[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2013]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Steamboat Rock State Park

Grant County, Washington

June 1, 2013

Spalding's Milkvetch: Astragalus spaldingii

Spalding's Milkvetch: Astragalus spaldingii

* indicates the wildflower is currently blooming.

Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina

Field Horsetail: Equisetum hyemale

* Indian Ricegrass: Achnatherum hymenoides

* Common Western Needlegrass: Achnatherum (occidentalis ssp. pubescens ?)

* Soft Brome: Bromus mollis

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Needle and Thread: Heterostipa comata

* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus

Reed Canarygrass: Phalaris arundinacea

Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. secunda - Past bloom.

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegenaria spicata var. spicata

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fruits maturing and splitting open.

Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Fruits ripening.

* Pale Bastard Toadflax: Comandra umbellata var. pallida

* Parsnip-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides (var. ?)

* Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum

* Large Knotweed: Polygonum majus

* Fescue Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana

Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum - Past bloom.

* Holboell's Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta (Arabis holboellii var. retrofracta)

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - Fruits ripening

* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?) - Fruits ripening.

Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii - Woolly pods well-formed.

* Spalding's Milkvetch: Astragalus spaldingii

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

Smooth-stem Blazingstar: Mentzelia laevicaulis

* Russian Olive: Elaeagnus angustifolia

* Turpentine Wave-wing: Cymopterus terebinthinus var. terebinthinus

* Prickly Phlox: Linanthus pungens - Fading out of bloom.

* Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

* Linearleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

Branched Phacelia: Phacelia ramosissima

* Weakstem Cryptanth: Cryptantha flaccida

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* Grand Coulee Owlclover: Orthocarpus barbatus

* Chelan Penstemon: Penstemon pruinosus - Fading out of bloom.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Candleweed: Plantago patagonica

Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Past bloom.

Tarragon: Artemisia dracunculus

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (var. tridentata ?)

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Fading out of bloom.

* Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflora (var. lanceolata ?)

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

* Wavy-leaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum ? - Seen with binoculars.

* Slender Hawksbeard: Crepis atrabarba

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

* Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Gray Horsebrush: Tetradymia canescens

* Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Observed or Heard Along this Route:

House Finches

Ochre Ringlets


Paul Slichter