[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports]

Currently Blooming Wildflowers at the Radio Towers on Gordon Ridge Road

(Elevation of approximately 2400 feet)

April 2, 2000

A Native Plant Society of Oregon Field Trip


Plants with an asterisk (*) in front of them are currently in bloom.

1. Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus

*2. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica

3. Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

*4. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

*5. Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus

*6. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii

7. Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes

*8. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

*9. Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabra

10. Lupine: Lupinus species- leaves only........probably Lupinus leucophyllus

*11. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*12. Gray-leaf Desert Parsley (Biscuit Root): Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)

*13. Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi

*14. Nine-leaved Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

*15. Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

*16. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

17. Phlox: Phlox species

18. Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata

19. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*20. Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

21. Knapweed: Centaurea species

22. Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Sitanion hystrix


Paul Slichter