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White Sweetvetch (Hedysarum sulphurescens)

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

Yakima Milk-vetch (Astragalus reventiformis)

Dalles Mountain Road, Columbia Gorge, WA, 4/2014.

Yakima is the name of a group or tribe of Native Americans who live in Washington state. (more…)

April 6, 2015 | Categories: Columbia Gorge East, East of Cascades, grasslands, grasslands/prarie, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, pea, poisonous, rocky slopes, Unique to Northwest, Washington, yellow | Tags: Columbia Gorge, flower, Wildflowers | 2 Comments

Tomcat Clover (Trifolium willdenovii)

Catherine Creek Trail, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA. 4/2013.

Also known as Sand Clover, it was formerly named tridentatum. Named after Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765-1812), a German botanist.

November 8, 2014 | Categories: April, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge East, Columbia Gorge West, grasslands, grasslands/prarie, Low Elevation, pea, pink, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Washington | Tags: Catherine Creek, Columbia Gorge, flower, Wildflowers | Leave a comment

Golden-pea (Thermopsis montana var. ovata)

Silver Star Mountain, Columbia Gorge, WA, 6/2014.

This attractive plant is sometimes called “false lupine” due to its resemblance to another pea family member and other times, “mountain goldenbanner.” (more…)

January 10, 2014 | Categories: Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, Columbia Gorge East, Columbia Gorge West, dry open woods, June, Mid Elevation, pea, Washington, yellow | Tags: Columbia Gorge, flower, Silver Star Mountain, Wildflowers | Leave a comment

Big-Head Clover (Trifolium macrocephalum)

Grassy Knoll Trail, Columbia Gorge, WA, 5/2013.

The palmately divided leaves, looking much like those of the lupine, are a giveaway that it’s in the pea family. It’s underground rhizome roots can result in a large area covered with the small blooms. The most showy of the clovers, it differs from other trifolium by locating only in thin dry gravelly soil. (more…)

July 5, 2013 | Categories: Columbia Gorge East, dry open woods, East of Cascades, May, Mid Elevation, pea, pink, rocky slopes, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Washington | Tags: clover, Columbia Gorge, flower, grassy knoll, Wildflowers | Leave a comment