Today the weather was sunny with temperatures in the mid to upper 40s in Gorge. Winds were generally light, although there were several stronger gusts.
* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Leaves only.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Blooming all the way up to the level of the Natural Area Preserve parking lot.
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Obscure Buttercup, The Dalles Mt. Buttercup: Ranunculus triternatus
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Smooth Prairie Stars: Lithophragma glabrum - Some plants with flower buds.
Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Leaves emerging from the ground.
Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus latifolius X sericeus (Synonym: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus) - Leaves emerging from the ground.
Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
* Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Numerous.
Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
Northwestern Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea - Some leaves emerging. Blooming further west near Doug's Beach State Park.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fairly numerous.
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - In bud.