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

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

June 15, 2022

Simcoe Mountains Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area

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

Wetlands abloom with wildflowers, East Simcoe Unit, Klickitat Wildlife Area........June 15, 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 2200-2700'.

Weather: Partly cloudy with light breeze and temps in the low 60s in the morning rising to the mid to upper 60s and cloudier in the afternoon.


* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina ?

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus occidentalis/stolonifera

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

Bolander's Spikerush: Eleocharis bolanderi ?

* Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius

Soft Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. effusus

* Dwarf Rush: Juncus hemiendytus var. hemiendytus

* Foothill Rush: Juncus trilochularis - In bud.

* Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Onespike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Medusahead: Taenitherum caput-medusae

* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia

* Small Fescue: Vulpia microstachys

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - Fading out of bloom.

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

* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Fading out of bloom.

* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum - Fading out of bloom

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii

* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Beginning to bloom.

Alaska Rein Orchid: Platanthera unalascensis ? - Basal leaves with scapes forming.

* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Yellow flowers.

* Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii

* Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum - In bud.

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus - In bud.

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

* Linear Leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.

Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - Beginning to bloom.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Fading out of bloom.

* Tiny Mousetail: Myosurus minimus

* Long Prickly-head Poppy: Papaver argemone

* Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera subvillosa - Fading out of bloom.

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Still in bloom in moist places.

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum - Fading out of bloom.

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods forming.

* Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fading out of bloom.

* Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica - Fading out of bloom.

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (former var. reflexa)

* Old Man's Whiskers: Geum triflorum

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum - In bud.

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata - Finished blooming.

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana - Past peak bloom.

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis - Beginning to bloom.

* Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis - Past peak bloom.

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus - Past peak bloom.

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - At peak bloom.

* Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - At peak bloom.

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

* White-tipped Clover: Trifolium variegatum - Beginning to bloom.

* American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana

Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Leaves still visible. Going to seed.

Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana - In bud.

* Oregon Tea Tree: Ceanothus sanguineus

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium - Fading out of bloom.

* Slender Clarkia: Clarkia gracilis - Beginning to bloom.

* Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchellum - Beginning to bloom.

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - In bud.

Tall Annual Evening-primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum - In bud.

* Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum var. ciliatum - Beginning to bloom in riparian areas.

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum - Beginning to bloom.

* Dwarf Groundsmoke: Gayophytum humile

* Obscure Suncup: Neoholmgrenia andina

* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium brevifolium (L. tridentatum var. triternatum) - Fading out of bloom.

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Fading out of bloom.

Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Past bloom.

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - Beginning to bloom.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Still blooming in moist areas.

* Needleleaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta - Beginning to bloom in vernally moist pools, puddles and swales.

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Fading out of bloom.

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllulm capitatum var. capitatum

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

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

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

* Linear-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides - Fading out of bloom.

* Rigid Tarweed: Amsinckia menziesii - Fading out of bloom.

* Corn Gromwell: Buglossoides arvensis

* Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis stricta - Fading out of bloom.

* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Fading out of bloom.

Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta

* Thin Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom.

* Short-flowered Monkeyflower: Erythranthe breviflora

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

* Fine-toothed Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana or Chain Speedwell: Veronica catenata

* Purple Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Rare-flowered Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Fading out of bloom in moist areas.

* Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - Peak bloom.

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Hillside Arnica: Arnica fulgens ?

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

* Deltoid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (or hybrids with Carey's balsamroot) - Still in bloom under the trees.

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

* Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom.

Chicory: Cichorium intybus

* Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis accuminata

* Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri

Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris - Leaves.

* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa

California Rayless Fleabane: Erigeron inornatus var. inornatus

* Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. lanatum ? ) - One plant beginning to bloom.

* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima - Fading out of bloom.

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - In bud.

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

* Hareleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata

* Slender Tarweed: Madia gracilis

* Pineapple Weed: Matricaria discoidea

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Going to seed.

Tall Woollyheads: Psilocarphus elatior - Almost in bloom.

* Bristlehead: Rigiopappus leptocladus

* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus - Fading out of bloom.

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius



Paul Slichter