[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2022]

Wildflowers Along the Fremont National Recreation Trail #160

from the South Fork Crooked Creek Trailhead north to the saddle between Twelvemile and McDowell Peaks

Fremont-Winema National Forest

July 16, 2022

A view west across a wildflower meadow adjacent to the Fremont National Recreation Trail #160 near Hank's Spring on the northwestern corner of Twelvemile Peak, Fremont-Winema National Forest.......July 16, 2022.

A view west across a wildflower meadow adjacent to the Fremont National Recreation Trail #160 near Hank's Spring on the northwestern corner of Twelvemile Peak, Fremont-Winema National Forest.......July 16, 2022.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Common Liverwort: Marchantia polymorpha - South Fork Crooked Creek

California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Booth's Willow: Salix boothii

Water Sedge: Carex aquatilus var. aquatilus - Hank's Spring

Jone's Sedge: Carex jonesii - Hank's Spring

Woodrush Sedge: Carex luzulina - Hank's Spring

* Raynold's Sedge: Carex raynoldsii

* Sierra Rush: Juncus nevadensis var. nevadensis - Hank's Spring

* Quackgrass: Agropyron repens

* Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis

* California Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus

* Mountain Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus

* Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum

* Tufted Hairgrass: Deschampsia cespitosa - Hank's Spring.

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Eriocoma lemmonii var. lemmonii

* Fescue: Festuca sp. - greenish

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum - Hank's Spring

* Timothy: Phleum pratense

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. juncifolia

Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. secunda

* Sierra Onion: Allium campanulatum

Mission Bells: Fritillaria atropurpurea - Maturing fruits.

* California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum (var. californicum ?)

* Western Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium idahoense (var. occidentale ?)

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys - Fading out of bloom at Hank's Spring.

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - South Fork Crooked Creek.

* Mat Buckwheat: Eriogonum cespitosum - Fading out of bloom.

* Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides

* Goose Lake Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum

* Modoc Sulfur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense

Common Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare (var. ?)

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella - South Fork Crooked Creek Trailhead.

Western Dock: Rumex occidentalis

Water Montia: Montia fontana

* Common Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

* Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata

* Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana

* Alpine Pearlwort: Sagina saginoides - Along South Fork Crooked Creek.

* Goldie's Starwort: Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Blue Mountain Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Fading out of bloom.

Fendler's Meadow-rue: Thalictrum fendleri ? - Maturing fruits.

* Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta

Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora

* Cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa ssp. incisa

* Clasping Pepperweed: Lepidium perfoliatum - At South Fork Crooked Creek trailhead.

Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

* Oregon Saxifrage: Micranthes oregana - Fading out of bloom at Hank's Spring.

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Mountain Currant: Ribes montigenum

Sticky Gooseberry: Ribes viscosissimum

Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intermontanus

* Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

* Brewer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla breweri - Near Hank's Spring.

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata - Hank's Spring

Western Burnet: Poteridium occidentale

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginatus var. emarginatus - Fruits several weeks from ripening.

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Threadstalk Milkvetch: Astragalus filipes

Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii (var. purshii ?) - Fruits maturing.

* Bladder Milkvetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. confusus - Mostly out of bloom.

* Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

Prostrate Lupine: Lupinus lepidus (var. ?) - Past bloom, so hard to ID.

Stony Ground Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus var. saxosus - Past bloom.

* Wormskjold's Clover: Trifolium wormskjoldii - Hank's Spring

* American Vetch: Vicia ameriana

Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa (ssp. praemorsa ?)

Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa

* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

* Tall Annual Eveningprimrose: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Common Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum - At Hank's Spring.

* Spreading Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

Nevada Desert Parsley: Lomatium nevadense - Maturing fruits.

Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis - Fruits maturing.

Siera Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Western Blue Flax: Linum lewisii var. lewisii

Explorer's Gentian: Gentiana calycosa ?- Near Hanks Springs.

* Blazingstar: Mentzelia sp.

* Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum - Hanks Spring.

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Narrowleaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Yellow-staining Collomia: Collomia tinctoria

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata

* Harkness' Flaxflower: Leptosiphon harknessii

Granite Phlox: Linanthus pungens

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - A few plants remaining in bloom.

* Brewer's Navarretia: Navarretia breweri

* Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta

Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa or Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii ?

* Moss Phlox: Phlox muscoides

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum (var. ?)

Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora

Austin's Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae

* Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina - Fading out of bloom.

* Linearleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

Bluebells: Mertensia sp. - Past bloom.

* Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache uricifolia var. urticifolia

Coyote Mint: Monardella odoratissima - In bud.

* Wavy-leaf Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum

* Acute Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta

* Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja pilosa var. pilosa

* Yakima Birdsbeak: Cordylanthus capitatus ?

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata - At trailside springs.

* Musk Monkeyflower: Erythranthe moschata - Hanks Spring

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides - Hanks Spring

* Hidden-flowered Owlclover: Orthocarpus cuspidatus ssp. cryptanthus

* Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii var. oreocharis - Hank's Spring.

* Elephantheads: Pedicularis groenlandica - Fading out of bloom at several trailside springs.

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana ssp. cerulea

* Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca var. aurantiaca

* Glaucous Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. glauca

Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora var. grandiflora

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Fading out of bloom.

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla - Fading out of bloom.

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis - Hank's Spring.

Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata - Past bloom on balds just north of Hank's Spring.

* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.

* Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (var. ?) - Beginning to bloom.

* Peregrine Thistle: Cirsium cymosum var. cymosum - At South Fork Crooked Creek Trailhead

* Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata

Modoc Hawksbeard: Crepis modocensis - Past bloom.

Greene's Goldenweed: Ericameria greenei - In bud.

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. ?)

* Plantain-leaved Daisy: Erigeron eatonii (var. plantagineus ?)

* Foreign Daisy: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis

* Yarrow-leaved Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. achilleoides

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - Beginning to bloom.

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - Beginning to bloom.

* Craggy Aster: Ionactis alpina - Fading out of bloom.

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata - Near South Fork Crooked Creek Trailhead.

* Slender Tarweed: Madia gracilis

* Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana

* Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta - Meadows near Hank's Spring.

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Fading out of bloom around Hank's Spring.

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis - Along trailside springs.

* Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi - Near South Fork Crooked River Trailhead.

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

* Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Paul Slichter