Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon
Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon

Oregon Highway 74 east of Heppner, OR

On hairpin turn ascending to pass about 1 mile east of Hanna-Arbuckle Rd

May 6, 2000

Erigeron chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis

* indicates flowers currently in bloom

1. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica Pods

2. Panicled Death-camas: Zigadenus paniculatus Almost in bloom.

*3. Grass Widow: Sisyrinchium species

4. Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum

*5. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora

6. Curve-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus curvicarpus ?

7. Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus ? Velvety, silvery hairy leaflets. Nearly in bloom.

*8. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*9. Cous: Lomatium cous

*10. Nine-leaved Desert-parsley: Lomatium triternatum

*11. Fiddleneck: Amsinckia species

*12. White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

13. Teasel: Dipsacus sylvestris

14. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*15. Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata

16. Hawksbeard: Crepis species

17. Match Brush: Gutierrezia sarothrae

18. Bunchgrasses

19. Rocky Mt. Juniper: Juniperus scopulorum

Wildflower additions 1/2 mile west of summit between Hinton & Little Butter Creeks

View east from pass (on OR 74 east of Hanna-Arbuckle Rd).

1. Onion: Allium species

*2. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora

3. Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis

4. Lupine: Lupinus species

*5. Slender-fruit Desert-parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

*6. Nine-leaved Desert-parsley: Lomatium triternatum

7. Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana ?

*8. Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

*9. Long-leaved Phlox: Phlox longifolia

*10. Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida

*11. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

12. Teasel: Dipsacus sylvestris

13. Match Brush: Gutierrezia sarothrae

14. Hawkweed: Hieracium species Larger, with long, hair-covered leaves.

*15. Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus (yellow flowered)

*16. Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Wildflower additions about 1/3 mile east of summit between Hinton and Little Butter Creeks

 

1. Douglas' Brodiaea: Brodiaea douglasii

2. Small white-flowered borage ?

3. Golden Daisy: Erigeron chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis

Paul Slichter