[Wildflower Bloom in Central & Eastern Washington]

Little Spokane River at the Painted Rocks

Trail west along the north side of the river

April 19, 2002

* Indicates that the plant is currently in bloom.

*Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Smilacina stellata

*Purple Trillium: Trillium petiolatum

*Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata

*Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus

*Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

*Geyer's Twinpod: Physaria geyeri?

*Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabra

*Golden Currant: Ribes aureum

*Wax Currant: Ribes cereum

*Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

*Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

*Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

*Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen:

1 cow moose

2 pied-billed grebes

mallard ducks

Canada geese

1 black-billed magpie


Paul Slichter