[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Report]

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

Catherine Creek

May 13, 2000

Klickitat desert parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

Klickitat desert parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

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

* Taper-tip Onion: Allium acuminatum

* Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelosemma congestum

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - At end of bloom.

* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis Pods.

* Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum

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

* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - White-flowered form.

* Red Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata

* Bitter Root: Lewisia rediviva

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica

* Bog Yellow Cress: Rorippa palustris var. palustris

* Fringe Cup: Tellima grandiflora

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Black Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

* Blackcap: Rubus leucodermis

* Burnet: Sanguisorba or Poteridium species

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus

* Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor (At intersection of Major Cr Rd & County Rd 1230.)

* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* Small-head Clover: Trifolium microcephalum

* Sand Clover: Trifolium wildenovii

* Tiny Vetch: Vicia hirsuta

* Common Vetch: Vicia sativa

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Dove's Foot Geranium: Geranium molle

* Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

* Small-flowered Godetia: Clarkia quadrivulnera

* Small-flowered Willow Herb: Epilobium minutum

* Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina

* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Varied-leaf Collomia: Collomia heterophylla

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora

* Fiddleneck: Amsinckia species

* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri

Narrow-leaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia Nearly in bloom.

* Chickweed monkey Flower: Erythranthe alsinoides

* Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata

* Narrow-leaf Owl-clover: Castilleja attenuata

* Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta

* Big Root, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Almost in bloom.

* Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - Buds well formed.

* Tarweed: Madia species

* False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata

* Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Paul Slichter