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Wildflowers in Oregon

What are wildflowers?

Wildflowers are also known as forbs, which is a term that refers to any herbaceous, flowering plant other than grasses. That includes the majority of small plants you’d find growing close to the ground!

What are some examples of wildflowers?

Here in Oregon, some examples of native wildflowers include stream violets, yellow glacier lilies, penstemons, columbines, miner’s lettuce, wood sorrel, false-lily-of-the-valleys, bleeding heart, and many more.

  • How to identify stream violets

    How to identify stream violets

    Roses are red, violets are…yellow? When you hear the word ‘violet,’ do you automatically think of a purple or blue flower? Most people do, but violets actually come in a wide variety of colors! What are stream violets? Oregon’s native stream violet (Viola glabella) is a bright, sunny yellow, and it’s one of our earliest…

    Read more →: How to identify stream violets

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