Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon

Columbia & Great Basins of Central Oregon

South Steen's Mt. Loop Road

June 22 & 23, 1999

 


From Highway to South Steen's C.G.

Taper-tipped Onion: Allium accuminatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum

Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Prairie Smoke (Old Man's Whiskers): Geum triflorum

Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentill glandulosa

Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Thread-stalk Milk-vetch: Astragalus filipes

Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus caudatus

Chick Lupine: Lupinus microcarpus

Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchella

Tansy-leaved Evening Primrose: Oenothera tanacetifolia

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

Gairdner's Yampah: Periderdia gairdneri ?

Linanthastrum: Linanthastrum nuttallii

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

Scouler's Popcorn-flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri

Wavy-leaf (Applegate's) Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei

Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja pilosa

Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var.

Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus

Clustered Broomrape: Orobanche fasciculata ?

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Rosy Pussy-toes: Antennaria rosea

Narrow-leaf Pussy-toes: Antennaria stenophylla

Foothills Arnica: Arnica sororia

Arrow-leaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata (in seed)

Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber

Taper-tip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata

Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

Daisy: Erigeron species (rayless- probably Erigeron aphanactis or Erigeron bloomeri ?)

Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii var oreocharis

Showy Downingia: Downingia elegans

Cup Clover: Trifolium cyathiferum

Clover: Trifolium species

Sandwort: Arenaria species


Additional Plants Found from the South Steens C.G. to the Rooster Comb

View southeast from the gate below the Rooster Comb, South Steen's Loop Road........June 22, 1999.

Tobacco-brush (Greasewood): Ceanothus velutinus

Sulfur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum

Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora

White-stemmed Menzelia: Mentzelia albicaulis

Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea

Panicled Death Camas: Zigadenus paniculatus

Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. eatoni ?

Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var.

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata

Narrow-leaf Goldenweed: Haplopappus stenophyllus

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Phlox: Phlox species

Long-flowered Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

Yellow-flowered Navarretia: Navarettia breweri

Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida

Rock Cress: Arabis species

Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracloides

Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii


View east up Big Indian Gorge towards the summit of the Steen's Mt....6/22/99

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

Pussy Paws: Spraguea umbellata

Orange Sneezeweed: Helenium (Dugaldia) hoopsii

Speclepod Milk-vetch: Astragalus lentiginosus

Steer's Head: Dicentra uniflora

Heart-leaved Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus ?

Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

Giant Frasera: Frasera speciosa

Streptanthus: Streptanthus cordata

Smooth Prairiestar: Lithophragma glabra

Downy-fruited Valerian: Valeriana acutiloba

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria atropurpurea

Narrow-leaved Paintbrush: Castilleja linariaefolia

Balloon Milk-vetch: Astragalus whitneyi

Leafy Bluebells: Mertensia oblongifolia

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var.


Paul Slichter