Wildflower List for The Cabin Area

The follwoing lists wildflowers located around the 'Escape cabins and along any of the hiking trails listed in Appendix II. The list is broken down by location and color, followed by time of year in bloom. Entries marked with an asterix (*) indicate those which Laura has identified; unmarked entries are those that should be in the area.

Wildflowers below Timberline:

White (or cream-colored, or champagne ivory or bleached poodle blonde):

Western Solomon's-seal (Lily; Smilacina stellata): mid-May to mid-June

*White Camas and Death Camas (Lily; Zygadenus elegans and Z. venenosus): late May to mid-Aug

Fairy Bells (Lily; Disporum trachycarpum): Late May to mid-June

Wild White Geranium (Geranium; Geranium richardsonii): Late May to early July

Rock Jasmine (Primrose; Androsace chamaejasme): mid-May to early July

Fairy Candelabra/Pygmy Flower (Primrose; Androsace septentrionales): Late April to early June

Mountain Sandwort (Pink; Arenaria spp.): Mid-may through July

*Saxifrages (Saxifrage; Saxifraga spp.): May to August

*One-flowered Wintergreen/Single Delight (Heath): Mid-July to early August

Grass-of-parnessus (Saxifrage; Parnassia spp.): July and August

Western Canada Violet (Violet; Viola canadensis): Late May to mid-July

*Bunchberry/Dwarf Dogwood (Dogwood; Cornus canadensis): June and July

Wild Strawberry (Rose; Fragaria virginiana): May to July

*Kinnikinnik/Bearberry (Heath; Arctostaphylos uva-ursi): May to August

*Twinflower (Honeysuckle; Linnaea borealis): July

*White Pussytoes/Small-flowered Everlasting (Composite; Antennaria microphylla): June and July

Coltsfoot (Composite; Prenanthes frigidus): May

Wild Sweat Pea/Vetchling (Pea; Lathyrus ochcoleucus): May to July

*Milk Vetch (Pea; Astragalus spp.): May and June

*White Clover (Pea; Trifolium repens): Late June to early August

Round-leaved Sundew (Sundew; Drosera rotundifolia): Late June to early August

*Bog Orchids (Orchid; Habenaria spp.): June and July

*Yarrow/Milfoil (Composite; Achillea millefolium): June to September

*Cow Parsnip (Carrot; Heracleum lanatum): June to August

*Fleabane (Composite; Erigeron spp.): April to August

Western Willow Aster (Composite; Aster hesperius): July and August

 

Greenish

*Meadow-rue (Buttercup; Thalictrum spp.): June and July

Peppergrass (Mustard; Lepidium densiflorum): June to August

Wild Sarsaparilla (Ginseng; Aralia nudicaulis): June

Twisted Stalk (Lily; Streptopus amplexifolius): May and June

False Hellebore (Lily; Veratrum viride): July and August

Stinging Nettle (Nettle; Urtica dioica): July

 

Yellow or Orange

*Western Wood Lily (Lily; Lilium philadelphicum): Mid-June to mid-July

Yellow Lady's-Slipper/Moccasin Flower (Orchid; Cypripedium calceolus): Mid-June to early July

*Dandelion (Composite; Taraxacum officinale): April to October

Hawkweed (Composite; Hieracium spp.): July and August

Arnica (Composite; Arnica spp.): Mid-June to September

*Wild Gaillardia/Brown-eyed Susan (Composite; Gaillardia aristata): July to September

*Potentilla/Cinquefoil (Rose; Potentilla spp.): May to September

*Buttercup (Buttercup; Ranunculus spp.): May to September

Yellow Avens (Rose; Gerum aleppicum): June to August

*Yellow Columbine (Buttercup; Aquilegia flavenscens): June

Purslane (Purslane; Portulaca oleracea): July

*Yellow Dryas/Yellow Mountain Avens (Rose; Dryas dummondii): Mid-June to early July

Stonecrop/Sedum (Orpine; Sedum stenopetalum): June

Yellow Alumroot (Saxifrage; Heuchera cylindrica): July to mid-August

Draba/Whitlow Grass (Mustard; Draba spp.): May to August

Flexweed (Mustard; Descurania sophia): June and July

Ragwort/Groundsel (Composite; Senecia spp.): June to August

Mountain Goldenrod (Composite; Solidago spathulata): August

*Early Yellow Locoweed (Pea; Oxytropsis sericea): May and June

*Yellow Sweet Clover (Pea; Melilotus officinalis): Mid-July to September

*Yellow Paintbrush (Figwort; Castille ja lutescens): June and July

Western Lousiewort (Figwort; Pedicularis bracteosa): July and August

Butter-and-Eggs/Yellow Toadflax (Figwort; Linaria vulgaris and L. dalmatica): late June through July

Umbrella Plant/Sulphur Plant/Wild Buckwheat (Buckweat; Eriogonum spp.): June to August

 

Red or Pink

*Red Paintbrush (Figwort; Castilla ja spp.): June to September

*Pale Sweetvetch/Pale Hedysarum (Pea; Hedysarum alpinum): July

*Red Clover (Pea; Trifolium pratense): Mid-June to early August

*Mountain Cranberry/Cow-berry (Heath: Vaccinium vitis-idaea): June

Grouseberry (Heath; Vaccinium scoparium): June and July

*Pink Pussytoes/Rosy Everlasting (Composite; Antemnaria rosea): June to August

Old-Man's Wishers/Prairie Smoke (Rose; Gerum triflorum): June

Common Pink Wintergreen (Heath; Pyrola asarifolia): July

Calypso Orchid/Fairy's Slipper/Venus's-Slipper (Orchid; Calypso bulbosa): June

*Small Bog Cranberry (Heath; Vaccinium oxycoccus); June

Swamp Laurel/Mountain Laurel (Heath; Kalmia polifolia): June and July

*Fireweed (Evening Primrose; Epilobium spp.): Mid-July to September

Dwarf Raspberry (Rose; Rubus arcticus): July

 

Blue or Purple

Pasque Flower/Prairie Crocus (Buttercup; Anemone patens): Late March to mid-May

*Blue Clematis (Buttercup; Clematis columbiana): May and June

Blue Camas (Lily; Camassia guamash): Mid- to late June

Wild Vetch/American Vetch (Pea; Vicia americana): June and July

*Sweetvetch/Mackenzie's Hedysarum (Pea; Hedysarum boreale): June

Showy Locoweed (Pea; Oxytropis splendens): Late June to mid-July

Wild Lupine (Pea; Lupinus spp.): July

Penstemon/Beard-Tongue (Figwort; Penstemon spp.): May to August

Bicknell's Geranium/Crane's Bill (Geranium; Geranium bicknellii): June to August

Rock Cress (Mustard; Arabis spp.): June and July

Speedwell/Veronica (Figwort; Veronica spp.): July to September

*Harebell/Bluebell (Harebell; Campanula rotundifolia): July to October

Wild Blue Flax (Flax; Linum lewisei): June and July

*Mertensia/Bluebells/Lungwort (Borage; Mertensia paniculata): Late June to mid-July

Early Blue Violet/Dog Violet (Violet; Viola adunca): Mid-May to early June

Butterwort (Bladderwort; Pinguicula vulgaris): June and July

Brook Lobelia (Bluebell; Lobelia kalmii): Mid-August to early September

*Northern Blue Columbine (Buttercup; Aguilegia brevistyla): June and July

*Tall Larkspur/Delphinium (Buttercup; Delphinium glaucum): Mid-July to mid-August

*Monkshood/Aconite (Buttercup; Aconitum delphini folium): July

Wild Mint (Mint; Mentha arvensis): July and August

*Aster (Composite; Aster spp.): July to October

Showy Fleabane (Composite; Erigeron peregrinus): July

*Gentians (Gentian; Gentiana spp.): June to September

 

Alpine Wildflowers

White

Alpine Anemone (Buttercup; Anemone parviflora): May to mid-August

Drummond's Anemone (Buttercup; Anemone drummondii): June

Alpine Gass-of-Parnassus (Saxifrage; Parnasia kotzebuei): July

White Dryas (Rose; Dryas integrifolia): July

Alpine Pyrola/Lesser Wintergreen (Heath; Pyrola minor): July

*Saxifrage (Saxifrage; Saxifraga spp.): June to August

Alpine Fleabane and Woolly Fleabane (Composite; Erigeron pallens and E. Lanatus): July and Aug

Meadow Spirea/Patridge-Foot (Rose; Luetkea pectinata): August

Bistort (Buckwheat; Polygonum viviparum): Late July to early August

Alpine Everlasting (Composite; Antennaria alpina): July

Alpine Coltsfoot (Composite; Petasites frigidus): July

White Heather (Heath; Cassiope tetrazona and C. mertensiana): Late June to early August

 

Yellowish Green, Reddish Green and Odd Colors

Green Heather/Yellow Heather (Heath; Phyllodoce glanduliflora): June and July

Longstem Greencaps/Alpine Wormwood (Composite; Artemisia norvegica): August

*Bladder Campion/Chinese Lantern (Pink; Lychnis apetala): June and July

Mountain Sorrel (Buckwheat; Oxyria digyma): July

 

Yellow or Orange

*Alpine Potentilla/Cinquefoil (Rose; Potentilla nivea): June to mid-July

*Alpine Buttercup/Snow Buttercup (Buttercup; Ranunculus escholtzii): June and July

*Alpine Dandelion (Composite; Taraxacum spp.): June to September

Alpine Hawksbeard (Composite; Crepis nana): August

Lyall's Goldenweed/Lyall's Iron-Plant (Composite; Haplopappus lyallii): July and August

Sibbaldia (Rose; Sibbaldia procumbens): June

Head-Shaped Louisewort (Figwort; Pedicularis capitata): July and August

Alpine Early Yellow Locoweed (Pea; Oxytropis sericea): July

*Alpine Yellow Paintbrush (Figwort; Castille ja occidentalis): July

Alpine Goldenrod (Composite; Solidago multiradiata): August

 

Red or Pink

*Moss Campion (Pink; Silene acaulis): Mid-June to early August

Alpine Louisewort (Figwort; Pedicularis arctica): July

Rose-Root (Sedum; Sedum roseum): June and July

Pink Heather (Heath; Phyllodoce empetriformis): July and August

Alpine Laurel (Heath; Kalmia microphylla): Late July to early August

 

Blue or Purple

*Alpine Forget-Me-Not (Borage; Myosotis alpestris): July

Alpine Speedwell/Alpine Veronica (Figwort; Veronica wormskjoldii): July

Alpine Rock Cress (Mustard; Arabis lyalli and A. lemmonii): June and July

*Alpine Harebell (Bluebell; Campanula lasiocarpa): July and August

*Purple Saxifrage (Saxifrage; Saxifraga oppositifolia): Mid-July

Alpine Purple Wallflower (Mustard; Erysimum pallasii): July

Lapland Rosebay (Heath; Rhododendron lapponicum): July and August

Telesonix (Saxifrage; Telesonix heucheriformis): July

*Alpine Columbine (Buttercup; Aquilegia jonesii): June

Bladder Locoweed (Pea; Oxytropis podocarpa): July

Blue Bottle/Smooth Alpine Gentian (Gentian; Gentiana glauca); Mid-July to mid-August

*Alpine Milk-Vetch (Pea; Astragalus alpinus): July

Moss Gentian (Gentian; Gentiana prostrata): July

*Scorpionweed/Silky Phacelia/Purple Bee Plant (Waterleaf; Phacelia sericea): Late May to mid-Aug

Saw Wort/Saussurea (Composite; Saussurea nuda): July and August

Crowberry (Heath; Empetrum nigrum): June

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