beneolens

* Gordon's Ivesia: Ivesia gordonii

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

* Brewer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla brewerii

* Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla diversifolia var. glaucophylla

* 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

* Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus - Beginning to bloom.

* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

* Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. hansenii

* Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum

* Blue Flax: Linum lewisii

* Hooked-spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea var. venosa

* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum

Broadleaf Fireweed: Chamerion latifolium ?

*  Willowherb: Epilobium lactiflorum ? or E. minutum ?

*  Willowherb: Epilobium species (Lavender/ pink flowers.)

Rose Willowherb: Epilobium obcordatum

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum

* Blue Flax: Linum lewisii (formerly L. perenne var. lewisii)

Angelica: Angelica arguta

Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii - In bud.

* Alpine Laurel: Kalmia microphylla - Fading out of bloom.

Dwarf Huckleberry: Vaccinium caespitosum

* Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum

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

Pleated Gentian: Gentiana affinis

* Smooth-leaved Navarretia: Navarretia capillaris

* Prickly Phlox: Leptodactylon pungens - Fading out of bloom.

* Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* Ball-head Phacelia: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina - In bud.

* Broadleaf Bluebells: Mertensia ciliata

* Nettle-leaved Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia var. urticifolia

* Wavy-leaved Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

* Steens Mt. Paintbrush: Castilleja pilosa var. steenensis

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower: Mimulus nanus 

Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii - In bud.

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Mimulus primuloides

* Subalpine Monkeyflower: Mimulus tilingii - Beginning to bloom.

* Little Elephant's 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

* Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus

* Thyme-leaf Speedwell: Veronica serypyllifolia ssp. humifusa

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus - Not in bloom.

* Downy-fruited Valerian: Valeriana acutiloba var. pubicarpa

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca - Beginning to bloom.

* Mountain Agoseris: Agoseris glaca var. glauca ? - Beginning to bloom.

* Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria media

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Dwarf Heart-leaved Arnica: Arnica cordifolia var. pumila ?

Longleaf Arnica: Arnica longifolia - In bud.

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis - Beginning to bloom.

Lemon Sagewort: Artemisia michauxiana - In bud.

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana (Forming the inflorescences.)

Leafy Aster: Aster foliaceus var. apricus

* Steen's Mt. Thistle: Cirsium peckii - Beginning to bloom.

Hawksbeard: Crepis sp. - In bud.

* Orange Sneezeweed: Dugaldia hoopesii - Beginning to bloom

Discoid Goldenweed: Ericameria discoidea var. discoidea

Truckee Green Rabbitbrush: Ericameria humilis

Sticky-flower Green Rabbitbrush: Ericameria viscidiflora ssp. viscidiflora

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

* Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis var. callianthemus - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Little Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. uniflora

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

* Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana

Narrowhead Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. cusickii ?

* Thick-leaved Groundsel: Senecio crassulus

* Alpine Meadow Groundsel: Packera subnuda var. subnuda

* Dwarf Mountain Butterweed: Senecio fremontii

Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis var. triangularis - In bud.

2 Spotted Sandpipers along lakeshore

Brewers Blackbirds along lakeshore

Horned Larks

Violet-green Swallows

Golden Eagle

3 Prairie Falcons

Rock Wrens

Brewers Sparrows ?

White-crowned Sparrows

Rufous Hummingbird ?

Belding Ground Squirrel

Anise Swallowtail

Mourning Cloak

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

Blue's

Fritillaries

Lady Bugs