[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2023]

Wildflower Bloom in the Monument Rock Wilderness

Table Rock Trail #365 from Table Rock South Trailhead to Bullrun Rock

Malheur and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests

July 9, 2023

Wildflowers along the Table Rock Trail #385 in the Monument Rock Wilderness......July 9, 2023.

Wildflowers along the Table Rock Trail #385 in the Monument Rock Wilderness......July 9, 2023.

The plants on this list were seen along the Table Rock Trail #365 from the Table Rock South Trailhead to the south side of Bullrun Rock.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

A more complete listing of the flora of the Monument Rock Wilderness. - To be updated Winter of 2023/24.

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

White-barked Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii (var. ?)

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii

* Small-winged Sedge: Carex microptera ?

* Raynold's Sedge: Carex raynoldsii

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii

* Mountain Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Rock Melic: Melica stricta var. stricta

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei - Fading out of bloom.

* Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Beginning to bloom.

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

* Piper's Golden Buckwheat: Eriogonum flavum var. piperi

Parsnipflowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides - In bud.

* Bicolor Sulphur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. dicrocephalum

* Alpine Knotweed: Koenigia phytolaccifolia

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides var. kelloggii

* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

Western Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata - Past bloom.

Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis

* Three-leaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla

* Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata

Oregon Silene: Silene oregana - In bud.

Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra - At the trailhead.

Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus - Only lower leaves.

Rockcress: Boechera sp. - w/ drooping pods

* Cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa ssp. incisa

Dagger Pod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides (In fruit)

* Lance-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

* Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica (former var. alpina )

* Slender Prairie Star: Lithophragma tenellum

* Columbia Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica

* Wax Current: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Mountain Prickly Currant: Ribes montigenum

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

* Austin's Woodbeauty: Drymocallis lactea var. austiniae

* Cliff Woodbeauty: Drymocallis pseudorupestris var. saxicola ?

* Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla glaucophylla var. glaucophylla

* Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis (former var. elmeri)

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

* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa

False Mermaid: Floerkea prosperpinacoides

* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

* Nuttall's Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum var. parviflorum

* Dwarf Groundsmoke: Gayophytum humile

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens

* Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Harkness' Linanthus: Leptosiphon harknessii

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Mountain Navarettia: Navarettia divaricata

* Mountain Phlox: Phlox austromontana

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

* Skunk-leaved Polemonium: Polemonium californicum

* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum

* Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina

* Blue Alpine Phacelia: Phacelia sericea var. ciliosa

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

Cusick's Horsemint: Agastache cusickii

* Wavyleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum

* Glandular Paintbrush: Castilleja glandulifera

* Linearleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja linariifolia

* Peck's Paintbrush: Castilleja peckiana

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Dwarf Monkeyflower: Erythranthe nana

* Taper-leaved Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. palustris (or attenuatus ?)

* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

* Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilis var. humilis - Fading out of bloom.

* Mountain Snow Berry: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Mountain Agoseris: Agoseris monticola ? - Only basal leaves, largely un-lobed.

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla

Heart-leaved Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. candicans

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

Truckee Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus humilis - In bud.

Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (ssp. ?)

* Long-leaved Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata

* Slender Hawksbeard: Crepis atribarba ?

* Scabland Wild Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri

* Cutleaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus (former var. discoidea )

* Eaton's Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron eatonii var. villosus

Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus - In bud.

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Butterweed Groundsel: Senecio serra var. serra

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale (Found primarily along the old road through the wilderness.)


A panorama view looking west from Bullrun Rock across the ridgeline which makes up the Monument Rock Wilderness.....July 9, 2023.

A panorama view looking west from Bullrun Rock across the ridgeline which makes up the Monument Rock Wilderness.....July 9, 2023. Monument Rock is the slanted outcrop to the left of center, the Strawberry Mountains are in the distance to the west at center, the lookout atop Table Rock is to the north and to the right of center, while the west-facing slope of Bullrun Rock is at right.

View south along the crest of the Monument Rock Wilderness towards Bullrun Rock (left) and Monument Rock (center right) from the Table Rock.......August 2, 2011.

A view south along the crest of the Monument Rock Wilderness towards Bullrun Rock (high point on the horizon at left) and Monument Rock (on the horizon at just right of center)............August 2, 2011. An old road (closed to vehicles) crosses the wilderness towards Bullrun Rock to aid foot traffic. Cross country hiking is slowed by the rolling terrain and numerous sagebrush which limit navigation in a straight line.

Paul Slichter