Wildflowers

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 Bleeding Heart Dicentra formosa Apr – Jul A shade-loving spring wildflower with fernlike leaves and drooping clusters of pink, heart-shaped flowers, found in moist forest and along streams. 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. Pacific Trillium Trillium ovatum Mar – Aug A spring wildflower of damp woods with three broad leaves and one white, three-petaled flower that turns pink to purple as it… Partridgefoot Luetkea pectinata Jul – Oct A mat-forming high-country plant with finely cut leaves and fluffy spikes of small white flowers where snow lingers late. Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea Jul – Oct A woolly white wildflower whose papery, pearl-white flower heads stay fresh-looking for weeks. Common in sunny openings through summer. Pinesap Monotropa hypopitys Jun – Sep A leafless yellow, pink or red wildflower with no chlorophyll that draws its food from fungi linked to forest trees. Pipsissewa Chimaphila umbellata May – Sep A small evergreen of shady conifer forests, with leathery, toothed leaves in whorls and small clusters of rose-pink flowers in summer. Purple Foxglove Digitalis purpurea May – Aug A tall introduced wildflower with spikes of spotted pink-purple bells along roadsides and forest edges. Every part of the plant is poisonous. Red Baneberry Actaea rubra Apr – Sep A leafy plant of moist, shady woods with fluffy white flower clusters in spring and shiny red or white berries later. Every… Scouler’s Corydalis Corydalis scouleri Apr – Jul A tall, lush wildflower of shady creeks and moist woods, with lacy leaves and spikes of long-spurred pink flowers. Sickletop Lousewort Pedicularis racemosa Jul – Sep A mountain forest wildflower with narrow toothed leaves and white to pink flowers shaped like curved beaks. Its roots tap into neighboring… Sitka Valerian Valeriana sitchensis Apr – Aug A tall subalpine wildflower with rounded clusters of sweet-scented white to pinkish flowers, common in moist mountain meadows in summer. Solomon’s Plume Maianthemum racemosum Apr – Sep A leafy, arching woodland plant topped in spring by a fluffy plume of tiny cream flowers that turn into speckled, then deep… Subalpine Mariposa Lily Calochortus subalpinus Jun – Aug A small, creamy white mariposa lily with hairy, fringed petals that grows only in the Cascades from Mt. Adams to the Three… Threeleaf Foamflower Tiarella trifoliata Jun – Oct A shade-loving forest wildflower with airy sprays of tiny white flowers held above clumps of three-part leaves. Twinflower Linnaea borealis May – Aug A trailing evergreen of the forest floor whose thin, forked stalks each hold a pair of nodding, pink, sweetly scented bells. Vanilla Leaf Achlys triphylla May – Oct A carpet-forming forest wildflower with one three-part leaf held flat like a small table and a fuzzy white flower spike. Dry leaves… Washington Lily Lilium washingtonianum Jun – Jul A tall mountain lily with large, fragrant white flowers that turn pink to purple with age. Named for Martha Washington, not the… Western Bunchberry Cornus unalaschkensis May – Sep A tiny dogwood of cool, moist forest floors, with four white bracts in early summer and a tight cluster of coral-red fruit… Western Columbine Aquilegia formosa May – Aug A nodding red and yellow wildflower with five straight red spurs, found in moist forest openings and mountain meadows from late spring… Western Rattlesnake Plantain Goodyera oblongifolia Apr – Oct A small evergreen orchid of the forest floor, easiest to spot by its dark green leaves with a white stripe down the… Western Skunk Cabbage Lysichiton americanus Apr – Sep One of the first flowers of spring in wet ground: a glowing yellow hood with a skunky smell, followed by giant leaves…