[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2019]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Bluebird Trail

(Umtanum Road from the junction of Wenas and Audubon Roads in the south to the trailhead for Umtanum Falls Trail in the north)

May 25-27, 2019

Native Cusick's sunflower (Helianthus cusickii) is beginning to bloom on the lower, western slopes of Umtanum Ridge.......May 24, 2019.---

Native Cusick's sunflower (Helianthus cusickii) is beginning to bloom on the lower, western slopes of Umtanum Ridge.......May 24, 2019.

* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Douglas' Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp sinuata ?

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

* Crested Wheatgrass: Agropyron cristatum

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Basin Wild Rye: Leymus cinereus

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Nevada Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

* Sandberg's Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegenaria spicata var. spicata

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash (ssp. maxima ?)

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods developing.

* Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Douglas' Brodiaea: Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum (var. leianthemum ?) - Both cream and yellow-flowered forms.

* Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum var. elatum - In bud.

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica var. gracilis

* White Campion: Silene latifolia

Kittitas Larkspur: Delphinium multiplex

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella

* Hoary Cress: Lepidium draba

* Small-flowered Prairie Stars: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum - Past bloom.

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - Past bloom.

* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Wild Blue Flax: Linum lewisii

Streambank Globemallow: Illiamna rivularis

Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Large-fruit Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Fruits well developed.

* Fern-leaved Desert Parsley, Chocolate Tips: Lomatium multifidum

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Butterfly-loving Desert Parsley: Lomatium papillioniferum (L. grayi)

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

* Lineleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Menzie's Fiddleneck: Amsinckia menziesii

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Common Plantain: Plantago major

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. ?)

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolia

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Woolly Goldenweed: Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - In bud.

* Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis



Paul Slichter