[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2018]

Wildflowers of the Crooked River National Grasslands

Pine Ridge

Crook County, Oregon

April 24, 2018

Pine Ridge, Crooked River National Grasslands........April 24, 2018.

A view east towards the northwest facing slopes of Pine Ridge from the junction of Forest Roads 57 and 5710, Crooked River National Grasslands...........May 20, 2017. Road 57 continues to the left with a pullout suitable for a start of a hike just off picture at left.

Additional Information for those planning to hike the Crooked River National Grasslands:

Crooked River National Grasslands - Info about hiking trails, camping, access, etc.


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

* Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Leaves only.

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom.

Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum

Juniper Mistletoe: Phoradendron juniperinum

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum

Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sphaerocephalum

Goose Lake Wild Buchwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum

Sulphurflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum (var. ?)

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

Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

* Linear-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Hornseed Buttercup: Ceratocephala testiculata

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus - Fading out of bloom.

* Desert Alyssum: Alyssum desertorum ?

Rockcress: Boechera sp.

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii

* Bulblet Prairiestar: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Old Man's Whiskers: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Bush Ocean Spray: Holodiscus microphyllus var. glabrescens

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Stiff Milkvetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus

Silvery Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus ? - Only leaves.

Stony Ground Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus var. saxosus ? - Leaves.

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Fennel Cymopterus: Cymopterus terebinthinus var. foeniculaceus  - Among rocks at the summit.

Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - Past bloom.

* Donnell's Lomatium: Lomatium donnellii

Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - In bud.

* Nevada Desert Parsley: Lomatium nevadense var. nevadense

* Broad-fruit Lomatium: Lomatium triternatum ssp. platycarpum

* Desert Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon conjugens

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Matted Phlox: Phlox douglasii

Granite Phlox: Linanthus pungens

Woolen Breeches: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata

Threadleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilis

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii (var. richardsonii ?)

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula (ssp. arbuscula ?)

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Flower heads in bud.

Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (var. ?)

Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris

Showy Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)

Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana

Cusick's Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides ?

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - Last year's stems.


Animals Observed During This Hike:

Chukar

Rock Doves

Northern Flicker

Western Meadowlarks

Savannah Sparrows

White-crowned Sparrows

Julia's Orangetips

Mourning Cloak


Paul Slichter