Also blooming at lower elevations are: Midget Phlox (Microsteris gracilis); Bulbet Prairie Star (Lithophragma bulbifera); Bigroot (Marah oreganus); Columbia Desert Parsley (Lomatium columbianum; Pungent Desert Parsley (Lomatium grayi); Spring Whitlow-Grass (Draba Verna); Salt and Pepper (Lomatium piperi); Slender Popcorn Flower (Plagiobothrys tenellus); several patches of Great Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum grande); and Naked Broomrape (Orobanche uniflora)*.

As you enter the meadow, you will see copious amounts of Panicled Death Camas (Zigadenus paniculatus) beginning to bloom. Within the next several weeks it should blanket the meadow. There are also profuse amounts of Barestem Desert Parsley (Lomatium nudicaule) and Columbia Gorge Broadleaf Lupine (Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus), though neither of these has started blooming yet.

Blooming at higher elevations just below the ridgeline: Gold Stars (Crocidium multicaule); more Prairie Star (Lithophragma sp.) and Pungent Desert Parsley (Lomatium grayi); Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata); and what might be Carey`s Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza careyana) (I am not 100% certain about this ID).

Blooming along the ridgeline: Upland Larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum); Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis); Poet`s Shooting Star (Dodecatheon poeticum); more Ball-headed Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii) and Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora); Oaks Toothwort (Cardamine nuttallii var. nuttallii); Northwestern Saxifrage (Saxifraga integrifolia var. claytoniifolia); and a few remaining Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum). Though past peak, there are still many Grass Widows (Olsynium douglasii) blooming. Yellow Bells (Fritillaria pudica) are finished for the season.

*Watch for the tiny Orobanche uniflora on the left/uphill side of the trail after the wooden greeting sign and just before crossing several rocky sections. There is more blooming between those rocky sections. There is also more along the first section of trail heading eastbound from the middle of the meadow.

Also blooming at lower elevations are: Midget Phlox (Microsteris gracilis); Bulbet Prairie Star (Lithophragma bulbifera); Bigroot (Marah oreganus); Columbia Desert Parsley (Lomatium columbianum; Pungent Desert Parsley (Lomatium grayi); Spring Whitlow-Grass (Draba Verna); Salt and Pepper (Lomatium piperi); Slender Popcorn Flower (Plagiobothrys tenellus); several patches of Great Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum grande); and Naked Broomrape (Orobanche uniflora)*.

As you enter the meadow, you will see copious amounts of Panicled Death Camas (Zigadenus paniculatus) beginning to bloom. Within the next several weeks it should blanket the meadow. There are also profuse amounts of Barestem Desert Parsley (Lomatium nudicaule) and Columbia Gorge Broadleaf Lupine (Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus), though neither of these has started blooming yet.

Blooming at higher elevations just below the ridgeline: Gold Stars (Crocidium multicaule); more Prairie Star (Lithophragma sp.) and Pungent Desert Parsley (Lomatium grayi); Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata); and what might be Carey`s Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza careyana) (I am not 100% certain about this ID).

Blooming along the ridgeline: Upland Larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum); Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis); Poet`s Shooting Star (Dodecatheon poeticum); more Ball-headed Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii) and Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora); Oaks Toothwort (Cardamine nuttallii var. nuttallii); Northwestern Saxifrage (Saxifraga integrifolia var. claytoniifolia); and a few remaining Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum). Though past peak, there are still many Grass Widows (Olsynium douglasii) blooming. Yellow Bells (Fritillaria pudica) are finished for the season.

*Watch for the tiny Orobanche uniflora on the left/uphill side of the trail after the wooden greeting sign and just before crossing several rocky sections. There is more blooming between those rocky sections. There is also more along the first section of trail heading eastbound from the middle of the meadow.