[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge: 2011]

Wildflowers Currently in Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge

Washington State Highway SR 14

from US Highway 395 west to US Highway 97

June 29, 2011

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* indicates the wildflower is currently blooming.

* Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Fading out of bloom.

* Tall Buckwheat: Eriognum elatum

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum - In bud.

* Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum ?)

* Turkey Mullein: Eremocarpus setigera

* Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Yellow Bee Plant: Cleome lutea

* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Hybrid Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus x sericeus - Fading out of bloom.

* Soft Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus ssp. subsaccatus

* Alfalfa: Medicago sativus

* White Sweetclover: Melilotus albus

* Yellow Sweetclover: Melilotus officinalis

* Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

* Blazing Star: Mentzelia laevicaulis var. laevicaulis

* Purple Sage: Salvia dorrii - Fading out of bloom.

* Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

* Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora - Fading out of bloom.

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (ssp. vaseyana ?)

* Yellow Star-thistle: Centaurea solstitialis

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

* Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

* Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

* Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron pumilus

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Match Brush: Gutierrezia sarothrae


Paul Slichter