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