Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon
Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon

North Steens Loop Road

Approximately 0.9 miles below the intersection with the Road to Kiger Gorge Viewpoint

July 15, 2000

Bistort and Cinquefoil and view uphill to the North Steens Loop Rd from the site........July 15, 2000.
This site includes a small pond and snowfield on the upstream (north) side of the road. The plants surveyed were primarily below the road on the slopes down to and including the riparian area along a small unnamed creek.
* indicates flowers currently in bloom

*Bistort: Polygonum bistortoides

*Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

*Snow Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii

*Bulbiferous Woodland Star: Lithophragma glabrum

*Swamp Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. nidifica

*Shrubby Cinquefoil: Pentaphylloides fruticosa

*Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla diversifolia

*Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis

*Varying cinquefoil: Potentilla versicolor

*Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

*Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. nevadense

Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum

*Yellow-flowered Navarretia: Navarretia brewerii

*Silky Phacelia: Phacelia sericea

*Mountain Monkeyflower: Mimulus tilingii (Viewed at right.)

*Steens Mountain Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii var. praeteritus

*Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii var. rydbergii

*American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

*Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Longleaf Arnica: Arnica longifolia (Ready to bloom in mass during the next few days.)

*Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana (Inflorescences forming.)

*Dugaldia: Dugaldia hoopesii

*Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron peregrinus ssp. callianthemus

*Woolly Groundsel: Senecio canus

*Dwarf Mountain Butterweed: Senecio fremontii

*Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Paul Slichter