Candy Stick (Allotropa virgata)
South Prairie Road, Columbia Gorge, WA, 7/2014.
Sometimes called “Sugarstick” or “Barber’s Pole”; this is certainly one of the odder-looking plants we’ve come across. (more…)
Dagger Pod (Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides)
Dalles Mountain Road, Columbia Gorge, WA, 4/2014.
Named after its dagger-like seedpods, this plant’s range extends north to southeast Washington, east to western Idaho and south to northeastern California and western Nevada, but always east of the Cascades and Sierras. (more…)
Cushion Fleabane (Erigeron poliospermus var. poliospermus)
Horsethief Butte, Columbia Hills State Park, Columbia Gorge, WA, 4/2014.
“The name Fleabane was applied to this plant because there was a popular belief among country people that the flowers possessed some objectionable features that caused undesirable insects to give it a wide berth. (more…)
Honesty (Lunaria annua)
Wahclella Falls Trail (Tanner Creek), Columbia Gorge, OR, 5/2014.
This non-native member of the mustard family appears sporadically across the U.S., but more often in Oregon and Washington. (more…)
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