Plants listed in order of appearance on ascent (via road) to Lions Rock.

1. Worm-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

2. Heart-leaf buckwheat (white flowers): Eriogonum compositum

3. Eriogonum ovalifolium

4. Eriogonum thymoides

5. Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis

6. Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

7. Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida

8. Castilleja sp- a greenish/gray variety I forgot to return to for keying.

9. Narrow-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

10. Taper-tip Onion: Allium accuminatum

11. Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri

12. Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

13. Crepis species

14. Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana?- based on persisting ray flowers on flower heads.

15. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

16. Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius- Some pink flowered plants were seen too.

17. Lomatium species-

18. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

19. Woolly Groundsel: Senecio canus

20. Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum

21. Ceanothus velutinus

22. Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

23. Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

24. Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosa

25. Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa

26. Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis (Gilia) aggregata

27. Douglas' Onion: Allium douglasii

28. Silvercrown Luina: Luina nardosmia

29. Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri

30. Smallflowered Prairiestar: Lithophragma parviflora

31. Pussytoes: Antennaria species

32. Mule Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis

33. Grass-widdow: Sisyrinchium douglasii

34. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum

35. Common Camas: Camassia quamash

36. Tall Phacelia: Phacelia procera

37. Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus- Photo at right.

38. Subalpine Arnica: Arnica rydbergii

39. Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii

40. Hook Violet: Viola adunca

41. Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata (V. sempervirens)

42. Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora

43. Dwarf Lewisia: Lewisia pygmaea

44. Swamp Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia

45. Few-flowered Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum

46. Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata

47. False Solomon Seal: Smilacina racemosa

48. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

49. Panicled Death-camas: Zigadenus paniculatus

50. Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

51. Erigeron peregrinus?

52. Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

53. Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

54. Trifolium eriocephalum

55. Lomatium species- small, thin, dissected leaves, tiny yellow flower clusters.

56. Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza sagittata- silvery, hairy leaves on both surfaces.

57. Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza hookeri

This list was compiled in the vicinity of springs and meadow at the campground as well as the top of cliffs at Lions Rock. Multiple snow patches could still be found on the ground under the trees.

1. Skunk-leaved Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium pulcherrimum

2. Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

3. Few-flowered Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum

4. Whitney's Milk-vetch: Astragalus whitneyi

5. Globeflower: Trollius laxus

6. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttalianum

7. Water-plantain Buttercup: Ranunculus alismaefolius

8. Straightbeak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus

9. Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata

10. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum

11. Geyer's Desert Parsley: Lomatium geyeri

12. Small Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

13. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

14. Spotted Saxifrage: Saxifraga bronchialis

15. Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina

16. Old Man's Whiskers: Geum triflorum

17. Meadow Death-camas: Zigadenus venenosus

18. Worm-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

19. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

20. Small-leaf Rockcress: Arabis microphylla

21. Ambrosia species

22. Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

23. Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis

24. Spurred Lupine: Lupinus laxiflorus

25. Thlaspi fendleri var. glauca

26. Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

27. Yellow Bell: Fritillaria pudica

28. Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum

29. Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron peregrinus?

30. Broad-leaved Montia: Montia cordifolia