Our goal Friday on the PCT to Little Hyatt Reservoir was to find the elegant, elusive Mountain Lady Slipper. Along the way we kept busy identifying lots and lots of summer wildflowers -- close to 50 species. Unfortunately, the recent hot weather took a toll on our lovely mountain lady and she was definately past her prime when we came upon her. However, the good news is there was enough rain this year so that, according to reports, a couple of weeks ago the clump was still blooming. Next year we will make sure to schedule this WW 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
Still it was a beautiful day and the ten of us had a great time trying to ID all the flowers, some very familiar, some not so much. (One little guy is still a mystery but we're working on it.). At the two-mile mark after a lunch stop we shared with a delightful young through-hiker, I headed back to my car that we had shuttled earlier while the rest of the group turned around and headed back through the forest and meadows, reviewing and identifying all the plants again, I am sure!
Respectfully submitted, Your Flower Floozy Liz
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List
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Alice_s fleabane_Erigeron aliceae
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Bach calico flower_Downingia bacigalupi
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Bachelor's button_Centaurea cyanus
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Badhip rose_Rosa gymnocarpa
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Bell catchfly_Silene campanulata
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Cinquefoil undetermined_Potentilla
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Common snowberry_Symphoricarpos albus
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Common yarrow_Achillea millefolium
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Deerbrush ceanothus_Ceanothus integerrimus
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Diamond clarkia_Clarkia rhomboidea
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Douglas's buckwheat_Erigonum douglasii
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Elegant or Crown brodiaea_Brodiaea elegans
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Few-flowered bog orchid_Plantanthera sparsiflora
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Forktooth Ookow_Dichelostemma comgestum
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Grand collomia_Collomia grandiflora
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IMG_9937 Rich's wildflower
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Meadow death camas_Zigadenus venenosus
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Mountain coyote mint_Monardella odoratissima
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Mountain Lady's Slipper_Cypripedium montanum
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Mountain Lady's Slipper2_Cypripedium montanum
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Mule's ears_Wyethia angustifolia
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Northern inside-out flower_Vancouveria hexahedra
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Ocean spray_Holodiscus discoler
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Orange honeysuckle_Lonicera celosia
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Oregon checkerbloom_Sidalcea oregana
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Oregon geranium_Geranium oreganum
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Oregon sunshine_Eriophyllum lanatum
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Phantom orchid_Cephalanthera austiniae (1)
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Prince's pine or Pipsissewa_Chimaphila umbellata
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Rough eyelashweed_Blepharipappus scaber
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Scouler's St. Johnswort_Hypericum scoulerii
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Sickletop lousewort_Pedicularis racemosa
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Siskiyou monardella_Monardella purpurea
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Slender or Showy cinquefoil_Cinquefoil gracilis
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Spotted coral-root_Corallorrhiza maculata
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Sulphur-flower buckwheat_Eriogonum umbellatum
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Thimbleberry_Rubus parviflorus
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To be determined
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Velvet Lupine_Lupinus leucophyllus
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Western morning glory_Calystegia occidentalis
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White hawkweed_Hieracium albiflorum (1)
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White hyacinth or Fools onion_Triteleia hyacinthina
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Whitesteam frasera_Frasera albicaulis
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Yellow salsify seedhead
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Yellow salsify_Tragopogon dubius
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