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

May 10, 1997

 

Showy Phlox (Phlox speciosa) at right.
Hillside (just east of Haystack Butte) between Washington State Road #14 and Goldendale, WA.

1. Bicolored Harvest Lily: Brodiaea howellii

2. Heart-leaf Buckwheat (mostly the yellow form): Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

3. Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. tenue- A few are just starting to bloom.

4. Rough Wallflower: Erysimum asperum

5. Thick-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum

6. Antelope Bitter Brush: Purshia tridentata

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

8. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

9. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

10. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

11. Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa- Full bloom!

12. Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

13. Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

14. Big Root, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus

Highway NE of Goldendale, WA...to Satus Pass

1. Bicolored Cluster Lily: Brodiaea howellii

2. Common Camas: Camassia quamash

3. Shining Oregon Grape: Mahonia (Berberis) aquifolium

4. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

5. Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

Paul Slichter