[Popcorn Flowers: The Genus Plagiobothrys in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Eastside Popcornflower, Scouler's Popcorn Flower, Sleeping Popcornflower

Plagiobothrys hispidulus

Synonyms: Allocarya hispidula, Plagiobothrys scouleri var. hispidulus, Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicillatus

Eastside popcornflower as seen at left in swales atop the eastern rim of Canyon Creek in the Klickitat Wildlife Area........April 2, 2016. What may be eastside popcorn flower as seen along vernally moist trails at Catherine Creek, Columbia River Gorge......April 3, 2018.

Sleeping popcornflower as seen in vernally moist areas along Swale Creek in Upper Swale Canyon, Klickitat County........April 23, 2010. This variety of popcorn flower tends to be more prostrate or spreading, with flowers about half the width of those of variety scouleri.

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Additional close-up views of sleeping popcornflower as seen in vernally moist areas along Swale Creek in Upper Swale Canyon, Klickitat County.........April 23, 2010.

Sleeping popcornflower as seen in a vernally moist pool at the end of the South Klickitat Breaks Road, Klickitat Wildlife Area..........May 17, 2014.

Paul Slichter