Wildflowers

Arctic Butterbur Petasites frigidus Mar – Sep An early bloomer of wet ditches and streambanks, with woolly flower stalks in spring and big hand-shaped leaves through summer. Arrowleaf Buckwheat Eriogonum compositum Apr – Jul A sturdy wild buckwheat of dry, rocky slopes, with big heads of tiny cream or pale yellow flowers and arrow-shaped leaves woolly… Avalanche Lily Erythronium montanum May – Aug A white lily of subalpine meadows and forest openings, with nodding flowers, swept-back petals and a yellow center. Blooms in summer. Broad-leaved Stonecrop Sedum spathulifolium Mar – Jul A low succulent that forms rosettes of fleshy, frosted leaves on rocks and cliffs, topped by flat clusters of starry yellow flowers. Candy Flower Claytonia sibirica Mar – Sep A small, fleshy wildflower of damp, shady ground with white to pink petals often lined in darker pink, like old-fashioned striped candy. Cascade Beardtongue Penstemon serrulatus Jun – Jul A summer wildflower with toothed leaves and tight whorls of deep blue to purple tubular flowers on moist slopes and streambanks. Checker Lily Fritillaria affinis Apr – May A spring lily with nodding, bell-shaped flowers checkered in purplish brown with green or yellow, growing in open woods and grassy openings. Columbia Desert Parsley Lomatium columbianum Mar – May An early spring wildflower with blue-green lacy leaves and pinkish purple flower clusters, found only around the Columbia River Gorge. Columbia Lily Lilium columbianum May – Jul A native lily with nodding orange flowers, spotted maroon and curled back like a turban, that blooms in meadows and forest openings… Columbian Windflower Anemonastrum deltoideum May – Jul A spring woodland flower: one clean white blossom with five petal-like sepals, held above a ring of three toothed leaves on a… Common Beargrass Xerophyllum tenax May – Aug Tough evergreen clumps that send up tall plumes of small cream flowers, lighting up open slopes and ridges in a good bloom… Common Woolly Sunflower Eriophyllum lanatum May – Aug A silvery, woolly-leaved wildflower covered in golden daisies, better known as Oregon sunshine, that brightens dry, rocky ground in summer. Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium Apr – Oct An aromatic wildflower with feathery leaves and flat-topped clusters of tiny white flower heads, found in sunny ground from trailheads to high… Cornflower Centaurea cyanus May – Jun A blue-flowered annual from the Mediterranean that now grows wild on roadsides, fields and other disturbed ground at low elevations. Fairy Slipper Calypso bulbosa Apr – Jun A small pink orchid of shady conifer forests, with one leaf and one slipper-shaped flower that blooms in spring. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium Jun – Sep A tall wildflower with spikes of rose-purple blooms, and one of the first plants to return after a forest fire. Fringe Cups Tellima grandiflora Apr – Jun A shade-loving wildflower with tall, slender spikes of small cup-shaped flowers whose petals are cut into fine fringes. Grasswidow Olsynium douglasii Feb – Apr A low iris relative with satiny reddish-purple flowers, one of the very first wildflowers to bloom on dry, open, rocky ground in… Harsh Paintbrush Castilleja hispida Apr – Jul A hairy paintbrush of grassy slopes and forest openings, with scarlet to orange or yellow bracts and lobed upper leaves. Herb Robert Geranium robertianum Jan, Mar – Nov A small pink-flowered geranium from Europe, listed as a noxious weed in Oregon, that spreads through shady forests and smells sharp when… Large-flowered Triteleia Triteleia grandiflora Apr – May A spring wildflower of dry, open ground with a loose cluster of pale blue to white, bell-shaped flowers on a bare, wiry… Lewis’ Monkeyflower Erythranthe lewisii Jul – Sep A tall, sticky-leaved wildflower with large rose-pink flowers marked with yellow, growing in bright patches along mountain streams in summer. Mount Hood Pussypaws Calyptridium umbellatum Jun – Aug A low mountain wildflower with a rosette of fleshy leaves and fuzzy pink-and-white flower heads that sprawl outward in a ring. Pacific Coralroot Corallorhiza mertensiana Jun – Aug A leafless reddish purple orchid of shady conifer forests that gets its nourishment through soil fungi instead of from sunlight.