[Currently Blooming Wildflowers in Central Washington]

Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia Basin of Central Washington.

Banks Lake and Steamboat Rock State Park-WA

May 2, 1998

View west across Banks Lake from the summit of Steamboat Rock..........5/2/98.

View south from Steamboat Rock..........5/2/98.

1. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

2. Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri

3. Narrowleaf Goldenweed: Haplopappus stenophyllus

4. Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

5. Weevil Microseris: Microseris troximoides

6. Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

7. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium Almost in bloom.

8. Slender Hawksbeard: Crepis atrabarba

9. Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus

10. Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum

11. Large-fruited Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum

12. Nine-leaved Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

13. Milk-vetch: Astragalus species

14. Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii

15. Lupine: Lupinus wyethii???

16. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

17. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

18. Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii

19. Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

20. Chelan Penstemon: Penstemon pruinosus

21. Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

22. Onion: Allium species- Not in bloom yet.

23. Sickle-pod Rock Cress: Arabis sparsiflora .

24. Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana

25. Longhorn Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

26. Common Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

27. Thread-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

28. Thick-leaved Thelypodium: Thelypodium laciniatum var. streptanthoides

29. Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

30. Douglas' Harvest Lily: Brodiaea douglasii

31. Panicled Death-camas: Zigadenus paniculatus

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


Paul Slichter