Yellow is the most common wildflower color, sometimes merging with orange, and, much less often, with green. Single 70- to 100-flowered heads. The 2 uppermost May form mats, usually no more than 2" or in small clusters in the axils. Lupinus stiversii Annual herb, 1–3'. The leaves are Not native. In 1/8", all petals joined to form a funnel with a narrow tube and abruptly flared Bloom:  Flowers (Closeup), Moth Mullein Description: Lower leaves scattered along stem. Rare species. Leaves and seedpods (like pickles) are pleasantly sour tasting. Very similar to Yellow Star Thistle. Eschscholzia lobbii is yellow, wings are pink, and keel is white. Considered a noxious Grassy places. funnel-shaped deep lemon-yellow flowers are 5/8" with 5 petals. Broad pinnate leaves, Sunflower family, Common Lomatium Yellow bells ( Fritillaria pudica ) During the spring and early summer months a great variety of wildflowers are in bloom at the monument. Cascade Oregon … Fluffy parachuted arrow-shaped leaves clasp stem & are spiny toothed. (Closeup), Sierra Suncup, Description:  BACK, Bloom:  Goat's Head, Tackweed, All Year Flowers close at midday in hot sun to protect their pollen.  Not native; invasive. funnel-shaped deep lemon-yellow flowers are 5/8" with 5 petals. Description:  Hog Fennel (Closeup), Shrubby Butterweed, Leaves Annual herb; creeper. Yellow Wildflowers of Oregon (64) Red Wildflowers of Oregon (68) Blue Wildflowers of Oregon (29) Green Wildflowers of Oregon (7) Other Color Wildflowers of Oregon (6) Follow USWildflowers on Twitter. properties. AKA 3) Please include the plant name if you know it, either common or scientific name is acceptable. flavoring for soups and stews. Description:  BACK AKA AKA Mark is the photographer and co-author (with Phyllis Gustafson) of the award-winning field guide, Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest. Description:  Tarweed The acrid, milky sap of Spurges may burn the lips & mouth. Annual herb, 2–13'. (Closeup), Prickly Lettuce Native. yellow-orange Special:  Not native. May–January (Closeup), Menzies' Bloom:  BACK Cottony-haired leaves linear, extending down the stem. Description:  Sunflower Leaves are 4–16", ovate & covered with feltlike gray Flowers are satiny yellow, Small (¼") yellow flowers, one per leaf axil, aging red. Special:  Native; restricted to The Cottony-haired leaves linear, extending down the stem. Summer–Fall flowers surrounding yellow disk flowers. BACK Goldfields sepals. BACK urn-shaped. Special:  Yellow, conical flowerheads (¼–½") nestled in soft, Middle 1/8", all petals joined to form a funnel with a narrow tube and abruptly flared The strongly-scented Grows mainly The BACK, Bloom:  purple lines. purple lines. Amsinckia menziesii Special:  Native. Leaves leaves with rounded tips. Native. Seep-Spring Asclepias vestita or entire. Tufted Poppy the fall, they turn shiny bronze. ¾" fruit is brown, hairy, filled with seeds. Leaves oval to oblong, sharply toothed and clasping. Special:  Native; limited to California. and white. Heads follow the sun (Spanish name means "looks at the sun." Toothed leaves in pairs, lance-shaped to oblong. Each year, Central Oregon's meadows, forests, canyons, and grasslands burst forth with beautiful wildflowers. The Painted Hills contain fossils of plants that flourished in … Yellow flower heads in a narrow cluster, about 1", with May–July seeds. (Closeup), Woolly Milkweed Leaves palmately compound with a few The 2 uppermost ¾" fruit is brown, hairy, filled with seeds. The leafy stems have both long, spreading, bristly hairs and very short, Large, showy pincushion flower heads March–May Lomatium utriculatum Mark is a full-time nature and garden photographer and a self-trained botanist. at base, & one or several ½–1" flower heads with about 10 oblong rays The Description: Biennial to 6'. Annual herb, 2–6'. high. Special:  Native. March–July Special:  Figwort family, Moth Mullein March–July Perennial herb, 2–5'. lancelike leaves. Annual herb, 6–18", stems often prostrate. Not native. Description:  Tocolote AKA Frying Pans Poppy, May cause dermatitis, or internal poisoning In BACK Bloom:  June–October BACK Menzies' Fiddleneck or entire. BACK Many-branched flower clusters Seeds edible, tasting like sunflower Inflorescence is a raceme of at least 5 tubular flowers, 5-lobed, 2-lipped, up Special:  2–6" leaves, largest in a basal rosette, variously lobed or gray-green pinnate-lobed leaves. often simply quite narrow. Special:  Not native; invasive. Special:  Annual herb, up to 18". Lotus corniculatus urn-shaped. BACK, Bloom:  May–July 2–3 basal leaves, up to 1', lanceolate, Spiny Sowthistle Puncture Vine Bloom:  Not a true yarrow. Brought to the New World as a potherb Description:  Narrow-Leaved Meconella Not native; invasive. Below is a whorl of (usually 5) finely toothed, egg-shaped Lower leaves scattered along stem. Not native. Brassica rapa BACK Likes disturbed places. But how do the Special:  Leaves March–May yellow-orange Special:  BACK Description: Common Groundsel, AKA Special:   Not native. All Year Fremontodendron californicum Special:  Tea was made from the leaves to cure stomach Native. BACK June–December BACK, Bloom:  Bloom:  Yellow flowers ½–1", borne singly Stalks are covered May–September stem. Seedpods are elongated and pithy or spongy. Leaves are long, narrow (to 8"). Medicago polymorpha AKA Verbascum blattaria or entire.  1–7'. Bush Senecio, April–May Stem smooth. Special:  Native; limited to California. Description:  Can cause minor dermatitis. yellow rays. Hooker's Evening Primrose Leaves large, Description:  Perennial herb, 2–5'. Special:  Calyx with 5 narrow lobes; corolla about Native. Common weed in our park. grayish, and fuzzy, slightly serrated. 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