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a drawing of yarrow, gilia, clarkia, prunella, and Oregon sunshine, black background
Native Wildflower Seed Mix
Native
Whole yarrow plant with feathery leaves and flat white flower tops
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Native
a bee on a lavender flower, flowers are arranged in an umbel on short stalks that emerge from a central core.
Tapertip Allium
Allium acuminatum
Native
Tall spire of smaller purple flowers with yellow and white stamen
Indigo Bush
Amorpha fruticosa
Invasive
curled flower with white hairs and orange petals
Menzies’ Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia
Native
The delicate, dusty pink starburst flowers of showy milkweed
Showy Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
Native
red paintbrush inflorescences rise above dusky rose sea blush
Giant Red Paintbrush
Castilleja miniata
Native
Meadow Knapweed Centaurea pratensis Purple flowers on long stems
Meadow Knapweed
Centaurea pratensis (aka Centaurea jacea x nigra, Centaurea debeauxii ssp. thuillieri)
Invasive
a patch of fireweed with spires of purple flowers that taper to a point atop green spears of small lance shaped leaves
Fireweed
Chamerion angustifolium
Native
pink flower with red stem and green leaves
Farewell to Spring
Clarkia amoena
Native
a cluster of purple flowers, each with 6 petals, atop a leafless stalk
Ookow
Dichelostemma congestum
Native
Oblong tapered leaf with serated edges
Cutleaf Teasel
Dipsacus laciniatus
Invasive
bluish green dissected foliage topped with yellow disk and ray flowers
Oregon Sunshine
Eriophyllum lanatum
Native
up close photo of bright orange flowers
California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Native
Cluster of small green and yellow flowers
Leafy Spurge
Euphorbia esula
Invasive
Roemer’s Fescue Festuca roemeri Grass showing seeds
Roemer’s Fescue
Festuca roemeri
Grass
Native
checkered yellow and brown/purple flowers nod downwards from gracefully curving stems.
Chocolate Lily
Fritillaria affinis
Native
bell shaped nodding flowers with 6 spotted yellow-green and purple-brown petals on stems that have whorls of 6 lance shaped leaves
Spotted Fritillary
Fritillaria atropurpurea
Native
a palmate leaf with toothed edge
Largeleaf Avens
Geum macrophyllum
Native
a small round blue flower called bluehead gillia
Globe Gilia
Gilia capitata
Native
Close up of several yellow 5 petaled flowers
St. Johnswort
Hypericum perforatum
Invasive
White petaled iris flowers with yellow throats and reddish brown veins.
Yellowleaf Iris
Iris chrysophylla
Native
a clump of irises with grass-like foliage and purple iris flowers
Oregon Iris
Iris tenax
Native
Single flower with white petals and yellow center
Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Invasive
the ornamemtal orange tiger lily flower with reddish brown freckles
Columbia Lily
Lilium columbianum
Native
purple and white characteristic pea family flowers
Streambank Lupine
Lupinus rivularis
Native
bright yellow flower with a magenta center
Showy Tarweed
Madia elegans
Native
close up photo of a yellow flower
Slender Tarweed
Madia gracilis
Native
a characteristic carrot family umbel of small white flowers with an orange and black butterfly visitor
Oregon Yampah
Perideridea oregana
Native
Small Plant with long slender smooth leaves and a stem with small yellow flower
Mouse-Ear Hawkweed
Pilosella officinarum
Invasive
five to six petalled yellow buttercup flowers
Western Buttercup
Ranunculus occidentalis
Native
a hanging flower
Straggly Gooseberry
Ribes divaricatum
Native
a cluster of many small blue fruits
Blue Elderberry
Sambucus caerulea
Native
Meadow Checkermallow Sidalcea campestris Green stalks with long petalled purplish flowers
Meadow Checkermallow
Sidalcea campestris
Native
deep pink magenta flowers along and atop stem.
Henderson’s Checkermallow
Sidalcea hendersonii
Native
A patch of blooming Nelson's checkermallow with rosy magenta racemes atop thin stems above dissected palmate leaves.
Nelson’s Checkermallow
Sidalcea nelsoniana
Native
three-lobed leaves add interest to the shady woodland garden.
Western Meadowrue
Thalictrum occidentale
Native
all yellow sunflower family disk and ray flower
Narrowleaf Mule Ears
Wyethia angustifolia
Native
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