[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Bloom Reports for 2004] - [Wildflower Destinations in the Columbia River Gorge]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Woods to the West of the Parking Area for the Columbia Hills Natural Area Preserve

On Columbia Hills Historical State Park lands

March 27, 2004

Bulblet prairiestar (Lithophragma glabrum, formerly Lithophragma bulbifera)

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabra (formerly L. bulbifera)
*Indicates Plant is in bloom.

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Beginning to bloom out.

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom out.

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata - Numerous under the oak trees.

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Many in bloom.

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (Now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum) - Fairly common near the Dalles Mt. Ranch

* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum - Fairly common.

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - A few in bloom.

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - A few in bloom.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Numerous.

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Numerous.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora- Numerous.

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule -Many in bloom.

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - A few in bloom.

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