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Arrowleaf balsamroot wildflowers
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Yellow and Orange Wildflowers

Sauer Mountain Arrowleaf Balsam

Arrowleaf Balsamroot

Where: East-side forest and shrub steppe

When: Spring to early summer

Size: 8-36 inches

Cape Jewelweed

Cape Jewelweed (Spotted Jewelweed, Spotted Touch-Me-Not)

Where: Bogs/wetlands, streambanks, meadow, west-side mountains

When: Summer

Size: 12-40 inches

Columbia Lilly

Columbia Lily (Tiger Lily, Spotted Lily)

Where: Coastal, meadow, west and east-side forest, alpine and subalpine

When: Early summer

Size: 12 inches

Dalmation Toadflax

Dalmation Toadflax

Where: Disturbed ground, meadow

When: Late spring

Size: 12 inches

Desert Yellow Daisy

Desert Yellow Daisy (Lineleaf Fleabane)

Where: Meadow, shrub steppe

When: Spring and summer

Size: 2-12 inches

Gray's Desert Parsley

Gray's Desert Parsley (Gray's Biscuitroot, Pungent Desert Parsley)

Where: East-side forest, shrub steppe

When: Early spring

Size: 6-14 inches

Arnica

Heartleaf Arnica

Where: Meadow, west and eastside forests, alpine, subalpine

When: Late spring, summer

Size: 6-12 inches

Hairy Balsamroot

Hairy Balsamroot (Hooker's Balsamroot)

Where: Shrub steppe

When: Late spring

Size: 4-12 inches

Harsh Paintbrush

Harsh Paintbrush

Where: Coastal, meadow, west and east-side forests

When: Late spring-early summer

Size: 2-24 inches

Modoc Hawksbeard

Modoc Hawksbeard

Where: Shrub-steppe

When: Late spring-early summer

Size: 4-15 inches

Wildflowers

Mountain Rose (Tweedy's Lewisia)

Where: East-side forest, shrub-steppe

When: Early summer

Size: 4-8 inches

Wildflower

Oregon Grape

Where: Coastal, disturbed ground, west and east-side forests

When: Spring

Size: 1-4 feet

Prairie Violet

Prairie Violet 

Where: Meadow, west and east-side forests

When: Spring

Size: 1-3 inches

Wildflower

Sagebrush Buttercup

Where: East-side forest, shrub-steppe

When: Spring

Size: Up to 2 inches

Wildflowers

Skunk Cabbage

Where: Coastal, bog, wetland

When: Late spring-summer

Size: 1-4 feet 

Photo credit: Jeff Rivera

Wildflowers

Tall Silvercrown

Where: East-side forest

When: Late spring

Size: 18-40 inches

Wildflowers

Western Columbine (Red Columbine, Sitka Columbine)

Where: Coastal, meadow, west and east-side forests, alpine, subalpine

When: Spring and summer

Size: 8-48 inches

Western Stoneseed

Western Gromwell (Columbia Puccoon)

Where: West and east-side forests, shrub steppe

When: Late spring-early summer

Size: 8-20 inches

Western Groundsel

Western Groundsel 

Where: Meadow, west and east-side forests, alpine subalpine

When: Late spring-early summer

Size: 8-30 inches

Western Wallflower

Western Wallflower

Where: Meadows, west and east-side forests, shrub steppe

When: Summer

Size: 2-4 feet

Wildflowers

White Small-Flowered Paintbrush

Where: Alpine, subalpine

When: Late spring-summer

Size: 4-12 inches

Avalanche Lillies

Yellow Avalanche Lilly (Glacier Lilly)

Where: Alpine, subalpine

When: Early spring

Size: 6-12 inches

Yellow Bells 

Where: Meadow, east-side forest, shrub steppe, alpine, subalpine

When: Early spring

Size: 3-12 inches