Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Sandy area below power lines on south side of Washington State Highway 14 at milepost 111.6

Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

Elevation: 488 ft.

N 45*44.643', W 120* 33.074' +/- 22 ft.

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata

* Tansy Mustard: Descurainia richardsonii

* Pale Wallflower: Erysimum occidentale

* Thick-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum (Variety streptanthoides is in bloom east of Roosevelt, WA.)

* Bitter Brush: Purshia tridentata

* The Dalles Milk-vetch: Astragalus sclerocarpus

Silky Lupine: Lupinus (sericeus)?- Almost in bloom.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Slender Evening-primrose: Camissonia contorta

* Shy Gilia: Gilia sinuata

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

* Thread-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium- Almost in bloom.

* Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sp. Still too early in bloom to identify correctly.

Paul Slichter