Rayless Shaggy Fleabane “Erigeron aphanactis” Sunflower Family (Asteraceae) Perennial, plant 4-12″ tall, flowers yellow half inch buttons of disk flowers not surrounded by ray flowers. Early summer in dry hot areas in South Eastern Or.
Photo: Steen’s Mt 7/12/2006 © 2006 mkellar
Questionable Stropharia “Stropharia ambigua” (Psilocybe). Smooth cap slimy when moist & 1-5″ in diameter, 2-6″ tall, delicate white scales on stalks. Found under conifers, alders & other hardwoods. Spore prints dark purplish to black. “Tastes like old leaves”.
Photo: Rainier, Or. 10/23/2007 © 2007 mkellar
Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany “Cercocarpus ledifolius” Rose Family (Rosaceae). Perennial, small tree 10-30′ tall, evergreen leaves up to 1.5″ long with rolled edges, flowers are cuplike and greenish-white without petals, the seeds are attached to long white hairy styles. Blooms in early summer on rocky slopes in Eastern Or. & Wa.
Photo: Near Summer Lake north of Lakeview, Or. 7/19/2007 © 2007 mkellar
Bachelor’s Button “Centaurea cyanus” Sunflower Family (Asteraceae) Annual, plant 1-3′ tall, flowers blue, pink, purple or white and outer disk flowers are quite showy. Blooms all summer in meadows or disturbed area in grasslands in Western Or. & Wa. and Cascades and N.E. Or. & S.E. Wa. Non-native.
Photo: Catherine Creek near Lyle, Wa. 4/20/05 © 2005 mkellar
Spring Beauty “Claytonia lanceolata” Purslane Family (Portulacacea). Perennial, plant 1-3″ tall with edible bulb, leaves 2, flowers white or pink with deep pink veins. Blooms midspring in the mountains of Or. & Wa.
Photo: Cone Peak near Sweet Home, Or. 6/04/07 © 2007 mkellar
Small False Solomon’s Seal “Maianthemum stellatum” Lily Family (Liliaceae). Photo: Perennial, plant 1-2′ tall, flowers cream colored to white and star-like. Blooms in late spring in damp woodlands throughout Or. & Wa.
Photo: Saddle Mt. near Seaside, Or. 5/13/2005 © 2005 mkellar
Heal-all “Prunus vulgaris” Mint Family (Lamiaceae). Perennial, plant 4-18″ tall, flowers purple to violet arranged in a spike that blooms progressively from the base to the apex. Blooms in summer throughout Or. & Wa. We have two varieties, one native and the other a somewhat taller variety, from Europe.
Photo: Near Rainier, Or. 9/10/2008 © 2008 mkellar
Rock Penstemon “Penstemon rupicola” Snap Dragon Family (Scrophulariaceae). Perennial, plant 4-6″ tall, leaves blue-green with a whitish cast, flowers deep pink. Blooms June-July at mid to high elevations in the Cascade Mts of Or & Wa.
Photo: Cone Peak near Sweet Home, Or. 6/04/07 © 2007 mkellar
This is not a wild flower but it is a wild picture. This is an up close and personal photo of the intimate parts of a clematis flower. We normally just see the midpoint between the infinitely large and infinitely small.
Photo: Lake Oswego, Or 9/13/2008 © 2008 mkellar
Yellow and white flowered Mules Ears (Wyethia) as far as I could see.
Photo: Big Summit Prairie N.E. of Prineville, Or 6/17/2008 © 2008 mkellar