This will be the last update for wildflowers along the Lukens Lake Trail for the season. About 70 different species of plants were seen blooming, identified and recorded between early July and late August, with quite a number of Aster Family members (and some others) not included for lack of time to key them out. At this point, most of the flowers have gone to fruit (and many into the stomachs of animals fattening up for the winter). Here is a list of all recorded species:
Family Name | Scientific Name | Common Name |
Aster | Achillea millefolium | Yarrow |
Anaphalis margaritacea | Pearly Everlasting | |
Antennaria corymbosa (?) | Pussy Toes | |
Aster brewerii | Goldenaster | |
Aster occidentalis | Western Mountain Aster | |
Ericameria bloomeri | Ericameria | |
Hieracium albiflorum | White Hawkweed | |
Hieracium gracile | Subalpine Hawkweed | |
Raillardella scaposa | Raillardella | |
Senecio integerrimus | Single-stemmed Groundsel | |
Senecio scorzonella | Sierra Butterweed | |
Senecio triangularis | Arrowleafed Groundsel | |
Solidago canadensis | Meadow Goldenrod | |
Borage | Mertensia ciliata | Mountain Bluebells |
Buckwheat | Eriogonum nudum | Nude Buckwheat |
Polygonum bistortoides | Bistort | |
Buttercup | Aconitum columbianum | Monkshood |
Aquilegia formosa | Crimson Columbine | |
Caltha leptosepala | Marsh Marigold | |
Delphinium depauperatum | Small Larkspur | |
Delphinium glaucum | Giant Mountain Larkspur | |
Ranunculus alismifolius | Water Plantain Buttercup | |
Thalictrum fendleri | Fendler's Meadow-rue | |
Thalictrum sparsiflorum | Few-flowered Meadow-rue | |
Carrot | Heracleum lanatum | Cow-Parsnip |
Ligusticum grayi | Grays Lovage | |
Perideridia parishii | Parish's Yampah | |
Evening Primrose | Epilobium angustifolium | Fireweed |
Epilobium glaberrimum | Glaucus Willow Herb | |
Epilobium lactiflorum | White-flowered Willow Herb | |
Gayophytum sp. | Gayophytum | |
Gernanium | Geranium Richardsonii | Richardson's Gernaium |
Heath | Orthilia secunda | One-sided Wintergreen |
Honeysuckle | Sambucus racemosa | Red Elderberry |
Lily | Calochortus leichtilinii | Sub-alpine Mariposa Lily |
Lilium parvum | Alpine Lily | |
Triteleia ixioides | Golden Brodiaea (Pretty Face) | |
Veratrum californicum | False Hellebore (Corn Lily) | |
Mustard | Streptanthus tortuosus | Mountain Jewel Flower |
Orchid | Platanthera sparsiflora | Green Rein Orchid |
Pea | Astragalus bolanderi | Bolander's Locoweed |
Lupinus breweri | Brewer's Lupine | |
Lupinus Lepidus | Lyall's Lupine | |
Lupinus polyphyllus | Large-leaved Lupine | |
Trifolium monanthum | Carpet Clover | |
Phlox | Polemonium californicum | Jacob's Ldder (Low Polemonium) |
Pink | Silene bernardina | Mountain Campion |
Primrose | Dodecatheon jeffreyi | Jeffrey Shooting Star |
Pursiane | Calyptridium umbellatum | Pussy Paws |
Rose | Horkelia fusca | Dusky Horkelia |
Potentilla drummondii | Drummond's Cinquefoil | |
Potentilla gracilis | Slender Cinquefoil | |
Sibadia procumbens | Sibbaldia | |
Saint John's Wort | Hypericum anagalloides | Tinker's Penny |
Saxifrage | Mitella breweri | Bishop's Cap |
Snapdragon | Castilleja miniata | Great Red Indian Paintbrush |
Collinsia torreyi | Torrey's Blue-eyed Mary | |
Mimulus primuloides | Primrose Monkey Flower | |
Mimulus tilingii | Mountain Monkey Flower | |
Pedicularis attollens | Little Elephant's Head | |
Pedicularis groenlandica | Elephant's Head | |
Penstemon heterodoxus | Sierra Penstemon | |
Veronica wormskjoldii (?) | Alpine Speedwell | |
Violet | Viola adunca | Western Dog Violet |
Viola macloskeyi | Macloskey's Violet | |
Viola pinetorum | Pine Violet | |
Waterleaf | Nemophila | Nemophila |
Phacelia hastata | Timberline Phacelia | |
Phacelia sp. | Phacelia |