Seven of us, including three new hikers, ventured out last Friday to the Lower Rogue in search of wildflowers, and we were not disappointed! Lots of new ones to keep us busy - thank heaven Collette, Patricia and Kay were there to tease out identities. Great discussions abounded. With the recent rains and snows the heretofore first dry creek crossing was once again spurting away so we had to make our way down and around on the way out, but were able to gingerly cross against the cliff on the way back.

We were so consumed with wildflower identification that we hiked a whopping 1.7 miles round trip. With over 50 species identified, that's a lot of flowers per yard.

Arrowleaf wild buckwheat_Erigonum compositum
Blue camas_Camassia quamash with Red larkspur
Blue dicks, Popcorn flower, Sea blush, Common madia
Broadleaf stonecrop_Sedum spathulifolium
Common madia_Madia elegans
Common whipplea (Modesty)_Whipplea modesta (1)
Common whipplea (Modesty)_Whipplea modesta
Goldback fern_Pentagramma triangula (1)
Goldback fern_Pentagramma triangula
Howell's saxifrage_Micranthes howellii
Howell's Silverpuffs_Microseris howellii
Pink Larkspur!_a sport
Red larkspur_Delphinium nudicaule
Rosy plectritis post bloom
Rusty popcorn flower_Plagiobothyrus nothofulvus
Serpentine Phacelia_Phacelia corymbosa
Spring hillside
Variableleaf collomia_Collomia heterophyllaclear
Whitetop Clover_Trifollium variegatum

Lower Rogue 4-29-22

Photos by Kay