[Currently Blooming Wildflowers]

Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia Basin of Central Washington

Eastern Kittitas County, WA

May 3, 1998

Astragalus speirocarpus

1. Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

2. Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri

3. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

4. Cushion Daisy: Erigeron poliospermus

5. Narrowleaf Goldenweed: Haplopappus stenophyllus

6. Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

7. Hoary Chaenactis: Chaenactis douglasii

8. Branching Chaenactis: Chaenactis ramosa

9. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

10. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule Nearly out of bloom.

11. Curve-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus speirocarpus

12. Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii

13. Stony-ground Lupine: Lupinus saxosus ?

14. Lupine: Lupinus species

15. Douglas' Harvest Lily: Brodiaea douglasii

16. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

17. Bur Buttercup: Ranunculus testiculatus Seed pods only.

18. Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

19. Gray Ball Sage: Salvia dorii

20. Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii

21. Thyme Buckwheat: Eriogonum thymoides


Frenchman Coulee

(Old Vantage Highway on East Side of Columbia River)

1. Gray Ball Sage: Salvia dorii

2. Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum

3. Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii

4. Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

5. Lupine: Lupinus species

6. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

7. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

8. Cushion Daisy: Erigeron poliospermus

9. Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

10. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

11. Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

12. Shy Gilia: Gilia sinuata

13. Cryptantha: Cryptantha species

14. Diffuse Stickseed: Hackelia diffusa

15. Franklin's Sandwort: Arenaria franklinii

16. Thread-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

17. Pale Bastard Toad-flax: Commandra umbellata var. pallida

18. Bitter Brush: Purshia tridentata

19. Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. glabella

20. Wallflower: Erysimum species

21. Thickleaved Thelypodium: Thelypodium laciniatum

22. Onion: Allium species


Paul Slichter