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

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Meadows and Woods west of Soda Springs Road: The South Breaks of the Klickitat Canyon

Klickitat Wildlife Area

April 16, 2024

Klickitat desert parsley (Lomatium klickitatense) habitat on the east rim of the Klickitat River canyon, South Breaks, Klickitat Wildlife Area.....April 16, 2024.

Klickitat desert parsley (Lomatium klickitatense) habitat on the east rim of the Klickitat River canyon, South Breaks, Klickitat Wildlife Area.....April 16, 2024.

* indicates the wildflower is currently bloom.

Comprehensive wildflower list for the Klickitat Wildlife Area.

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Brown-eyed Wolfbane Lichen: Letharia columbiana

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Leaf and Inflorescence buds beginning to open

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri - Beginning to bloom.

Rush: Juncus sp.

Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii

Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii

* Nevada Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

* Sandberg's Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

Medusahead: Taenitherum caput-medusae

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - In bud.

Long-bearded Mariposa: Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus - Leaves ?

Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Leaves

Common Camas: Camassia quamash (var. ?) - In bud.

* Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii - In bud.

* Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatusm - Beginning to bloom.

Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum

Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare

* Dwarf Montia: Montia dichotoma

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - Leaves.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Beginning to bloom.

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Fruits ripening.

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum)

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

* Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. alnifolia ?)

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

Spanish Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus

Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Beginning to bloom.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus

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

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fruits well-formed.

* Klickitat (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Fruits forming.

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum

Baker's Linanthus: Leptosiphon bolanderi

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Beginning to bloom.

* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Little Combseed: Gruvelia pusilla

* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. scouleri ?

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

Narrowleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

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

* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

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

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Cutleaf Silverpuffs: Microseris laciniata

Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans - In bud.

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Beginning to bloom.

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Paul Slichter