[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2020]

Currently Blooming Wildflowers in Central and Eastern Washington

May 11, 2020

Brooks Memorial State Park (US 97 near Satus Pass)

Numerous Nevius' onion (Allium accuminatum) blooming in swales at Brooks Memorial State Park......May 11, 2020. - Meadow deathcamas (Toxicoscordion venenosum) blooming in meadows at Brooks Memorial State Park......May 11, 2020.

Nevius' onion (Allium nevii) at left and meadow deathcamas (Toxicoscordion venenosum) at right nearing peak bloom as seen in vernally moist prairie at Brooks Memorial State Park...........May 11, 2020.

Weather: Partly to mostly cloudy with a light breeze, averaging 5-10 mph. Temps in the upper 50s to low 60s.


* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

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Click here for a fairly comprehensive plant list for Brooks Memorial State Park

Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Common Scouring-rush: Equisetum hyemale

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Haircap Juniper Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii

One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii

* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Red Alder: Alnus rubra

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana - Beginning to leaf out and bloom.

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash

Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - Beginning to bloom.

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Meadow Death Camas: Zigadenus venonosus ssp. venonosus - Beginning to bloom.

Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Past bloom.

Spotted Coralroot: Coralorhiza maculata - Almost in bloom.

* Striped Coralroot: Corallorhiza striata - Beginning to bloom.

Mountain Lady Slippers: Cypripedium montanum - In bud.

Rein Orchid: Piperia sp.

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - In bud.

* Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare - Beginning to bloom.

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

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

* Linearleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.

Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum - Fading out of bloom.

* Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - Fading out of bloom.

Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii (formerly Cardamine pulcherrima var. pulcherrima) - Past bloom.

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods only.

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera - Fading out of bloom.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fading out of bloom.

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii

Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus suksdorfii

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor

* Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

American Bird's-foot Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Bog Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Beginning to bloom.

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

* Wyeth Lupine: Lupinus wyethii - Beginning to bloom. Possibly, these could be Lupinus latifolius.

* Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.

American Vetch: Vicia americana

Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Past bloom.

Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus

Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum

Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. procera

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

Tall Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

Gormann's Desert Parsley: Lomatium gormannii or Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - In fruit.

Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Past bloom.

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum var. triternatum

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Pine Drops: Pterospora andromedea - Last years' stalks.

White-vein Pyrola: Pyrola picta

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - In bud.

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Past bloom.

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Fading out of bloom.

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis

Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Fading out of bloom.

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis micrantha

* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

* Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Fading out of bloom.

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

* Narrowleaf Pussytoes: Antennaria stenophylla

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Beginning to bloom.

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana

* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Fading out of bloom.

* Hybrid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x hookeri - Fading out of bloom.

* Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia

* Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri - Beginning to bloom.

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.

Bloom's Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri - New leaf growth.

Showy Aster: Eurybia conspicuua ?

Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri var. cynoglossoides

Cut-leaf Silverpuffs: Microseris laciniata

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Fading out of bloom.

Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides

* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

* Northern Wyethia: Wyethia amplexicaulis - Beginning to bloom.


Animals Seen in Brooks Memorial State Park:

 


Lupines, Carey's balsamroot and panicled deathcamas blooming under the oaks at Brooks Memorial State Park.......May 11, 2020. - Carey's balsamroots and panicled deathcamas in bloom under the oaks at Brooks Memorial State Park......May 11, 2020.

These photos show lupines (Wyeth's or broadleaf), panicled deathcamas (Toxicoscordion paniculatum), and Carey's balsamroot (Balsamorhiza careyana) blooming amongst native grasses and elk sedge (Carex geyeri) beneath Oregon white oaks (Quercus garryana) which are also beginning to leaf out and bloom.........May 11, 2020.

Paul Slichter