Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2007

[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2007]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

April 30, 2007

Old Vantage Highway

Flats Above the East Bank of the Columbia River

The photo above shows an attractive cluster of sand penstemon (Penstemon acuminatus) as seen along Washington Highway 243 near Schawana, WA.....................April 30, 2007.

* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

1. Robinson's Onion: Allium robinsonii - Fading out of bloom.

2. Douglas' Brodiaea: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. douglasii (formerly Brodiaea douglasii) -

3. Bastard Toadflax: Comandra umbellata - In bud.

* 4. Thyme-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum thymoides - Beginning to bloom.

5. Bitteroot: Lewisia rediviva - In bud.

6. Franklin's Sandwort: Arenaria franklinii -

7. White-stemmed Mentzelia: Mentzelia albicaulis -

8. Obscure Gilia: Gilia sinuata -

9. Thread-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis -

10. Matted Cryptantha: Cryptantha circumscissa -

11. Wing-nut cryptantha: Cryptantha pterocarya ? -

12. Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus -

Additional Plant Species Seen Along Washington Highway 243 from Vantage to Priest Rapids Dam

Pale Evening-primrose (Oenothera pallida) as seen near Priest Rapids Dam........................April 30, 2007.

1. White Sand Verbena: Abronia mellifera -

2. Columbia Bladderpod: Lesquerella douglasii -

3. Many-flowered Thelypody: Thelypodium milleflorum -

4. Buckwheat Milk-vetch: Astragalus lyallii (also known as Astragalus caricinus) -

5. Columbia Locoweed: Astragalus succumbens -

6. Pale Evening-primrose: Oenothera pallida var. pallida -

6. Turpentine Spring-parsley: Cymopteris terebinthinus -

7. Gray Cryptantha: Cryptantha leucophaea -

8. Sand Penstemon: Penstemon acuminatus -

9. Columbia Cutleaf: Hymenopappus filifolius -

Paul Slichter