A collection of flora from the pacific wonderland.

Archive for July, 2012

Bracted Lousewort (Pedicularis bracteosa)

Berkeley Park Meadow, Mount Rainier N.P., WA, 8/2011.

Also known as “Wood Betony.”


Mountain Ash aka Rowanberry (Sorbus sitchensis)

Near Elk Meadow, Mt. Hood N.W.A., OR, 7/2012.

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Parrotbeak (Pedicularis racemosa)

Berkeley Park Meadow, Mount Rainier N.P., WA, 8/2011.

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Gray’s Lovage (Ligusticum grayi)

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Mt. Hood N.W.A., OR, 7/2012.

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Rosy Twisted Stalk (Streptopus roseus)

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Royal Basin Trail, Olympic NP, 7/2016.

The delicate, bell-shaped flowers hang below leaves that remind one of False Solomon’s Seal.   (more…)


Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Knob Peak, Bull of the Woods W.A., Oregon, 7/2012.

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Washington Lily (Lilium washingtonianum)

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Cone Peak Trail, Willamette National Forest, OR, 7/2014. 

To say this flower is fragrant is an understatement.  (more…)


Blue Flax (Linum perenne)

Bull of the Woods W.A.,  OR, 7/2012.
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Bog Wintergreen (Pyrola asarifolia)

Bull of the Woods W.A., OR, 7/2012.

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Blue-headed Gilia (Gilia capatata)

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Knob Peak, Bull of the Woods W.A., Oregon, 7/2012.
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Skyrocket aka Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)

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Bull of the Woods W.A., Oregon, 7/2012.

This plant is rare for both its beauty and the fact that it is biennial, i.e.  it takes two years to produce flowers, and then dies.   Also known as foxfire, it is a hummingbird favorite.

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