Near South Puyallup Camp, Mt. Rainier NP, WA, 7/2015
Also known as Yellow Willow herb.
August 15, 2015 | Categories: evening primrose/willowherb, marsh wetland/water's edge, Washington, white, yellow | Tags: flower, North Cascades National Park, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Park Creek Pass, North Cascades N.P., WA, 8/2012.
The petals’ resemblance to a bird’s beak which gives this flower its Latin and common name is easily seen in this close-up. (more…)
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March 10, 2014 | Categories: Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, August, Cascades, figwort / lousewort, July, Mid Elevation, pink, Unique to Northwest, Washington | Tags: flower, North Cascades National Park, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Near Easy Pass, North Cascades NP, WA 8/2012.
This uncommon (and uncommonly modest) lily has a nodding raceme of bells rising from grassy onion-like leaves. (more…)
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July 20, 2013 | Categories: Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, July, lily, Low Elevation, marsh wetland/water's edge, Mid Elevation, orange/red, raceme, shaded forests, Unique to Northwest | Tags: Easy Pass, flower, North Cascades National Park, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Lookout Mountain, OR, 7/2013.
Both the Latin and the common name come from the leaves. Pectinata means “comb-like,” and the birds whose feet they are compared to are really grouse, who were once called partridges by hunters, and who have feathery feet. (more…)
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July 16, 2013 | Categories: August, Cascades, Columbia Gorge West, July, Mid Elevation, rocky slopes, rose, Unique to Northwest, Washington, white, yellow | Tags: Columbia Gorge, flower, North Cascades National Park, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Fisher Creek Trail, North Cascades N.P. , WA, 8/2012.
Many urn-shaped flowers filled with seeds hang like pendants off a long raceme in this showy saprophyte (a name for plants that derive their nourishment from decaying plant material). (more…)
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July 2, 2013 | Categories: August, Cascades, Columbia Gorge West, dry open woods, heath, July, Mid Elevation, pink, raceme, saprophytic/mycotrophic, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Washington | Tags: flower, North Cascades National Park, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Five mile camp, North Cascades N.P., WA, 8/2012.
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November 2, 2012 | Categories: Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, August, Cascades, evening primrose/willowherb, July, marsh wetland/water's edge, medicinal, Mid Elevation, pink, purple/blue, Washington | Tags: flower, North Cascades National Park, river beauty, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Park Creek Pass, North Cascades N.P., WA, 8/2012.
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October 21, 2012 | Categories: All Northwest, Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, dry open woods, July, Mid Elevation, pink, rocky slopes, Washington, white | Tags: flower, North Cascades National Park, Wildflowers | 4 Comments
Fisher Creek trail, North Cascades N.P., WA, 8/2012.
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October 15, 2012 | Categories: All Northwest, July, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, raceme, saxifrage, shaded forests, Unique to Northwest, Washington, white | Tags: false mitrewort, fisher creek, flower, North Cascades National Park, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Upper Thunder Basin, North Cascades N.P., WA, 8/2012.
Also known as cascade azalea and mountain misery (due to the problems hikers have getting through the tangled, slippery branches).
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September 28, 2012 | Categories: Cascades, dry open woods, heath, July, Mid Elevation, Unique to Northwest, Washington, white | Tags: flower, North Cascades National Park, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Five Mile Camp, North Cascades N.P., 8/2012.
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September 21, 2012 | Categories: All Northwest, Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, August, dry open woods, edible, evening primrose/willowherb, July, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, pink, raceme, Washington | Tags: flower, North Cascades National Park, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
