[Central Oregon Wildflower Bloom Reports]
Shaniko to Antelope Highway

Between Shaniko, OR and Antlope, OR

May 12, 2001

Several miles south of Shaniko, OR (within sight of the town)

Elevation- 3525' -- N 44*57.221' -- W 120*43.742' -- (+/-14')

* Indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

1. Western Juniper Juniperus occidentalis

*2. Douglas' Onion Allium douglasii var. nevii ?

*3. Tolmie's Onion Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei

*4. Lineleaf Montia Montia linearis

5. Hornseed Buttercup Ranunculus testiculatus

6. Spring Whitlow-grass Draba verna

*7. Dagger Pod Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

*8. Kellogg's Spurred Lupine Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus (formerly L. caudatus)- (beginning bloom)

*9. Bighead Clover Trifolium macrocephalum

*10. Cous Lomatium cous

*11. Donnell's Desert Parsley Lomatium donnellii

*12. Barestem Desert Parsley Lomatium nudicaule

*13. John Day Desert Parsley Lomatium minus

*14. Unidentified Desert Parsley, possibly Nine-leaf Desert Parsley Lomatium triternatum

*15. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary Collinsia parviflora

16. Yarrow Achillea millefolium

*17. Gold Stars Crocidium multicaule

18. Green Rabbitbrush Ericameria viscidiflora (formerly Chrysothamnus viscidiflora)

*19. False Agoseris Microseris troximoides

About one mile northwest of Antelope, OR

Elevation- 2884' -- N 44*55.147' -- W 120*44.134' -- (+/- 22')

1. Howell's Milkvetch Astragalus howellii

2. Prairie Lupine Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

*3. Donnell's Desert Parsley Lomatium donnellii

4. Phlox Phlox species

5. Rigid Fiddleneck Amsinckia retrorsa

6. Puccoon Lithospermum ruderale

7. Hawksbeard Crepis species (very cut leaves)

Paul Slichter