[Wildflower Bloom in Central & Eastern Washington]

Wanapum State Park

South of Vantage, WA

April 19, 2002

 

* Indicates that the plant is currently in bloom.

*Onion: Allium species (leaves already withered)

*Bastard Toad-flax: Commandra umbellata

*Spiny Hopsage: Atriplex spinosa

*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

*Western Tansymustard: Descurainia pinnata ?

*Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

*Woolly Pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii

*Medick Milk-vetch: Astragalus speirocarpus

*Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (white-flowered form)

*Navarettia: Navarettia species

*Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii ?

*Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

*Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

*Line-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

*Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys species

*Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

*Desert Yellow Daisy or Piper's Daisy: Erigeron linearis/ piperianus ?(Almost in bloom.)

*Cushion Daisy: Erigeron poliospermus


Paul Slichter