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Now is a great time to visit Cone Peak! In particular, Cliff Larkspur <I>(Delphinium menziesii)</I> is nearly everywhere... very impressive display. <P> <B>Blooming in the forest</B>: Wood Strawberry <I>(Fragaria vesca)</I>, Vanilla Leaf <I>(Achlys triphylla)</I>, Columbia Windflower <I>(Anemone deltoidea)</I>, Red Baneberry <I>(Actaea rubra)</I>, Star-Flowered Solomon's-Seal <I>(Maianthemum stellatum)</I>, False Solomon's-Seal <I>(Maianthemum racemosa)</I>, Bunchberry <I>(Cornus unalaschkensis)</I>, Queen's Cup <I>(Clintonia uniflora)</I>, Candyflower <I>(Claytonia sibirica)</I>, Spotted Coral Root <I>(Corallorhiza maculata)</I>, Pacific Bleeding Heart <I>(Dicentra formosa)</I>, Red Columbine <I>(Aquilegia formosa)</I>, Hooker's Fairybell <I>(Disporum hookeri)</I>, Foamflower <I>(Tiarella cordifolia)</I>, Tall Bluebell <I>(Mertensia paniculata)</I>, Foamflower <I>(Tiarella trifoliata)</I>, Sitka Valerian <I>(Valeriana sitchensis)</I>, Great Polemonium <I>(Polemonium carneum)</I>, Cardwell's Penstemon <I>(Penstemon cardwellii)</I>, and Cliff Larkspur <I>(Delphinium menziesii)</I>. No Tiger Lily <I>(Lilium columbianum)</I> blooming yet.<P> <B>Blooming in the two small meadows</B>: Bluefield Gilia <I>(Gilia capitata)</I>, Cardwell's Penstemon <I>(Penstemon cardwellii)</I>, Cat's Ear <I>(Calochortus subalpinus)</I>, Cliff Larkspur <I>(Delphinium menziesii)</I>, Cream Stonecrop <I>(Sedum oregonense)</I>, Harsh Paintbrush <I>(Castilleja hispida)</I>, Monkey Flower <I>(Mimulus guttatus)</I>, Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary <I>(Collinsia parviflora)</I>, Small-Flowered Penstemon <I>(Penstemon procerus)</I>, Sticky Cinquefoil <I>(Potentilla glandulosa)</I>, Virgate Phacelia <I>(Phacelia heterophylla)</I>, Spreading Phlox <I>(Phlox diffusa)</I>, Sulphur Flower Buckwheat <I>(Eriogonum umbellatum </I>var. <I>umbellatum)</I>, Spring Gold <I>(Lomatium utriculatum)</I>, Western Serviceberry <I>(Amelanchier alnifolia)</I>, Naked Broomrape <I>(Orobanche uniflora)</I>, Pacific Waterleaf <I>(Hydrophyllum tenuipes)</I>, Mitrewort <I>(Mitella sp.)</I>, Big-Leaf Sandwort <I>(Moehringia macrophylla)</I>, and Western Wallflower <I>(Erysimum capitatum)</I>. <P> <B>Blooming in the big meadows</B>: lots more Cat's Ear, Cliff Larkspur, Harsh Paintbrush, Bluefield Gilia, Monkey Flower, Sulphur Flower Buckwheat, Serviceberry, Cinquefoil, along with Scalloped Onion <I>(Allium crenulatum)</I>, Giant Blue-Eyed Mary <I>(Collinsia parviflora)</I>, Meadow Death Camas <I>(Zigadenus venenosus)</I>, Field Chickweed <I>(Cerastium arvense)</I>, Oregon Sunshine <I>(Eriophyllum lanatum)</I>, Long-Stalked Clover <I>(Trifolium longipes)</I>, and Prairie Star <I>(Lithophragma parviflorum)</I>. No Broadleaf Lupine <I>(Lupinus latifolius)</I> in bloom yet. Western Trillium <I>(Trillium ovatum)</I> and Glacier Lily <I>(Erythronium grandiflorum)</I> still in bloom along the trail between Cone Peak and Iron Mountain.

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