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

Taper-tip Onion: Allium accuminatum

Douglas' Onion: Allium douglasii var. nevii

Bicolored Harvest Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - A few still in bloom

Heart-leaf Buckwheat (both the yellow and white forms): Eriogonum compositum var. compositum In full, resplendant bloom!

Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare - In full bloom.

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - Almost in blooom.

Thyme Buckwheat: Eriogonum thymoides

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum ? - Not quite in bloom. Atop crest of Columbia Hills, yet guide books say it is found only below 600'.

Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva Flowers are an intense pink!

Franklin's Sandwort: Arenaria franklinii var. franklinii

White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilus var. diffusus

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum

California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica

Long Prickly-headed Poppy: Papaver argemone

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

Nevada Deer-vetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Yakima Milk-vetch: Astragalus reventiformis

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

Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus var. leucophyllus

Field Morning Glory: Convolvulus arvensis

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

Yellow Prairie Violet: Viola nuttallii (var. bakeri ?)

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - A few still in bloom.

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida

Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - A few in bloom.

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata

Varied Leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri

Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta

Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata

Annual White Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis

Scorched Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis

Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri

Sticky-stem Penstemon: Penstemon glandulosus (var. ?)

Moth Mullein: Verbascum blattaria

Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Carey's (hybrid ?) Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana x deltoidea

Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

Chicory: Cichorium intybus

Wavy-leaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum - Nearing bloom.

Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Blanket Flower: Gaillardia aristata

Lemon-scented Tarweed: Madia citriodora

Pineapple Weed: Matricaria matricariodes

Lindley's Annual Microseris: Uropappus lindleyi

Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus

Yellow Salsify Tragopogon dubius

Heart-leaf Buckwheat (both the yellow and white forms): Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Cut-leaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii