[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

A Washington Native Plant Society Hike for Botany Washington

April 27, 2024

A view south down the Klickitat River canyon from the Klickitat Wildlife Area....April 21, 2024.

A view south down the Klickitat River canyon from the Klickitat Wildlife Area....April 21, 2024. Carey's balsamroot (Balsamorhiza careyana), bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata), Klickitat desert parsley (Lomatium klickitatense) and Columbia desert parsley (Lomatium columbianum) can be viewed in this image.

* 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

Nuttall's Quillwort: Isoetes nuttallii

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

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 - Beginning to bloom.

Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica

One-spiked Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

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 - In bud.

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. ?) - Beginning to bloom.

Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum - Leaves

* Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Fading out of bloom.

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

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Leaves.

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

Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum

Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata - In bud.

Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. (elegans, elongata, or unalascensis)

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

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

* Dwarf Montia: Montia dichotoma

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Common Chicweed: Stellaria media

* Shining Starwort: Stellaria nitens

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - Leaves.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Beginning to bloom.

* Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

Hairy Bittercress: Cardamine hirsuta - Past bloom.

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Fruits ripening.

Fringepods: Thysanocarpos curvipes - Fruits ripening.

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum) - Fading out of bloom.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

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

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum - Leaves.

Spanish Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus - Beginning to bloom.

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

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

* 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 gormanii - Fruits forming.

Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Fruits forming.

* Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - In bud.

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

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - Leaves.

* Baker's Linanthus: Leptosiphon bolanderi - Beginning to bloom.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Beginning to bloom.

* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus - Fading out of bloom.

* 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 - Beginning to bloom.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii

* Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae

Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

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

* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Fading out of bloom.

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud.

Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - In bud. Blooming in spots along Soda Springs Road.

* 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.

Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum - Leaves.

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Paul Slichter