[Currently Blooming Wildflowers in Central and Eastern Washington: 2009]

Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia Basin and in Eastern Washington.

Steptoe Butte State Park-WA

June 22, 2009

View west across the Palouse farmlands from Steptoe Butte..........June 22, 2009.

A view west over the floriferous slopes of Steptoe Butte towards the Palouse farmlands................June 22, 2009.

* Thick-headed Sedge: Carex pachystachya

* Woolly Sedge: Carex pellita

Sierra Rush: Juncus nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica

* Medusahead: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Douglas' Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa

Great Plains Cottonwood: Populus (deltoides ?)

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

Common Camas: Camassia quamash

* White False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum

Panicle Death Camas: Zigadenus paniculatus

Western Flag: Iris missouriensis

* Mountain Lady's Slipper: Cypripedium montanum

Rein Orchid: Piperia (elegans or unalaschensis)

* Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracloides var. heracloides

* Red Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Pale Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. pallida

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia parviflora

* Douglas' Catchfly: Silene douglasii var. douglasii

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa-pastoris

* Western Tansymustard: Descurainia pinnata ssp. filipes

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii

* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

Pennycress: Thlaspi arvense or Thlaspi perfoliatum

* Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

* Round-leaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. glabella

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum

* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Domestic Apple: Malus domestica

Oregon Crab Apple: Malus fusca

* Glandular Cinquefoil: Potentilla arguta var. convallaria

* Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

* Rose: Rosa eglanteria ?

* Harison's Rose: Rosa x harisonii

* Rose: Rosa sp.

Blackcap?: Rubus leucodermis - I didn't check its actual id, so it may also be Rubus idaeus.

* Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua

* Shiny-leaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia

Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii

Nevada Pea ?: Lathyrus lanszwertii

Spanish Clover: Lotus unifoliolatus - In bud.

* Whitish Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

* Black Locust: Robinia ( pseudoacacia ?)

* Hairy Vetch: Vicia villosa

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Sticky Purple Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum

* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. procera

* Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum

* Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchella

* Poison Hemlock: Conium maculatum

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum - Going to seed.

Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (var. ?)

* Field Morning Glory: Convolvulus arvensis

* Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis

Needle-leaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Slender Cryptanth ?: Cryptantha affinis

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Blue and Yellow Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor

* Nettle-leaf Horse-mint: Agastache urticifolia

* Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris

* Cusick's Paintbrush: Castilleja cusickii

* Common Toad-flax: Linaria vulgaris

* Taper-tip Penstemon, Sulphur Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus - Yellow flowered form.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus - In bud.

* Common Speedwell: Veronica arvensis

* Annual Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine

* Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

Fragrant Bedstraw ?: Galium triflorum

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

* Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

Teasel: Dipsacus sylvestris - In bud.

Bigroot: Marah oreganus

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora

* Rosy Pussytoes ?: Antennaria rosea - Bracts were whitish rather than pink.

* Field Chamomile: Anthemis arvensis

Burdock: Arctium minus - In bud.

Arrowhead Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata - Past bloom.

Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense - In bud.

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Horseweed: Conyza canadensis

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

* Blanket Flower: Gaillardia aristata

Gumweed: Grindelia hirsutula

* Little Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii

* Western Hawkweed: Hieracium albertinum - One plant beginning to bloom.

Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

* Common Tarweed: Madia gracilis

* Pineapple Weed: Matricaria matricarioides

* Great Swamp Groundsel: Senecio hydrophilus

* Tall Groundsel: Senecio serra

* Cow Thistle: Sonchus sp.

Aster: Symphyotrichum sp.

Tansy: Tanacetum sp.

* Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

* Northern Wyethia: Wyethia amplexicaulis


Animals Seen at this Location:

Yellow-bellied Marmots

Red-tailed Hawk

Northern Oriole

Spotted Towhee

American Robin

Western Wood Peewee

Barn Swallow

American Goldfinch

Lazuli Buntings

House Wren

Northern Crescent: Phyciodes cocyta

Fritillary:


Paul Slichter