Large-flowered Collomia (Collomia grandiflora)

Major Creek Road, Columbia Gorge, WA. 5/2017.

This stalk of small flowers stands out for its unusual salmon color and contrasting blue pollen. It grows in dry sandy soils west of the Continental Divide. Other members of the Collomia genus are also found in the Pacific Northwest, including heterophylla and linearis.

Major Creek Road, WA. 5/2017.

Umtanum Ridge Trail, WA, 6/2018.

Umtanum Ridge Trail, WA, 6/2018.