View of the eastern edge of Big Summit Prairie, Ochoco N.F........April 29, 2016. The yellow flowers are mostly slender-fruited desert parsley (Lomatium leptocarpum).
Weather: Partly cloudy. Temperatures in the mid-40s to low 50s with winds 5-10 mph.
Cliff Fern: Woodsia sp.
Henderson's Needlegrass: Achnatherum hendersonii - Only leaves.
Onespike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
North African Grass: Ventenata dubia
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.
* Rock Onion: Allium macrum
* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei
Green-banded Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Leaves only.
Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora - In bud.
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Inflated Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum
Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides
Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva
Narrow-leaved Montia: Montia linearis
Sandwort: Eremogone sp. - Not. E. aculeata.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum ?
* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus
* Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods already have dropped seeds.
* Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Blooming on north-facing slopes.
Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum
* Bulblet Prairiestar: Lithophragma bulbifera
* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius var. ledifolius
Common Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
* Cous: Lomatium cous
* Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum
* Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
Piper's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Fruiting. Stem leaf.
Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Past bloom.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus
* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum
* Small Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora
* Applegate's Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei (var. applegatei ?)
* Pale Paintbrush: Castilleja oresbia ?
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri
Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Stoloniferous Pussytoes: Antennaria flagellaris
Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides ssp. luzuloides
Foothills Arnica: Arnica sororia - Basal leaves.
Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
Mule Deer
Pronghorns
Mountain Bluebird
Flying Grasshopper
Hooverflies
Sara's Orangetips