[Currently Blooming Wildflowers in Central Washington]

Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia Basin and Eastern Washington.

Little Spokane River Natural Area

Trail West of the Painted Rocks

July 4, 2000

Little Spokane River downstream of the Painted Rocks............6/26/98.

Beware of the plant at right, found along the trail in the Little Spokane River Natural Area. This is Poison Ivy, Toxicodendron radicans. Remember the saying, "Leaves of three, let it be!".

1. False Solomon Plume: Smilacina racemosa

*2. Yellow Flag: Iris pseudocoris

*3. Red Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

*4.Jim Hill Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

*5. Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens

6. Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium (In berry.)

*7.Alumroot: Heuchera species

*8. Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

9. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (In berry.)

*10.Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis

*11. Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii

*12. Nevada Deer-vetch: Lotus nevadensis

13. Sulfur Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. subsaccatus ?

*14. White Sweet-clover: Melilotus alba

*15. Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

*16.Red Clover: Trifolium pratense

*17. White Clover: Trifolium repens

*18.Vetch: Vicia sativa

*4. Hairy Vetch : Vicia villosa

*19. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*20. Western St. John's Wort: Hypericum formosum

*21. Purple Loosetrife: Lythrum salicaria

*22. Fireweed: Epilobium angustifolium

23. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum (In seed.)

*24.Red Osier Dogwood: Cornus stolonifera

*25.Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

*26. Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

*27.Creeping Jenny: Lysimachia mummularis

*28.Showy Milkweed: Asclepias speciosa

*29.Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

*30. Scarlet Gilia: Gilia aggregata

31. Blue Thistle: Echium vulgare ?

*32. Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris

*33. Dalmatian Toad-flax: Linaria dalmatica

*34. Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

*35. Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

*36. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

37. Raceme Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa (Not in bloom.)

*38. Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii

*39. Shaggy Daisy: Erigeron pumilus ?

*40. Blanket Flower: Gaillardia aristata

*41. Columbia River Gumweed: Grindelia columbiana ?

*42. Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Paul Slichter