I was a little surprised to find this Valeriana sitchensis (most commonly called Sitka valerian, though some books call it mountain valerian…
So, I have to be honest here- I’m pretty darn sure these photos show only Phlox diffusa (spreading phlox), but I’m not…
The first time I noticed this plant was last fall when I was looking for Pinus albicaulis (White-bark Pine), and I…
I had no idea what this unprepossesing plant was when I first found it on the trip to Mt. Hood…
Hypericum anagalloides is one of the plants I found on the margins of the bog that I talk about in the…
These delightful little flowers puzzled the heck out of me when I found them growing along the margins of the…
While Apocynum androsaemifolium does attract insects from several different orders, it is as a nectar plant for lepidoptera that it really shines.…
This native shrub has been eluding my observation for years, because I either just didn’t notice it because it wasn’t…
When in bloom this is the most readily identifiable hedge nettle in our region, because the flowers are much larger…
This extremely hairy, pretty, but non-native and invasive member of the family Boraginaceae, really confused me when I first encountered…