Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon

Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon:

Domingo Pass Road

Pueblo Mts, Southeastern Oregon

About 2 miles west of the highway, next to steep ash and gravel slope southside of road.

May 27 & 28, 2000

 


* indicates flowers currently in bloom

*1. Green Mormon Tea: Ephedra viridis

*2. Oval-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium

*3. Jim Hill Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

4. Newberry's Milk-vetch: Astragalus newberryi

5. Naked-stemmed Evening Primrose: Camissonia scapoidea

*6. Bird's Nest Evening Primrose: Oenothera deltoides var. piperi ?

*7. Currant-leaved Globemallow: Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia

*8. Naked-branch Phacelia: Phacelia gymnoclada ?

*9. Purple Sage: Salvia dorii var. dorii

*10. Desert Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja angustifolia

*11. Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja species

*12. Penstemon: Penstemon speciosa ?

*13. Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata

*14. Dimeresia: Dimeresia howellii


About 4 miles west of highway, next to creek and seeps.

*1. Franklin's Sandwort: Arenaria franklinii var. franklinii

2. Buttercup: Ranunculus cymbalaria var. saximontanus

3. Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

4. Sickle Milkvetch: Astragalus curvicarpus

5. Golden Banner: Thermopsis rhombifolia var. montana

6. Desert Parsley: Lomatium species - Drying leaves only.

7. Dwarf Skullcap: Scutellaria nana

*8. Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

*9. Craggy Aster: Aster scopulorum

*10. Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

*11. Hoary False Yarrow, Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

*12. Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri

*13. Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

*14. Horsebrush: Tetradymia canescens


Paul Slichter