2018 Wildflower Gallery

It wasn’t the greatest wildflower year in 2018 but there were still a few decent displays and several new species for us. Below are some of the better displays as well as individual blossoms from this years hikes. (Attempts have been made to identify, at least in general, the type of flower but please correct us if we are wrong or chime in on the unidentified photos.)

Snow queen – McDonald Forest, February

From Memaloose Hills in April:
Arnica

Larkspur

Fiddleneck

Lupine

Prairie star

Balsamroot

Unknown

Large-flower triteleia

Giant head clover

Broomrape

From the Wygant Trail in April:
Fairybells

Hound’s tongue

Dogwood

Ballhead waterleaf

Chocolate lily

Kittentails

Grass widow

Penstemon

From Patterson Mountain in May:
Fawn lily

Fairy slippers

Wood violet

A saxifrage

Red-flowering currant

Skunk cabbage

Glacier lily

More flowers from May:
Iris – Washington Park

Anemone – Lookout Creek Trail

Trillium – Carpenter Mountain

Buckwheat – White River Falls State Park

Thistle along the Deschutes River

Western prairie-clover along the Deschutes River

Clustered broomrape along the Deschutes River

Bitterroot – Rimrock Springs

Bluebells along Muir Creek

Gooseberry along Muir Creek

Iris along Muir Creek

White lupine along Muir Creek

Pea? along Muir Creek

Violets along Muir Creek

Bleeding heart along the Muir Creek Trail

Tall mountain bluebells – Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness

Jacob’s ladder – Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness

Marsh marigolds – Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness

Avalanche lilies – Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness

Spring Beauty – Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness

Western stoneseed – Black Butte

June wildflowers:
Bunchberry – Salmon River Trail

Anemone – Salmon River Trail

Star flowers – Salmon River Trail

Valerian – Salmon River Trail

Rhododendron – Salmon River Trail

Spotted coralroot – Salmon River Trail

Cats ear lily – Salmon River Trail

Filed chickweed – Salmon River Trail

Stonecrop – Salmon River Trail

unknown – Salmon River Trail

Paintbrush and plectritis – Salmon River Trail

Blue head gilia – Salmon River Trail

Candy sticks – Salmon River Trail

Salmonberry – Salmon River Trail

Showy milkweed along the Deschutes River

Chicory (non-native) along the Deschutes River

Blanket flower along the Deschutes River

Bindweed along the Deschutes River

Dwarf monkeyflower – Diamond Craters

Wild onion – Jordan Craters

Sagebrush mariposa lily – Leslie Gulch

Dusty maiden – Leslie Gulch

Clarkia – Leslie Gulch

Evening Primerose – Three Forks

Salsify – Three Forks

Grand collomia – Three Forks

Stream orchid – Three Forks

Mariposa lily – Three Forks

unknown – Three Forks

Tufted primrose – Chalk Basin

Orange globe mallow – Chalk Basin

unknown – Chalk Basin

Smooth stemmed blazing star – Chalk Basin

Threadleaf phacelia – Chalk Basin

Penstemon – Alvord Desert

Yarrow – Pike Creek

Geranium – Myrtle Creek

Scarlet gilia – Myrtle Creek

Yelow and red paintbrush – Myrtle Creek

Skull cap – Myrtle Creek

Checkermallow – Myrtle Creek

Death camas – Myrtle Creek

Hedgenettle – Saddle Mountain

Beardstongue – Saddle Mountain

Twin flower – Saddle Mountain

Columbine – Saddle Mountain

Larkspur – Saddle Mountain

Wildflowers on Saddle Mountain

Old man’s whiskers – Saddle Mountain

Wallflower – Saddle Mountain

Featherbells – Saddle Mountain

Inside out flower – Saddle Mountain

Foxglove (non-native) – Soapstone Lake

July Wildflowers:
Fireweed – Elk Lake Creek

Spreading dogbane – Elk Lake Creek

Scouler’s bluebells – Elk Lake Creek

Washington lilies – Elk Lake Creek

Prince’s pine – Elk Lake Creek

Coralroot – Elk Lake Creek

Pearly everlasting – Elk Lake Creek

Wild ginger – Browder Ridge

Tiger lily – Browder Ridge

Larkspur and paintbrush – Browder Ridge

Vanilla leaf – Browder Ridge

Sagebrush false dandelions and cat’s ear lilies – Browder Ridge

Oregon sunshine? – Browder Ridge

Spirea – Browder Ridge

Shooting stars – Heart Lake

Owls clover – Browder Ridge

Lewis Flax – Browder Ridge

Northern phlox – Horsepasture Mountain

Foam flower – Horsepasture Mountain

Lousewort – Horsepasture Mountain

Beargrass – Horsepasture Mountain

Coneflower – Horsepasture Mountain

A fleabane – Horsepasture Mountain

Catchfly – Horsepasture Mountain

False hellebore – Opal Creek Wilderness

Monkeyflower – Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Streambed globe mallow – Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Mountain coyote mint – Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Low Jacob’s ladder – Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Nuttall’s linanthus – Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Bog orchids – Wildcat Spring

Elephants head – Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Louewort – Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Yellow paintbrush – Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Rockfringe willowherb – Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Small wildflower meadow in the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Wild rose – Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Penstemon – Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Hyssop, yellow paintbrush and unknown yellow flowers in the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Pussypaws – Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Moving on to August:
Gentians – Mt. Jefferson Wilderness

Yellow monkeyflower – Mt. Jefferson Wilderness

Aster – Elkhorns

Orange agoseris – Elkhorns

Mountain heather – Twin Lakes

unknown – Twin Lakes

Bistort – Elkhorns

Groundsel? – Waldo Lake

A couple from September:
Western pasque flower – Mt. Jefferson Wilderness

unknown – South Climb Route, Mt. Jefferson

One from October:
Moth mullen – Cape Perpetua

In a little over a month the snow queen will once again begin popping up at low elevations and soon after the eastern end of the Columbia Gorge will begin to cycle through it’s blooms starting with the grass widows. Until then we hope these flowers will be reminders of the colors of Spring/Summer. Happy Trails!