Prairies

Plant Database
Whole yarrow plant with feathery leaves and flat white flower tops
Western Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
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
Tall spire of smaller purple flowers with yellow and white stamen
Indigo Bush
Amorpha fruticosa
curled flower with white hairs and orange petals
Menzies’ Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia
The delicate, dusty pink starburst flowers of showy milkweed
Showy Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
Meadow Knapweed Centaurea pratensis Purple flowers on long stems
Meadow Knapweed
Centaurea pratensis (aka Centaurea jacea x nigra, Centaurea debeauxii ssp. thuillieri)
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
a cluster of purple flowers, each with 6 petals, atop a leafless stalk
Ookow
Dichelostemma congestum
Oblong tapered leaf with serated edges
Cutleaf Teasel
Dipsacus laciniatus
bluish green dissected foliage topped with yellow disk and ray flowers
Oregon Sunshine
Eriophyllum lanatum
Three pink nodding flowers with mottled lance shaped basal leaves
Pink Fawn-Lily
Erythronium revolutum
up close photo of bright orange flowers
California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
checkered yellow and brown/purple flowers nod downwards from gracefully curving stems.
Chocolate Lily
Fritillaria affinis
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
sunflower family yellow flower with brown center
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia aristata
a palmate leaf with toothed edge
Largeleaf Avens
Geum macrophyllum
a small round blue flower called bluehead gillia
Globe Gilia
Gilia capitata
Close up of several yellow 5 petaled flowers
St. Johnswort
Hypericum perforatum
White petaled iris flowers with yellow throats and reddish brown veins.
Yellowleaf Iris
Iris chrysophylla
Single flower with white petals and yellow center
Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
the ornamemtal orange tiger lily flower with reddish brown freckles
Columbia Lily
Lilium columbianum
a characteristic carrot family umbel of small white flowers with an orange and black butterfly visitor
Oregon Yampah
Perideridea oregana
Small Plant with long slender smooth leaves and a stem with small yellow flower
Mouse-Ear Hawkweed
Pilosella officinarum
five to six petalled yellow buttercup flowers
Western Buttercup
Ranunculus occidentalis
a cluster of many small blue fruits
Blue Elderberry
Sambucus caerulea
three-lobed leaves add interest to the shady woodland garden.
Western Meadowrue
Thalictrum occidentale
all yellow sunflower family disk and ray flower
Narrowleaf Mule Ears
Wyethia angustifolia
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