Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington
for various sites in the eastern Columbia River Gorge
February 15, 1998
Salt & Pepper: Lomatium piperi at right.
Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglassii
Mouse-eared Chickweed: Cerastium vulgatum
Salt & Pepper: Lomatium piperi
Common Butterweed: Senecio vulgaris
Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglassii
Mouse-eared Chickweed: Cerastium vulgatum
Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Rabbit's Foot Clover Trifolium arvense
Filaree Erodium cicutarium
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii
Biscuit Root Lomatium macrocarpum
Piper's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi
Oregon Sunshine Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
(basalt cliffs to the west of The Dalles on old gorge highway & about 1/2 mile south of the new gorge interpretive center)
Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum (possibly these are Klickitat desert parsley: Lomatium klickitatense ?)
Beware of the backroads in this area, which have very squishy, muddy shoulders at this time! Park with caution on the road shoulders!
Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii
Obscure Buttercup: Ranunculus triternatus - A multitude of bloom from several hundred plants!
Biscuit Root Lomatium macrocarpum
Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii
Piper's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi
Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii
Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum
Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii
Piper's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi
Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule