[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2025]

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

South Breaks of the Klickitat River Canyon, Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area

April 10, 2025

Rare white-flowered form of poet's shooting star (Dodecatheon poeticum)  as seen in the Klickitat State Wildlife Area April 7, 2010.

A rare white-flowered form of poet's shooting star (Dodecatheon poeticum) as seen in a riparian area near the Soda Springs Road, Klickitat State Wildlife Area.......April 7, 2010.

Today the weather was in the high 50s to low 60s with clear skies becoming overcast in the afternoon with light winds.

Note: Washington Turkey Hunt Season - Youth Hunt (April 1-7, 2025), General Hunit (April 15-May 31, 2025. Wear bright colors and if in groups, talk!


* indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Comprehensive Klickitat State Wildlife Area Plant List

Veiled Polypore: Cryptoporus volvatus - On ponderosa pine bark.

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri - Beginning to bloom.

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

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

*Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

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

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Leaves.

Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii

Rein Orchid: Platanthera (elegans or unalaschensis) - Basal leaves only.

* Dwarf Montia: Montia dichotoma

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - Leaves.

* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - Beginning to bloom.

Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus

* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Fading out of bloom.

Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

* Desert Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon conjugens - Beginning to bloom.

Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum - Leaves.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Beginning to bloom.

Heart-leaved Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Leaves.

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

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri


Paul Slichter