We first stopped at a spot to try to find Calochortus coxii, a federally threatened lily, but the road was blocked with a gate. We walked along the road, but the mountain defeated us on the warm day. However, we saw lots of neat things along the way.
Clarkia amoena.
Brodiaea elegans, a lovely bulb. A new one for me.
Dichelostemma congesta, I think, a close relative of the Brodiaea.
Another relative, Triteleia ixiodes, I think. The Oregon Plant Atlas wants to call it T hendersonii, though.
The whole slope at one point was covered with Eriophyllum lanatum, Oregon sunshine.
In a bit of shade, Iris chrysophylla.
Collomia grandiflora. Very nice...
A woody shrub 5 to 6ft high. Looks like Vitex agnus-castus, but that's not native. ID anyone?
After we had given up the hunt, we drove back down through shaded woods to find some Lilium columbianum. I was hoping that Lilium pardalinum would be open, but no such luck.
A Mountain Quail tried to outrun the car.
Back at camp, some of the old favorites. Antennaria suffrutescens.
A pink Penstemon. The only one I've see in that area. ID?
To compare, the standard blue.
Senecio macounii.
One of the real reasons we visited during late June: Lilium bolanderi. I'd seen it a dozen times in seed or in bud, but never open. Beautiful.
Orange.
Red.
A look down the river near sunset.
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