What a treat to discover these tiny, and possibly somewhat rare, monkeyflowers on the dry grassy slopes among the blooming buckbrush and long-needled ponderosa pines on a recent hike in Southern Oregon!
May 6, 2018 | Categories: April, figwort / lousewort, grasslands, Low Elevation, May, Oregon, purple/blue, rocky slopes, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest | Tags: flower, lost creek lake, Wildflowers |
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We tend to see three different species of yellow monkey flower in the Cascades and the Columbia River gorge
April 14, 2018 | Categories: April, Cascades, Coastal, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, figwort / lousewort, marsh wetland/water's edge, May, Olympics, Oregon, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, yellow | Tags: Britt Gardens, Flowers, jacksonville, Jacksonville Woods, pacific northwest, Wildflowers |
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We’ve been seeing a lot of these on recent hikes–both in the gorge and on the coast.
July 7, 2015 | Categories: Alpine, Coastal, Columbia Gorge East, Columbia Gorge West, figwort / lousewort, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, Oregon, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, yellow | Tags: Cape Perpetua, flower, Saddle Mountain, Wildflowers |
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The latin translates to “little mimic.”
May 29, 2013 | Categories: All Northwest, Alpine, figwort / lousewort, July, June, Low Elevation, marsh wetland/water's edge, May, Mid Elevation, Washington, yellow | Tags: Columbia Gorge, flower, Wildflowers |
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Named after Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806.
September 28, 2011 | Categories: Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, August, Cascades, East of Cascades, figwort / lousewort, July, Mid Elevation, pink, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Washington | Tags: Berkeley Park, flower, Mt. Rainier, Wildflowers |
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Elated to discover multiple specimens of this unusual White Shooting Star growing out of a dripping wet cliffside in the Columbia Gorge!
July 5, 2021 | Categories: Cascades, Columbia Gorge West, Low Elevation, marsh wetland/water's edge, May, Oregon, primrose, shaded forests, Unique to Northwest, white | Tags: botanizing, Columbia Gorge, flower, hiking, pacific northwest, Wildflowers |
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Decades before the fur traders and wagon trains, the 33 members of Lewis & Clark Expedition’s Corps of Discovery found its way to the environs of the pacific northwest wonderland, mapping the region and its rich flora and fauna.
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