[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports]

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

Rowena Plateau Trails and Rowena Overlook (Tom McCall Nature Preserve) and Catherine Creek

April 4, 1998

Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

upland larkspur (Delphinium nuttalianum)The photo at right shows the flowers of upland larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum).
Tom McCall Nature Preserve

Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica -Almost bloomed out.

Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii -Only several in bloom.

Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Many plants with flowers beginning to burst forth from bud.

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata -Abundant.

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -Moderate bloom.

Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

Little Western Bitter Cress: Cardamine oligosperma ? -Abundant.

Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna -Abundant.

Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum -Moderate bloom.

Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia -Moderate bloom.

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum -Mostly bloomed out.

Klickitat (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense ? - Abundant.

Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum -Yellow form.......Several in bloom.

Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -Several in bloom.

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum -Few in bloom.

Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum -Moderate bloom in wet areas.

Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis -Moderate bloom.

Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purureum (former var. purpurea form) - Scattered, but numerous.

Big Root, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus -Abundant, but vines are very short.

Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana x deltoidea -Medium bloom.

Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana -Several planted at Tom McCall viewpoint.

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Moderate bloom.


Draw to the east of Rowena Overlook, on the old highway as it loops down to Mayer St. Park

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolilus (Lupinus latifolius x sericeus)


Catherine Creek

Bicolored Harvest Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii -Several in bloom.

Common Camas: Camassia quamash - Good bloom near road, sparse at higher altitudes.

Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum -Abundant.

Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -Moderate bloom.

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata -Moderate bloom.

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -Moderate bloom.

Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis -Peak bloom.

American Winter Cress: Barbarea orthoceras -Several in bloom.

Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum -Moderate bloom.

Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - Moderate bloom.

Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula - Moderate bloom.

Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor

Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius (Lupinus latifolius x sericeus) - Several in bloom.

Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum -Several in bloom.

Sand Clover: Trifolium wildenovii -Several in bloom.

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -Abundant.

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum -Mostly bloomed out.

Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum ? -Abundant.

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum -Several in bloom.

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -Several in bloom.

Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens -Moderate bloom.

Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum -Peak bloom.

Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis -Several in bloom.

Great Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grandis -Several in bloom.

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -Several in bloom.

Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora var. bruceae -Moderate bloom.

Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora -Abundant.

Bedstraw: Galium aparine -Several in bloom.

Big Root/Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus -Several in bloom.

Rosy Plectritis: Plectritus congesta -Several in bloom.

Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana x deltoidea -Moderate bloom.

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule -Moderate bloom.

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides -Good bloom.


Paul Slichter