Cathedral Hills Park, Grants Pass, OR 3/2022.
When we think of Pedicularis, we think of alpine plants like Elephant head and the various Louseworts we find in the moist meadows of Mt Rainier and the high Cascades. (more…)
May 10, 2022 | Categories: April, broomrape, California, dry open woods, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, orange/red, Oregon, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Uncategorized | Tags: blm, botanizing, flower, grants pass, southern Oregon, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Eight Mile Creek Loop, Mt. Hood National Forest, OR, 6/2020.
This small and rather plain member of the rose family, also known as “Pink Pinwheels”, was prevalent in a small, sunny meadow near the trailhead on a recent hike on the east side of Mt. Hood. (more…)
July 1, 2020 | Categories: California, Columbia Gorge East, East of Cascades, grasslands, grasslands/prarie, July, June, Mid Elevation, pink, rose, Southern Oregon / Northern California | Tags: Fivemile Butte Lookout, Flowers, hiking, pacific northwest, wildflower | Leave a comment
Pacific Crest Trail, Hobart Bluff, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, OR, 7/2019.
We found these large purple flowers in alluring sun-spotted drifts while hiking this summer in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument along the Pacific Crest Trail. (more…)
October 27, 2019 | Categories: California, Cascades, geranium, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, Oregon, purple/blue, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, Willamette Valley | Tags: cascade-siskiyou national monument, flower, hobart bluff, Non-native, pacific crest trail, wildflower | Leave a comment
Eight Dollar Mountain, Selma, OR, 4/2015.
A special two-colored violet found only in serpentine soils at the Oregon-California border, a unique botanical environment we return to again and again. (more…)
September 3, 2019 | Categories: April, California, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, Oregon, purple/blue, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, violet, white | Tags: bigfoot, Flowers, hiking, klamath, serpentine, Wildflowers | 4 Comments
Viewpoint Mike Trail, Lost Creek Lake, OR, 4/2018.
We recently photographed this uncommon catchfly, and then realized we had also seen it on a previous trip visiting, Oregon’s southern Cascades. Although common in this limited area, we more often see Parry’s Catchfly, elsewhere in the northwest. (more…)
August 26, 2019 | Categories: California, July, June, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, Oregon, pink, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, white | Tags: Flowers, hiking, lost creek lake, pacific northwest, Siskiyou Mountains, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
We found this parasitic, purple-hued “flower” in a couple wooded locations in an early southern Oregon trip, (more…)
February 2, 2019 | Categories: broomrape, brown, California, dry open woods, Low Elevation, May, Oregon, saprophytic/mycotrophic, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest | Tags: horse rock ridge, wildflower | 2 Comments
Illinois River Trail, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, OR, 3/2018.
This is one of two similar ceanothus ground covers whose rugged foliage set it apart from the larger more common trailside shrubs in the buckthorn family, (more…)
April 18, 2018 | Categories: buckthorn, California, dry open woods, Low Elevation, May, Oregon, purple/blue, rocky slopes, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest | Tags: Flowers, hiking, illinois river, serpentine, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Along Redwood Creek, Redwoods N.P., California, 8/2014.
Introduced to this continent from Europe, so that its roots could be used as a coffee substitute. (more…)
January 31, 2015 | Categories: All Northwest, aster/composite, California, July, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, Non-native, purple/blue, roadsides/disturbed areas | Tags: flower, Redwoods National Park, Wildflowers | 2 Comments
Bluff Lake Trail, Yakama Nation, Mt. Adams , WA, 8/2013.
We’ve been hiking on Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and in the Gorge the last few weeks and have been seeing these everywhere, usually in large bunches. We’ve seen them on roadsides, trail sides and lower-elevation meadows.
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August 16, 2013 | Categories: Alberta, All Northwest, Alpine, aster/composite, August, California, Coastal, dry open woods, grasslands/prarie, July, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, State, Washington, white | Tags: flower, Mt. Adams, Mt. Hood, Wildflowers | 2 Comments
Marble Mountains, CA. 6/2005.
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April 2, 2011 | Categories: April, August, California, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, edible, heath, July, June, Low Elevation, May, medicinal, pink, rocky slopes, September, Southern Oregon / Northern California | Tags: flower, Marble Mountains, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Marble Mountain, CA, 5/2011.
This high-elevation penstemon is distinguishable from Davidson’s Penstemon by its rosy color.
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April 2, 2011 | Categories: California, Cascades, figwort / lousewort, July, June, Mid Elevation, pink, rocky slopes, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest | Tags: flower, Marble Mountains, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Marble Mountains, CA. 8/2005.
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March 30, 2011 | Categories: April, California, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, June, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, orchid, purple/blue, shaded forests | Tags: flower, Marble Mountains, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Marble Mountains, CA. 8/2005.
Compare to Quil-leaved Lewisia.
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March 30, 2011 | Categories: California, Cascades, July, Mid Elevation, pink, purslane, rocky slopes | Tags: flower, Marble Mountains, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Silver Star Mountain, Columbia Gorge, WA, 6/2014.
There’s no mistaking the unique sculptural Columbine for any other mountain flower. It’s a good day when you find these elegant beauties gracing a trail en mass. (more…)
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March 30, 2011 | Categories: All Northwest, alpine/subalpine meadow, buttercup, California, July, June, Mid Elevation, orange/red, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California | Tags: flower, Marble Mountains, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Marble Mountain, CA, 5/2011.
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