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
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
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