Near Gumboot Lake, Shasta Trinity NF, CA, 7/ 2023.
We encountered this attractive spike of yellow flowers several times in hikes near Mount Shasta. (more…)
August 19, 2023 | Categories: California , July , marsh wetland/water's edge , Mid Elevation , nartheciaceae , raceme , roadsides/disturbed areas , Southern Oregon / Northern California , yellow | Tags: botanizing , flower , hiking , Mt. Shasta , wildflower | Leave a comment
Near Lake Siskiyou, CA 7/2023.
We’ve been chasing these huge neon yellow Blazing Star blooms for a couple years. (more…)
August 6, 2023 | Categories: blazing star , California , Columbia Gorge East , East of Cascades , July , Mid Elevation , roadsides/disturbed areas , rocky slopes , Southern Oregon / Northern California , yellow | Tags: botanizing , flower , Hawkmoth , Lassen national park , pollinators , shasta-trinity , wildflower | 1 Comment
McDowell Creek Falls, Linn County, OR, 3/2021.
This wildflower has been on our most wanted list for some time… (more…)
March 28, 2021 | Categories: Coastal , lily , Low Elevation , March , marsh wetland/water's edge , Oregon , purple/blue , shaded forests , Unique to Northwest , Willamette Valley , yellow | Tags: flower , hiking , pacific northwest , spring , wildflower | Leave a comment
Olympic National Forest, WA 8/2020.
Aster is Greek for “star”. Fields of these mixed with purple Thistles (Cirsium edule ) graced our hike up Mt. Ellinor this summer, where the flowers, not the views (hidden by fog), were the main event.
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August 24, 2020 | Categories: Alpine , alpine/subalpine meadow , aster/composite , August , July , Olympics , rocky slopes , Unique to Northwest , Washington , white , yellow | Tags: endemic , flower , hiking , mt. ellinor , Olympic National Park , pacific northwest , wildflower | 1 Comment
Mt. Ellinor trail, Olympic National Forest, WA, 8/2020.
We often see these spikes of cream-colored bells on rocky peaks and ridges. (more…)
August 11, 2020 | Categories: Alpine , August , Cascades , Olympics , raceme , rocky slopes , saxifrage , Unique to Northwest , Washington , white , yellow | Tags: botanizing , flower , hiking , Olympic National Park , Olympic Peninsula , pacific northwest , wildflower | Leave a comment
Tatoosh Ridge Trail, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA, 7/2020.
These Mountain Sageworts were mixed into the incredible flower fields we found on Tatoosh Ridge south of Mt. Rainier. (more…)
July 28, 2020 | Categories: Alpine , alpine/subalpine meadow , aster/composite , August , Cascades , dry open woods , Olympics , raceme , rocky slopes , Southern Oregon / Northern California , Washington , yellow | Tags: absinthe , Alaska , flower , gifford pinchot , hiking , Mt. Rainier , pacific northwest , ridge trail , tatoosh , wildflower , wormwood | 2 Comments
North Trail, Cape Lookout State Park, OR, 7/2020.
One of two species of sand verbena native and unique to the Pacific coast (the other is Pink Sand Verbena, A. umbellata ), which blooms all summer and into the fall. (more…)
July 21, 2020 | Categories: Coastal , Coastal , July , June , Low Elevation , May , Olympics , Oregon , verbena/four-o'clock , yellow | Tags: beach , flower , hiking , Oregon Coast , pacific northwest , wildflower | Leave a comment
Along the Trask River, Tillamook County, OR, 7/2020.
Yay! After spending years at the top of our most wanted list, we finally tracked down this supposedly common orchid, but only after nearly walking by large groups of them twice. (more…)
July 14, 2020 | Categories: aquatic , Coastal , July , June , Low Elevation , marsh wetland/water's edge , May , Mid Elevation , orange/red , orchid , Oregon , Willamette Valley , yellow | Tags: flower , hiking , Oregon Coast , pacific northwest , wildflower | 1 Comment
Badger Creek Wilderness, OR, 5/2016.
In the early 2000s, through DNA identification and global research advances, a few of the Cinquefoils, including this common lower elevation meadow flower, were moved from the Potentilla genus to the new Drymocallis genus. To date all three Drymocallis species’ share the trait of being ‘protocarnivorous.’ (more…)
June 15, 2020 | Categories: All Northwest , Cascades , Columbia Gorge East , Columbia Gorge West , July , June , Low Elevation , May , Mid Elevation , Olympics , Oregon , rose , SE Alaska , Southern Oregon / Northern California , Washington , white , Willamette Valley , yellow | Tags: botanizing , Flowers , hiking , pacific northwest , wilflowers | Leave a comment
Tygh Creek Trail, Badger Creek Wilderness, OR, 5/2016.
Roundleaf Alumroot is a demure relative of the bold colored Heucheras one finds in home gardens. (more…)
October 20, 2019 | Categories: Alpine , alpine/subalpine meadow , Cascades , East of Cascades , July , June , Low Elevation , Mid Elevation , Oregon , raceme , rocky slopes , saxifrage , SE Alaska , Southern Oregon / Northern California , Unique to Northwest , white , yellow | Tags: badger creek wilderness , flower , heuchera , wildflower | Leave a comment
Pacific Crest Trail near Green Springs, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, OR, 7/2019.
We were excited to find this dramatically-colored flower in a recent trip to the Siskiyou Mountains in southern Oregon.
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August 6, 2019 | Categories: June , lily , Low Elevation , May , Oregon , Southern Oregon / Northern California , umbel , Unique to Northwest , yellow | Leave a comment
Cone Peak Trail, Willamette National Forest, OR, 6/2016.
We rarely see this flower in full bloom, and then hardly ever without an insect of some sort on its lovely petals. (more…)
July 9, 2019 | Categories: Cascades , Coastal , fragrant , July , June , marsh wetland/water's edge , Mid Elevation , Olympics , Oregon , phlox , shaded forests , Southern Oregon / Northern California , Unique to Northwest , white , yellow | Tags: cone peak , flower , Flowers , Iron Mountain , Siskiyou Mountains | Leave a comment
Mt. Hood, Vista Ridge Trail, OR, 8/2016.
One of the more common and easy to identify of the dizzying array of yellow composite flowers; we were surprised to find we hadn’t yet posted it. (more…)
January 11, 2019 | Categories: Alpine , alpine/subalpine meadow , aster/composite , August , Cascades , Coastal , East of Cascades , July , marsh wetland/water's edge , Mid Elevation , Olympics , Oregon , SE Alaska , Southern Oregon / Northern California , Washington , yellow | Tags: cairn basin , flower , Mt. Hood , Mt. Rainier , Vista ridge , wildflower | Leave a comment
Mirror Lake, Rooster Rock State Park, OR, 7/2015.
The big-heads of this aster family member can be dried, powdered and used as snuff, (more…)
September 3, 2018 | Categories: aster/composite , Coastal , Columbia Gorge East , Columbia Gorge West , Low Elevation , marsh wetland/water's edge , Mid Elevation , Oregon , September , Southern Oregon / Northern California , Willamette Valley , yellow | Tags: Helen of Troy , mirror lake , Rooster Rock State Park , snuff , Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Umtanum Creek Recreation Area, Yakima River Canyon, WA, 6/2018.
We encountered this bright yellow buckwheat shrub dotting the pale dry sagebrush steppe in the Yakima River Valley in early summer. (more…)
August 5, 2018 | Categories: buckwheat , Columbia Gorge East , East of Cascades , grasslands/prarie , June , Low Elevation , Mid Elevation , Southern Oregon / Northern California , umbel , Unique to Northwest , Washington , yellow | Tags: Flowers , moths , sagebrush , Umtanum , wild , Yakima River | Leave a comment
Burnt Mountain Trail, William O. Douglas Wilderness, WA 6/2018.
This uncommon, low-lying member of the mustard family, also known as bladderpod, is found in dry sandy soil. (more…)
June 22, 2018 | Categories: Cascades , East of Cascades , June , Mid Elevation , mustard , rocky slopes , rosette leaf , Unique to Northwest , Washington , yellow | Tags: flower , ironstone mountain trail , pacific northwest , wildflower , William O. Douglas Wilderness | 2 Comments
Silver Star Mountain, WA, 5/2015.
Although we’ve long enjoyed the “spring gold” dusting of these flowers across rocky landscapes in the early spring, (more…)
May 28, 2018 | Categories: Alpine , alpine/subalpine meadow , Cascades , Coastal , Columbia Gorge East , Columbia Gorge West , June , May , Mid Elevation , Olympics , parsley , rocky slopes , umbel , Unique to Northwest , Washington , yellow | Tags: hiking , pacific northwest , wildflower | 1 Comment
Horsethief Lake, Columbia Hills State Park, WA. 5/2017.
While this plant is widespread and native to much of the western U.S., we still find ourselves taken with the rustic beauty of the flowers (more…)
May 13, 2018 | Categories: aster/composite , Cascades , Columbia Gorge East , East of Cascades , grasslands/prarie , July , June , Mid Elevation , Washington , yellow | Tags: Flowers , Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Britt Woods, Jacksonville, OR. 3/2018.
We tend to see three different species of yellow monkey flower in the Cascades and the Columbia River gorge (more…)
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 | 1 Comment
Rim Trail, Silver Falls State Park, OR, 5/2014.
Blooming earlier, and at lower elevations than the similar Avalanche Lily , and Glacier Lily , these are recognizable by their lovely, “mottled” leaves with streaks of white, lighter green or even brown (seen below). (more…)
April 6, 2018 | Categories: Cascades , Coastal , Columbia Gorge West , dry open woods , lily , Low Elevation , May , Oregon , shaded forests , white , yellow | Tags: flower , Silver Falls State Park , Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Badger Creek Wilderness, OR, 5/2015.
There are three species of “rayless” arnica in the northwest: parryi, spathulata and this. (more…)
November 19, 2017 | Categories: alpine/subalpine meadow , aster/composite , Cascades , July , June , Low Elevation , Mid Elevation , Oregon , Southern Oregon / Northern California , yellow | Tags: Badger Creek , Flowers , Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Sheep Rock Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR, 10/2017.
Golden rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa ) framed the arid piñon-juniper desertscape in our recent fall trip to Eastern Oregon. We saw them blooming everywhere across the rolling hills near the John Day Fossil Beds. They look similar to sagebrush (more…)
October 21, 2017 | Categories: aster/composite , Columbia Gorge East , East of Cascades , grasslands , grasslands/prarie , Low Elevation , Mid Elevation , October , Oregon , roadsides/disturbed areas , September , Southern Oregon / Northern California , yellow | Tags: Flowers , John Day Fossil Beds , Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Nearly twenty species of saxifraga occur in the pacific northwest, and up until now, we’ve only posted three! (more…)
September 13, 2017 | Categories: Alpine , Coastal , July , Low Elevation , rocky slopes , saxifrage , Washington , white , yellow | Tags: flower , Olympic National Park , wildflower | Leave a comment
Leavenworth Ski Hill, Leavenworth, WA, 5/2017.
Variously called Luina or Cacaliopsis, this waist-high plain-looking plant’s leaves resemble those of Coltsfoot , with flowers that look somewhat like a Rainiera . Upon close inspection, (more…)
September 6, 2017 | Categories: aster/composite , Columbia Gorge East , dry open woods , East of Cascades , June , Low Elevation , May , Mid Elevation , Oregon , shaded forests , Southern Oregon / Northern California , umbel , Unique to Northwest , Washington , yellow | Tags: flower , leavenworth , tygh creek , wildflower | Leave a comment