[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2022]

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

May 22, 2022

Simcoe Mountains Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area

End of Box Canyon Road to Corral Spring, crossing Klickitat Wildlife Area and BLM lands.

View north to Bickleton Ridge from Tumwater Butte, Simcoe Mountains Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area......April 1, 2022.

View north to Bickleton Ridge from Tumwater Butte, Simcoe Mountains Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area......April 1, 2022.

Note: Most of this hike was taken between the elevations of 2200-2750'.

Weather: Partly cloudy with light breeze and temps in the mid 50s in the morning rising to the mid 60s and sunnier in the afternoon.


* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina ?

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Leafing out along streams.

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - A few trees leafing out and beginning to bloom.

Bolander's Spikerush: Eleocharis bolanderi ?

Soft Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. effusus

* Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Small Fescue: Vulpia microstachys ?

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud

* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - Beginning to bloom.

Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides - Seeds ripe. Plants decaying into soil.

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus - Leaves.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods forming

* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum - Beginning to bloom

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - Beginning to bloom.

Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Past bloom.

Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. - Basal leaves

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Flower buds forming.

* Parsnip-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides - Beginning to bloom.

* Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare - Beginning to bloom.

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii

* Pale Springbeauty: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa

* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Dwarf Montia: Montia dichotoma

* Linear Leaf Montia: Montia linearis

Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

Shiny Starwort: Stellaria nitens

Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Hornseed Buttercup: Ceratocephala testiculata

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Tiny Mousetail: Myosurus minimus

Western buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis ?

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

* Dark-red-flowered Rockcress: Boechera atrorubens

* Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera subvillosa

* Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa-pastoris - Corral Springs

* Purple Mustard: Chorispora tenella - Corral Springs

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Past bloom.

* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods forming.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

* Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis (glandulosa var. glandulosa ?)

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Beginning to bloom.

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus - One plant in bloom.

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Beginning to bloom.

* Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Beginning to bloom.

* Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.

* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Fading out of bloom.

Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

Oregon Tea Tree: Ceanothus sanguineus - Flower buds forming.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

Tall Annual Evening-primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Dwarf Groundsmoke: Gayophytum humile - Beginning to bloom.

* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium brevifolium (L. tridentatum var. triternatum)

Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Past bloom.

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Numerous

Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Fruits forming.

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana

False Hedge-parsley: Yabea microcarpa

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/ Primula poeticum - Still in bloom where wet.

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Douglas' Phlox: Phlox caespitosa - Fading out of bloom.

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

Annual Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllulm capitatum var. capitatum

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora

* Austin's Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata ? - Leaves only.

* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides

* Rigid Tarweed: Amsinckia menziesii

* Corn Gromwell: Buglossoides arvensis

* Little Gruvelia: Gruvelia pusilla

* Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis stricta - Beginning to bloom.

* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

* Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Short-flowered Monkeyflower: Erythranthe breviflora - Beginning to bloom.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

American Brooklime: Veronica americana or Chain Speedwell: Veronica catenata

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea - Leafing out.

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Past bloom.

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud.

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Hillside Arnica: Arnica fulgens ?

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - In bud.

* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Very numerous, but fading out of bloom.

Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Leaves of second year plants which will bloom this year.

* Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri

Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris - Leaves.

Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - Leaves.

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - Basal leaves.

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading Out of bloom.

Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa

* Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis - Beginning to bloom.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Pineapple Weed: Matricaria discoidea - In bud.

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius



Paul Slichter