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Local Wildflowers
Folder: Native Flora and Fauna
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
This clump of Arrowleaf Balsamroot was photographed in the woods near our home where it is found in abundance in the spring.
Balsamroot and Bee
These are some photos of a common but beautiful wildflower found all over the drier areas of the Pacific Northwest, the Arrowleaf Balsamroot. In the spring it covers the hillsides and brightens the forest understory. It was used both for food and medicine by the native Americans.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
In the Sunflower family, Arrowleaf Balsamroot is a common plant in the west and was an important plant for the native Americans.
Common Camas
These are the buds and a flower of Common Camas, a wildflower of the Pacific Northwest. They grow in wet areas near our home and often cover whole fields with a blue blanket in the spring.
Common Camas
These are the flowers of Common Camas, a wildflower that grows near our home.
Common Camas
Common Camas is a beautiful prairie wildflower of the Pacific Northwest but was an important food plant as well for native Americans. It's sweet bulbs could be roasted or steamed and eaten or ground into a powder and used as a sweetener or flour. These were photographed near our home where it grows in abundance.
Grass Widow
These are some of the first wildflowers to bloom in the spring here in Washington and we are eagerly awaiting the time when they do bloom. We had about eight inches of snow yesterday with more predicted for today and Sunday and we are more than ready for spring.
28 May 2022
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Large-flowered Brodiaea
Another spring wildflower from our area, this is the Large-flowered Brodiaea.
Yellow Bells
One of the first wildflowers to bloom in the spring, this is Fritillaria pudica, Yellow Bells. We have seen no signs of spring yet and are waiting eagerly the first wildflowers.
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