Yellow and Orange Wildflowers
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Where: East-side forest and shrub steppe
When: Spring to early summer
Size: 8-36 inches
Cape Jewelweed (Spotted Jewelweed, Spotted Touch-Me-Not)
Where: Bogs/wetlands, streambanks, meadow, west-side mountains
When: Summer
Size: 12-40 inches
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
Where: Disturbed ground, meadow
When: Late spring
Size: 12 inches
Desert Yellow Daisy (Lineleaf Fleabane)
Where: Meadow, shrub steppe
When: Spring and summer
Size: 2-12 inches
Gray's Desert Parsley (Gray's Biscuitroot, Pungent Desert Parsley)
Where: East-side forest, shrub steppe
When: Early spring
Size: 6-14 inches
Heartleaf Arnica
Where: Meadow, west and eastside forests, alpine, subalpine
When: Late spring, summer
Size: 6-12 inches
Hairy Balsamroot (Hooker's Balsamroot)
Where: Shrub steppe
When: Late spring
Size: 4-12 inches
Harsh Paintbrush
Where: Coastal, meadow, west and east-side forests
When: Late spring-early summer
Size: 2-24 inches
Modoc Hawksbeard
Where: Shrub-steppe
When: Late spring-early summer
Size: 4-15 inches
Mountain Rose (Tweedy's Lewisia)
Where: East-side forest, shrub-steppe
When: Early summer
Size: 4-8 inches
Oregon Grape
Where: Coastal, disturbed ground, west and east-side forests
When: Spring
Size: 1-4 feet
Prairie Violet
Where: Meadow, west and east-side forests
When: Spring
Size: 1-3 inches
Sagebrush Buttercup
Where: East-side forest, shrub-steppe
When: Spring
Size: Up to 2 inches
Skunk Cabbage
Where: Coastal, bog, wetland
When: Late spring-summer
Size: 1-4 feet
Photo credit: Jeff Rivera
Tall Silvercrown
Where: East-side forest
When: Late spring
Size: 18-40 inches
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 Gromwell (Columbia Puccoon)
Where: West and east-side forests, shrub steppe
When: Late spring-early summer
Size: 8-20 inches
Western Groundsel
Where: Meadow, west and east-side forests, alpine subalpine
When: Late spring-early summer
Size: 8-30 inches
Western Wallflower
Where: Meadows, west and east-side forests, shrub steppe
When: Summer
Size: 2-4 feet
White Small-Flowered Paintbrush
Where: Alpine, subalpine
When: Late spring-summer
Size: 4-12 inches
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