[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2024]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Heartleaf Butte

Private Lands Near Lyle, WA

April 13, 2024

Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum

Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum

This site is on private property and not open currently to hiking accept during special hiking events.

Weather: Partly sunny in the morning with temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s, then clouding up from the south with high humidity before becoming sunny again with temperatures around 70 degrees. Light winds for the day.


* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

Bristly Haircap Moss: Polytrichum pilferum

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Goldback Fern: Pentagramma triangularis

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza ?

Imbricate Fern: Polystichum imbricans var. imbricans

* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa - I noticed that many 30-40' trees fell over this past winter due to soggy soils coupled by strong winds?

* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Leaf buds haven't swelled much yet.

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii - Beginning to bloom.

* Field Meadow-foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

* Pacific Meadow-foxtail: Alopecurus saccatus

Ripgut: Bromus diandrus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus

Quackgrass: Elymus repens

* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Medusahead: Taenitherum caput-medusae

* Rattail Fescue: Vulpia (myuros ?)

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Basal leaves and some flower buds.

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

Common Camas: Camassia quamash (ssp. breviflora or ssp. quamash ?) - In bud.

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom.

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - In bud on the flats but blooming on steep, south-facing slopes.

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Mostly out of bloom.

Bastard Toadflax: Comandra umbellata ssp. californica

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare - In bud.

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum or Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum ?

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus ?

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Chickweed: Stellaria media

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Not many plants in bloom yet.

* Least Mousetail: Myosurus minimus

* Mousetail: Myosurus sp ?

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - Some nice patches in spots.

Littleleaf Rockcress: Boechera microphylla

* Hairy Rockcress: Cardamine hirsuta

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.

Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Ripening fruits.

Shining Peppercress: Lepidium nitidum

Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Fringepod: Thysanocarpus curvipes

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Becoming more numerous.

* Peak Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa

* Columbian Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia or Columbia Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica ?

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Leafing out.

* Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var.semiintegrifolia ? ) - Beginning to bloom.

Lady's-mantle: Aphanes sp.

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - Leafing out.

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana - Flower buds forming.

Rose: Rosa (woodsii ?)

* Bicolor Lupine: Lupinus bicolor

* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius) - A few plants beginning to bloom.

Alfalfa: Medicago sativa

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

* Common Vetch: Vicia sativa (var. ?) - Beginning to bloom.

* Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Carolina Geranium: Geranium carolinianum

Dovefoot Geranium: Geranium molle

Clarkia: Clarkia sp.

Poison Oak: Toxicoscordion diversilobum

Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Past bloom

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Butterfly-loving Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana

Pacific Sanicle: Sanicula crassicaulis var. crassicaulis

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

* False Hedge-parley: Yabea microcarpa

Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum / Primula poetica

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Baby Stars: Leptosiphon bicolor - Beginning to bloom.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom.

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata (var. hastata ?)

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

* Narrowleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Great Houndstongue: Adelinia grandis

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa ?

* Fireweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia intermedia ?

* Field Gromwell: Buglossoides arvensis

Common Hound's-tongue: Cynoglossum officinale

Little Gruvelia: Gruvelia pusilla or Pectocarya sp.

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor

* Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus

* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

* Common Dead-nettle: Lamium amplexicaule

* Red Dead-nettle: Lamium purpureum

Winged Water-starwort: Callitriche marginata - Fruits forming

* Attenuate Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata - Beginning to bloom.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Chickweed Monkey Flower: Erythranthe alsinoides

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

* Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla - Beginning to bloom.

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella - Beginning to bloom.

* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis

* Bird-eye Speedwell: Veronica persica

English Plantain: Plantago laceolata

Common Plantain: Plantago major

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

* Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine - A few plants beginning to bloom.

* Big Root: Marah oreganus - Beginning to bloom.

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Past peak bloom.

Lamb's-lettuce: Valerianella locusta

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Hybrid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea ? - A nice bloom.

Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

Yellow Star-thistle: Centaurea solstitialis

Chicory: Cichorium intybus

Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris ?

Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

Blanketflower: Gaillardia aristata

Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa (var. ?)

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata

* False Agoseris, Prairie Dandylion: Nothocalais troximoides

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Salsify: Tragopogon (dubius ?)

* Lindley's Silverpuffs: Uropappus lindleyi


Paul Slichter