[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports]

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

Catherine Creek

April 27, 1997

Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae

Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae


Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinisPhoto at right of Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria affinis).

Common Camas: Camassia quamash

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis

Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum

Bicolored Harvest Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii

Bitter Root: Lewisia rediviva

Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonica perfoliata

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

American Winter Cress: Barbarea orthoceras

Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbiferum (now Lithophragma glabrum)

Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Moderate bloom.

Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - A few plants in bloom.

Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula - Fading out of bloom.

Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor

Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius (formerly var. thompsonianus)

Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

Few-flower Clover: Trifolium oliganthum ?

Sand Clover: Trifolium wildenovii

Few-flower Clover: Trifolium oliganthum ?

American Vetch: Vicia americana

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Cut-leaf Violet: Viola sheltonii

Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens

Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum

Baby Stars: Linanthus bicolor

Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Great Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grandis

Fragrant Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys figuratus

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

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

Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata

Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae

Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Big Root: Marah oreganus

Rosy Plectritis: Plectritus congesta

Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana x deltoidea

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Lindley's Annual Microseris: Microseris lindleyi

Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile


Heart-leaf Buckwheat (Eriogonum compositum var. compositum) Photo at right of Heart-leaf Buckwheat (Eriogonum compositum var. compositum).
The Dalles Mountain Road, north of the Dallesport, WA.

Panicled Death-camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii

Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum- very few left in bloom at top.

Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Heart-leaf Buckwheat (white form): Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare - A few are just starting to bloom.

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Dagger Pod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides- Full bloom!

Thick-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum

Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes- Pods only.

Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula - very few left in bloom.

Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata

Hood River Milk-vetch: Astragalus hoodianus

Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii- Wooly seed heads only.

Yakima Milk-vetch: Astragalus reventiformis

Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor

Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius (formerly var. thompsonianus)

Whitish Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. bingensis

Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum- Seed heads only.

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum- A few still blooming on top.

Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa- Full bloom!

Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa- Full bloom!

Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

Common Cryptantha: Cryptantha intermedia

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata

Big Root: Marah oreganus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana x deltoidea- A choice year for balsamroot bloom!

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides


Animals Seen at the Dalles Mountain:

1. California Ground Squirrel

2. Black-bille Magpie

3. Western Meadowlark

4. Starlings

5. Brewer's Blackbird

6. Harrier

7. Horned Lark

8. Red-tailed Hawk

9. Yellow-rumped Warblers


Paul Slichter