Ridgefield Wildlife Preserve, WA, 9/2015.
This rustic, but pretty, flower is common to much of North America. (more…)
October 9, 2017 | Categories: Balsam, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, Low Elevation, marsh wetland/water's edge, orange/red, Oregon, roadsides/disturbed areas, September, Washington, Willamette Valley | Tags: flower, pacific northwest, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Major Creek Road, Columbia Gorge, WA. 5/2017.
This small flower stands out for its unusual salmon color and contrasting blue pollen. It grows in dry sandy soils west of the Continental Divide. (more…)
May 31, 2017 | Categories: All Northwest, dry open woods, grasslands, grasslands/prarie, July, June, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, orange/red, phlox, Washington, white | Tags: flower, Major Creek Road, wildflower | 1 Comment
Saddle Mountain Trail, Saddle Mountain State Natural Area, OR, 6/2015.
We were shocked and disappointed that not one of our many wildflower guides featured this native flowering shrub. (more…)
June 23, 2015 | Categories: Coastal, heath, July, Low Elevation, orange/red, Oregon, Unique to Northwest, Washington | Tags: flower, Saddle Mountain, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Near Memaloose Viewpoint, Columbia Gorge, OR, 5/2014.
The many different species of this genus of the figwort family are notoriously hard to distinguish from one another, even for botanists. (more…)
May 13, 2015 | Categories: All Northwest, figwort / lousewort, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, orange/red, Oregon, rocky slopes | Tags: Columbia Gorge, flower, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Near Eight-Dollar Mountain, Selma, OR, 4/2015.
The only carnivorous plant native to the west coast. (more…)
April 13, 2015 | Categories: Coastal, March, marsh wetland/water's edge, orange/red, Oregon, Pitcher plant, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, yellow | Tags: carnivorous, Eight Dollar Mountain, flower, serpentine, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
McCord Creek Falls, Columbia Gorge, OR, 4/2014.
This is one of the easier paintbrush varieties to identify (more…)
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March 1, 2015 | Categories: Alpine, August, Cascades, Columbia Gorge West, figwort / lousewort, Mid Elevation, orange/red, Oregon, rocky slopes, Unique to Northwest | Tags: Columbia Gorge, flower, McCord Creek Falls, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
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…)
December 26, 2014 | Categories: Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, heath, June, orange/red, saprophytic/mycotrophic, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, white | Tags: Columbia Gorge, flower, saprophytic/mycotrophic, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Lithia Park, Ashland, OR, 3/2014.
Recognizably similar to its relatives in the Fritillaria family, Checker Lily and Yellow Bells, (more…)
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May 26, 2014 | Categories: April, lily, Low Elevation, orange/red, Oregon, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest | Tags: flower, Lithia Park, Wildflowers | 2 Comments
Cascade Head Nature Preserve, OR, 4/2014.
This odd-looking member of the saxifrage family occurs almost exclusively in the western portion of the Northwest U.S. and Canada. (more…)
May 12, 2014 | Categories: Cascades, Coastal, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, Low Elevation, May, orange/red, Oregon, raceme, saxifrage, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest | Tags: Cascade Head, flower, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Near Easy Pass, North Cascades NP, WA 8/2012.
This uncommon (and uncommonly modest) lily has a nodding raceme of bells rising from grassy onion-like leaves. (more…)
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July 20, 2013 | Categories: Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, July, lily, Low Elevation, marsh wetland/water's edge, Mid Elevation, orange/red, raceme, shaded forests, Unique to Northwest | Tags: Easy Pass, flower, North Cascades National Park, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
