Trail to Lookout Mt., Ochoco N. F.
From Trailhead at end of Road #4205
June 22, 1998
Bloom at the summit was just beginning, as can be seen from many of the early season wildflowers listed below. A number of snow drifts were still visible on the flats atop Lookout Mountain, and these were more prominent along the north-facing slopes of the mountain.
Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
Mountain Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum
Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus (var. ellipticus ?)
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
Little-leaf Rock Cress: Arabis microphylla
Rock Penny Cress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca (Thlaspi fendleri var. glaucum)
Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now L. glabrum)
Sticky Currant: Ribes viscossissimum
Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala
Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum ssp. ciliatum
Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)
Balloon Milk-vetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. sonneanus
Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca
Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa ssp. linguifolia
Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa
Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii
Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii
Nine-leaved Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum ssp. platycarpum ?
Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens
Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus
Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum
Long-flowered Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora
Wavy-leaf Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. applegatei
Pale Paintbrush: Castilleja oresbia
Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja pilosa var. pilosa
Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Clustered Broomrape: Aphyllon franciscanum
Red Elderberry: Sambuccus mexicana
Downy-fruit Valerian: Valeriana acutiloba var. pubicarpa
Narrow-leaf Pussytoes: Antennaria stenophylla ?
Arrow-leaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata
Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus