[Wildflower Bloom in Central & Eastern Washington: 2010]

Ice Age Missoula Flood Sandbars

Along Waikiki Drive and Rutter Parkway

May 23, 2010

Geyer's twinpod: Physaria geyeri

Geyer's twinpod blooming on sandy, gravelly slopes of a Missoula Flood sandbar along the Little Spokane River................May 23, 2010.


* Indicates that the plant is currently in bloom.

* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Douglas' Brodiaea: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

Douglas' Campion: Silene douglasii - In bud.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Western Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

* Geyer's Twinpod: Physaria geyeri

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum - In bud.

* Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica (var. glabella or cylindrica ?)

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

* Mallow Ninebark: Physocarpus malvaceus ?

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var lepidus

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

* Thread-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Longleaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

* Common Houndstongue: Cynoglossum officinale

* Viper's Bugloss: Echium vulgare

* Okanogan Stickweed: Hackelia ciliata ?

* Gromwell: Lithospermum arvense

* Yellow and Blue Scorpion Flower: Myosotis discolor

Narrow-leaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia - In bud.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

* Cut-leaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus var. compositus

Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron pumilus - In bud.

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Blanket Flower: Gaillardia aristata - In bud.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri var. cynoglossoides

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Paul Slichter