[2001 Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

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

Memaloose State Park and Surrounding Federal Lands

Native Plant Society of Oregon Field Trip

April 15, 2001

The south-facing slopes of Castilleja Hill just south of Memaloose........April 15, 2001.

The south-facing slopes of Castilleja Hill just south of Memaloose........April 15, 2001.

* Indicates the wildflower is blooming.

Balsamroots blooming under oaks at Memaloose, Columbia River Gorge* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

* Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Western Bitter Cress: Cardamine occidentalis ?

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now included into Lithophragma glabrum)

* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

* Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula

* Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana

* Fringe Cup: Tellima grandiflora

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

* Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor

* Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (formerly Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus)

* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

* Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

* Large-fruit Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum

* Baby Stars: Linanthus bicolor

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

* Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla var. virgata

* Fiddleneck: Amsinckia menziesii (formerly Amsinckia retrorsa)

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys species

Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida

* Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia grandiflora

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum (former var. purpurea)

* Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla

* Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

* Big Root: Marah oreganus

* Northwestern Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides


Paul Slichter