Scorched Penstemon at right.

1. Taper-tip Onion: Allium accuminatum

2. Douglas' Onion: Allium douglasii var. nevii

3. Bicolored Harvest Lily: Brodiaea howellii A few still in bloom

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

5. Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. tenue- In full bloom.

6. Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum Almost in blooom.

7. Thyme Buckwheat: Eriogonum thymoides

8. 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'.

9. Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva Flowers are an intense pink!

10. Franklin's Sandwort: Arenaria franklinii var. franklinii

11. White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilus var. capillaceus

12. Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum (formerly Erysimum asperum)

Taper-tip Onion at right.

13. California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica

14. Long Prickly-headed Poppy: Papaver argemone

15. Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

16. Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

17. Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis

18. Yakima Milk-vetch: Astragalus reventiformis

19. Nevada Deer-vetch: Lotus nevadensis

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

21. Spurred Lupine: Lupinus laxiflorus

22. Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

23. Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

24. Field Morning Glory: Convolvulus arvensis

25. Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

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

27. Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

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

29. Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

30. Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa- A few in bloom.

Velvet Lupine at right.

31. Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

32. Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata

33. Varied Leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

34. Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

35. Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri

36. Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispidus

37. Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

38. Hairy Owl-clover: Orthocarpus hispidus

39. Scorched Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis

40. Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri

41. Sticky-stem Penstemon: Penstemon glandulosus

42. Moth Mullein: Verbascum blattaria

43. Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea

44. Big Root/Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus

45. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

46. Arrow-leaf Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza sagittata

47. Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

48. Chicory: Cichorium intybus

49. Wavy-leaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum Nearing bloom.

50. Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

51. Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

52. Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

53. Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

54. Blanket Flower: Gaillardia aristata

55. Lemon-scented Tarweed: Madia citriodora

56. Pineapple Weed: Matricaria matricariodes

57. Lindley's Annual Microseris: Microseris lindleyi ?

58. Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus

59. Yellow Salsify Tragopogon dubius

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

2. Cut-leaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii