The balsamroot/lupine display should be at its peak during the next two weeks!
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Currently blooming: Arrow-leaf Balsamroot <I>(Balsamhoriza sagittata)</I>,
Columbia Gorge Lupine <I>(Lupinus latifolius </I>var.<I> thompsonianus)</I>,
Small-flowered Lupine <I>(Lupinus micranthus)</I>,
Stony Ground Lupine <I>(Lupinus saxosus)</I>,
Filaree* <I>(Erodium cicutarium)</I>,
False Agoseris <I>(Nothocalais troximoides)</I>,
Rigid Fiddleneck <I>(Amsinckia retrorsa)</I>,
Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary <I>(Collinsia parviflora)</I>,
Woolly-pod Milk-vetch <I>(Astragalus purshii)</I> (very nice patch next to the gate!),
Yakima Milk-vetch <I>(Astragalus reventiformis)</I>
Small-flowered Prairie Star <I>(Lithophragma parviflorum)</I>,
Smooth Prairie Star <I>Lithophragma glabra)</I>,
Bulblet Prairie Star <I>(Lithophragma bulbifera)</I>,
Western Buttercup <I>(Ranunculus occidentalis)</I>,
Poet's Shooting Star <I>(Dodecatheon poeticum)</I>,
Pungent Desert Parsley <I>(Lomatium grayi)</I>,
Bare-stem Desert Parsley <I>(Lomatium nudicaule)</I>,
Watson's Desert Parsley <I>(Lomatium watsonii)</I>,
Slender-fruited Desert Parsley <I>(Lomatium tridentatum </I>var. <I>triternatum)</I>,
Slender Popcorn Flower <I>(Plagiobothrys tenellus)</I>,
Spring Whitlow-grass <I>(Draba verna)</I>,
Baby Star <I>(Linanthus bicolor)</I>,
and White Plectritis <I>(Plectritis macrocera)</I>.
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As you climb higher along The Dalles Mountain Road, the following species are in bloom:
Bicolored Cluster Lily <I>(Brodiaea howellii)</I>,
Dagger Pod <I>(Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides)</I>,
Harsh Paintbrush <I>(Castilleja hispida)</I>,
Hood's Phlox <I>(Phlox hoodii)</I>,
Showy Phlox <I>(Phlox speciosa)</I>,
Midget Phlox <I>(Phlox gracilis)</I>,
Piper's Desert Parsley <I>(Lomatium piperi)</I>,
Upland Larkspur <I>(Delphinium nuttallianum)</I>,
Gold Stars <I>(Crocidium multicaule)</I> (near the summit),
Yellow Bells <I>(Fritillaria pudica)</I> (near the summit),
and a profusion of Glacier Lilies <I>(Erythronium grandiflorum)</I> in the oak trees near the summit.
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Oaks Toothwort <I>(Cardamine pulcherrima </I>var.<I> pulcherrima)</I> blooming and Ball-Head Waterleaf <I>(Hydrophyllum capitatum</I> var. <I>thompsonii)</I> about to bloom
under the oak trees below the gate.
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