Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon

Wildflowers in Bloom at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument:

Painted Hills Unit

May 24, 1998

Painted Hills: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument


Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Seed pods only.

Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii

Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

Globepodded Hoarycress: Cardaria pubescens

Clasping Pepperweed: Lepidium perfoliatum

Golden Spiderflower: Cleome platycarpa

Threadstalk Milk-vetch: Astragalus filipes

Weedy Milk-vetch: Astragalus obscurus ?

Common Yellow Sweet-clover: Melilotus officinalis

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Harvest Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

Cockscomb Cryptantha: Cryptantha celosioides

Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri

Yellow-haired Paintbrush: Castilleja xanthotricha

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber

John Day Chaenactis: Chaenactis nevii

Thread-leaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius

Cusick's Sunflower: Helianthus cusickii


Paul Slichter