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The famed balsamroot display in the summit meadows is still a week or two away from peak bloom, but it looks a <B>lot</B> better than it did last year. <P>Flowers currently blooming at lower elevations (mostly in forested areas) include: Fork-Toothed Ookow <I>(Dichelostemma congestum)</I>, Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary <I>(Collinsia parviflora)</I>, Nine-leaf Desert Parsley <I>(Lomatium triternatum </I>var.<I> triternatum)</I>, Slender Popcorn Flower <I>(Plagiobothrys tenellus)</I>, White Western Groundsel <I>(Senecio integerrimus </I>var.<i> ochroleucus)</i>, Broad-Leaf Star Flower <I>(Trientalis latifolia)</I>, Spotted Coral Root <I>(Corallorhiza maculata)</I>, Inside-Out Flower <I>(Vancouveria hexandra)</I>, Thimbleberry <I>(Rubus parviflorus)</I>, Yarrow <I>(Achillea millefolium)</I>, patches of Columbia Gorge Lupine <I>(Lupinus latifolius </I>var.<I> thompsonianus)</I>, Hooker's Fairybell <I>(Disporum hookeri)</I>, Wild Strawberry <I>(Fragaria virginiana)</I>, Threadleaf Phacelia <I>(Phacelia linearis)</I>, Western Serviceberry <I>(Amelanchier alnifolia)</I>, Candyflower <I>(Claytonia sibirica)</I>, Miner's Lettuce <I>(Claytonia perfoliata)</I>, Star-Flowered Solomon's Seal <I>(Maianthemum stellatum)</I>, Western Wallflower <I>(Erysimum capitatum)</I>, Fairyslipper <I>(Calypso bulbosa)</I>, Chocolate Lily <I>(Fritillaria lanceolata)</I>, Ball-Head Waterleaf <I>(Hydrophyllum capitatum </i>var<i> thompsonii)</I>, Chickweed Monkey Flower <I>(Mimulus alsinoides)</I>, Broad-leaf Stonecrop <I>(Sedum spathulifolium)</I>, Red-flowering Currant <I>(Ribes sanguineum)</I>, and Columbia Windflower <I>(Anemone deltoidea)</I>. <P>Flowers blooming in the meadows: Northwest Balsamroot <I>(Balsamorhiza deltoidea)</I>, Rosy Plectritis <I>(Plectritis congesta)</I>, Harsh Paintbrush <I>(Castilleja hispida)</I>, Spring Gold <I>(Lomatium utriculatum)</I>, Columbia Gorge Lupine <I>(Lupinus latifolius </I>var.<I> thompsonianus)</I>. Upland Larkspur <I>(Delphinium nuttallianum)</I>, Spring Gold <I>(Lomatium utriculatum)</I>, Midget Phlox <I>(Phlox gracilis)</I>, Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary <I>(Collinsia parviflora)</I>, Catchfly <I>(Silene sp.)</I>, Naked Broomrape <I>(Orobanche uniflora)</I>, Prairie Star <I>(Lithophragma parviflorus)</I>, Spreading Phlox <I>(Phlox diffusa)</I>, more Desert Parsley and Wild Strawberry, and Western Buttercup <I>(Ranunculus occidentalis)</I>.


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