[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports]
Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia River Gorge

April 17, 1999

Summit of Wasco Butte

 

1. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica

2. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

3. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

4. Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

5. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

6. Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

7. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

8. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

9. Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum

Near Top of Chenoweth Rd:

1. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

2. Bulblet Prairie-star: Lithophragma bulbifera

3. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

4. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

5. Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum

6. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

7. Northwestern Balsamroot?: Balsamorhiza deltoidea Just barely in bloom.

Nearing Bloom:

8. Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

9. Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus (blooming April 25, 1999)

10. Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

11. Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale (blooming April 25, 1999)

12. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Flowers in Bloom Lower on Chenoweth Rd to West of The Dalles:

1. Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

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

3. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica

4. Common Bastard Toad-flax: Commandra umbellata var. californica

5. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata (formerly Montia perfoliata)

6. Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata

7. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

8. Rough Wallflower: Erysimum asperum

9. Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

10. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora

11. Hood River Milk-vetch: Astragalus hoodianus

12. Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus

13. Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

14. Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

15. Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum

16. Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum

17. Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii

18. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

19. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

20. Manroot, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus

21. Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

22. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Paul Slichter