A collection of flora from the pacific wonderland.

Posts tagged “Yakima River”

Round-Headed Buckwheat (Eriogonum sphaerocephalum)

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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: , , , , , | Leave a comment

Gairdner’s Penstemon (Penstemon gairdneri)

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Rattlesnake Dance Trail, Yakima Canyon, WA.  5/2017

We found these lovely, endemic penstemons on an impromptu hike just south of Ellensburg, WA, on our way back to Portland from Leavenworth this past spring. (more…)

August 28, 2017 | Categories: Columbia Gorge East, East of Cascades, figwort / lousewort, grasslands, grasslands/prarie, June, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, purple/blue, Unique to Northwest, Washington | Tags: , , , | 1 Comment