Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon

Wildflowers of the Elkhorn Scenic Byway

Wallowa-Whitman N.F.

Elkhorn Scenic Byway (Roads 24 , 73, and 51)

Sumpter, OR to LaGrande, OR

June 24, 1998

 

 


The following are a few of the wildflowers found along the Elkhorn Scenic Byway between Sumpter and LaGrande.

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Wild Onion: Allium species

Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora

Starry Solomon Plume: Maianthemum stellatum

Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

Long-spurred Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys

Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Red Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

Large-flowered Swamp Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus

Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

Round-leaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica (var. alpina ?)

Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica (Saxifraga integrifolia var. columbiana)

Hawthorn: Crataegus species

Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

Large-leaved Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei

Sulfur Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. sulphureus - Yellow form.

Woolly-head Clover: Trifolium eriocephalum

White Clover: Trifolium repens

Long-spurred Violet: Viola adunca

Snow Brush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscossissimum (var. ?)

Long-leaf Evening-primrose: Oenothera subacaulis

Kinnikinnick: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata

Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata (var. hastata ?)

Common Hound's-tongue: Cynoglossum officinale

Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja species- (C. cusickii ?) yellowish in swampy meadows

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Elephant's Head: Pedicularis groenlandica

Taper-leaved Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. palustris

Yellow Penstemon: Penstemon confertus

Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus (var. deustus?)

Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. procerus

Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus

Thyme-leaved Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia var. humifusa

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana

Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

Narrow-leaf Pussytoes: Antennaria stenophylla ?

Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

Wooly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Goldenrod: Solidago species

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Paul Slichter