[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2011]

Wildflowers Currently in Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Washington State Highway SR 14

from US Highway 395 west to US Highway 97

May 16, 2011

Sand Penstemon: Penstemon acuminatus var. acuminatus

Sand Penstemon: Penstemon acuminatus var. acuminatus

* indicates the wildflower is currently blooming.

* Indian Ricegrass: Achnatherum hymenoides

* Rip Gut: Bromus diandrus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Needle-and-thread: Hesperostipa comata

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda

* Douglas' Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis - Blooming in moist areas at Roosevelt, WA

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum - In bud.

* Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. ?)

* Broom Buckwheat: Eriogonum vimineum

* Veiny Dock: Rumex venosus

* Whitetop: Cardaria draba

* Pale Wallflower: Erysimum occidentale

* Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Thick-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum

* Thick-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. streptanthoides

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Hairy Milkvetch: Astragalus inflexus

* The Dalles Milkvetch: Astragalus sclerocarpus

* Curvepod Milkvetch: Astragalus speirocarpus

* Columbia Milkvetch: Astragalus succumbens

* Tweedy's Milkvetch: Astragalus tweedyi

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Hybrid Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus x sericeus - Beginning to bloom.

* Soft Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus ssp. subsaccatus

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Whitestem Blazing Star: Mentzelia albicaulis

Blazing Star: Mentzelia laevicaulis var. laevicaulis

* Tufted Evening-primrose: Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata

* Pale Evening-primrose: Oenothera pallida

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

* Desert Parsley: Lomatium tamanitchii

* Indian-parsnip: Pteryxia terebinthina var. foeniculaceus

* Longleaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia - large swaths of pink covering much of the more naturalized ground.

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Snake River Cryptantha: Cryptantha spiculifera

* Wingnut Cryptantha: Cryptantha pterocarya ?

* Purple Sage: Salvia dorrii

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Sand Penstemon: Penstemon acuminatus var. acuminatus

* Clustered Broomrape: Aphyllon franciscanum

* Shrubby Bedstraw: Galium multifflorum

* Manroot: Marah oreganus

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (ssp. vaseyana ?)

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii - Beginning to bloom.

Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum - In bud.

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

* Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius - Beginning to bloom.

* Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus var. poliospermus - Including plants with lavender, white, or canary-yellow rays.

* Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron pumilus

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Match Brush: Gutierrezia sarothrae

* Cusick's Sunflower: Helianthus cusickii


Paul Slichter