
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

Bagley Creek, Mount Baker National Forest, WA, 7/2016.
We didn’t initial think this plant was a saxifrage because we mostly saw the red seed heads and stems, (more…)
April 11, 2019 | Categories: alpine/subalpine meadow, August, Cascades, July, marsh wetland/water's edge, medicinal, Mid Elevation, Olympics, saxifrage, SE Alaska, Unique to Northwest, Washington, white | Tags: bagley creek, flower, mt baker, wildflower | 1 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

Upper Royal Basin, Olympic National Park, 7/2016.
This less-common saxifrage variety can be identified by its matted, basal, rosette-shaped leaves (shared with the Tolmiei species) and its upright, red stems, but mainly by the yellow, orange and red spots on its petals. (more…)
June 4, 2018 | Categories: Alpine, August, Cascades, Coastal, July, Olympics, Oregon, rocky slopes, saxifrage, SE Alaska, Unique to Northwest, Washington, white | 1 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

Castle Rock Trail, Tumwater Canyon, WA. 5/2017
Ran across this single specimen of an uncommon late-spring flower we’d spent days looking for in the Columbia Gorge, (more…)
May 29, 2017 | Categories: Cascades, Columbia Gorge East, East of Cascades, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, purple/blue, rocky slopes, saxifrage, Unique to Northwest, Washington | Tags: Flowers, tumwater canyon, wildflower | Leave a comment

Catherine Creek, Columbia Gorge, WA, 2/2015.
Most sources set the bloom time for this common gorge variety in March, but this year we found it at Catherine Creek in mid February! (more…)
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February 23, 2015 | Categories: Alpine, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge East, Columbia Gorge West, East of Cascades, July, Mid Elevation, rocky slopes, saxifrage, Washington, white | Tags: Catherine Creek, Columbia Gorge, flower, wildflower | 1 Comment

Inlet of “Big” Cougar Lake, William O. Douglas Wilderness, WA, 7/2014.
The name has us thinking of mitrewort beer, but it’s actually named after William Henry Brewer (1828-1910), a prestigious botanist who explored California and the northwest, and has his name on several flowers. (more…)
September 20, 2014 | Categories: Cascades, East of Cascades, July, marsh wetland/water's edge, Mid Elevation, raceme, saxifrage, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Washington, yellow | Tags: flower, Wildflowers | Leave a comment

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

Coyote Wall Trail, Columbia Gorge, WA, 3/2014.
The Latin word saxifraga means, literally, “rock splitter”. (more…)
April 7, 2014 | Categories: marsh wetland/water's edge, saxifrage, Washington, white | Tags: Columbia Gorge, Coyote Wall, flower, Wildflowers | Leave a comment