Major Creek Road, Columbia Gorge, WA, 5/2017.
This attractive member of the gentian family is also sometimes called Elkweed. (more…)
January 14, 2019 | Categories: Columbia Gorge East, dry open woods, East of Cascades, gentian, June, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, Oregon, purple/blue, rocky slopes, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Washington, white | Tags: Badger Creek, flower, Major Creek Road, wildflower | 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
Vista Ridge Trail, Mt. Hood Wilderness, OR, 8/2016.
Yet another of the many northwest saxifrage species; (more…)
November 25, 2018 | Categories: Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, August, Cascades, Mid Elevation, Oregon, rocky slopes, saxifrage, Unique to Northwest, white | Tags: flower, hudson bay company, mount rainier, tolmie, Vista ridge, wildflower | Leave a comment
Boundary Trail, Horseshoe Basin, Pasayten Wilderness, WA, 7/2016.
Grizzly food! Good thing we didn’t know this fact (more…)
September 10, 2018 | Categories: East of Cascades, edible, fragrant, July, Mid Elevation, pea, shaded forests, Washington, white | Tags: arctic tundra, flower, grizzly bear, horseshoe basin, Okanogan, pasayten wilderness, Wildflowers | 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
Home Sweet Home, Olympic National Park, WA, 8/2018.
If ever one needs a reminder that flowers exist to attract pollinators rather than for human enjoyment, look no further than the homely sawwort. (more…)
August 20, 2018 | Categories: alpine/subalpine meadow, aster/composite, August, Cascades, July, Mid Elevation, Olympics, purple/blue, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, Washington | Tags: flower, home sweet home, north fork skokomish trail, Olympic National Park, skokomish river, wildflower | 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
South Puyallup Trail, Mt Rainier National Park, WA, 7/2015.
This member of the orchid family is common in conifer woodlands across the west and northwest. (more…)
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August 2, 2018 | Categories: Alpine, August, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, dry open woods, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, Olympics, orchid, Oregon, raceme, SE Alaska, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, white, Willamette Valley | Tags: flower, north beach penninsula, Puyallup, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Iron Mountain, Willamette National Forest, OR, 6/2016.
These fuzzy-tongue penstemon, display amazing markings to guide pollinators to their nectar. (more…)
July 22, 2018 | Categories: Cascades, Columbia Gorge East, dry open woods, East of Cascades, figwort / lousewort, grasslands/prarie, June, Mid Elevation, Oregon, purple/blue | Tags: beardtongue, flower, Iron Mountain, tombstone pass, wildflower | 1 Comment
Along the banks of Royal Lake, Olympic N.P., WA, 7/2016.
We’ve probably mistaken these for Death Camas, Bistort, or Valerian on many occasions. (more…)
July 11, 2018 | Categories: August, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, July, lily, marsh wetland/water's edge, Mid Elevation, Olympics, Oregon, SE Alaska, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Washington, white | Tags: bog, flower, Mt. Hood, Olympic National Park, royal basin, royal lake, wildflower | Leave a comment
