Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon

Columbia & Great Basins of Central Oregon

Wheeler County Road #8

(between Mitchell, OR and Ochoco N. F. boundary)

May 24, 1998


Red Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

Globepodded Hoarycress: Cardaria pubescens

Western Twin Bladderpod: Physaria occidentalis ssp. occidentalis ?

Small-flowered Prairiestar: Lithophragma parviflorum

Wax Current: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Common Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Threadstalk Milk-vetch: Astragalus filipes

Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii (var. ?)

Common Yellow Sweet-clover: Melilotus officinalis

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Desert Paintbrush: Castilleja (chromosa ?) - red

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Fuzzytongue Penstemon: Penstemon eriantherus var. argillosus

White Plectritis: Plectritus macrocera

Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Wildflowers found along US 26 between Mitchell, OR and the John Day River (intersection with OR Highway 19).

 

Wildflower bloom directly east of Mitchell, OR is still pretty sparse (early), but the bloom increases significantly as one descends in elevation toward the John Day River.

Douglas' Brodiaea: Triteleia grandiflora

Panicled Death-camas: Toxiscordion paniculatum

Thickleaved Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum

Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica (var. alpina ?)

Golden Currant: Ribes aureum var. aureum

Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Threadstalk Milk-vetch: Astragalus filipes

Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

Desert Parsley. Lomatium sp.

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata

Cockscomb Cryptantha: Cryptantha celosioides

Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta - Very abundant beneath the sagebrush!

Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Edible Valerian: Valeriana edulis

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza species (B. careyana or B. sagittata)

John Day Chaenactis: Chaenactis nevii

Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Wildflowers found along Highway 19 and the John Day River between US 26 and Service Creek, OR.

Cathedral Rock, John Day River...........May 24, 1998.

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Yellow-flowered form.

Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica (var. alpina ?)

Threadstalk Milk-vetch: Astragalus filipes

Lupine: Lupinus sp.

Common Yellow Sweet-clover: Melilotus officinalis

Poison Ivy: Toxicodendron rydbergii

Gray Ball Sage: Salvia dorii - Magnificent bloom along the canyon walls!

Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

Fuzzytongue Penstemon: Penstemon eriantherus var. argillosus

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Cusick's Sunflower: Helianthus cusickii

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Paul Slichter