Wildflowers on Campus

Below is a list of our iNaturalist observations. Please feel free to join our UW Wildflowers project on iNaturalist to add your own observations! 

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This is a comprehensive list of forbs that have been found on or near the UW campus. Bear in mind that these observations catalog almost an entire decade, and alot can change in that time. Still, the list is very informative and if you take a look at the link embedded in the species name you will see that the USDA website has an immense amount of information on all these species.  

Species	USDA Symbol	Year(s)
Abronia fragrans (snowball sand verbena)	ABFR2	2011
Abronia latifolia (coastal sand verbena)	ABLA2	2008
Abronia mellifera (white sand verbena)	ABME	2010
Abronia umbellata (pink sand verbena)	ABUM2	2008
Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)	ACMI2	2009, 2003
Achlys triphylla (vanilla leaf; sweet after death)	ACTR	2011, 2005
Aconitum columbianum (Columbian monkshood)	ACCO4	2011, 2003
Actaea elata (tall bugbane)	ACEL4	2012
Actaea rubra (red baneberry)	ACRU2	2011
Adenocaulon bicolor (trail plant)		2006
Agastache urticifolia (nettleleaf giant hyssop)	AGUR	2007
Agoseris aurantiaca (orange agoseris)	AGAU2	2008
Agoseris grandiflora (big flower agoseris)		2006
Agoseris heterophylla (annual agoseris)		2006
Allium acuminatum (Hooker's onion)		2006
Allium cernuun (nodding onion)		2006
Allium dictuon (Blue Mountain onion)	ALDI3	2007
Allium validum (Pacific onion)	ALVA	2011
Amaranthus retroflexus (redroot amaranth)	AMRE	2009
Ambrosia chamissonis (silver burweed)		2005
Anaphalis margaritacea (western pearly everlasting)	ANMA	2007
Anemone deltoidea (Columbian windflower)	ANDE3	2010
Anemone drummondii ssp. drummondii (Drummond’s anemone)	ANDRD	2009
Anemone oregana (blue anemone)		2005
Anemopsis californica (yerba mansa)	ANCA10	2012
Angelica genuflexa (kneeling angelica)		2006
Antennaria lanata (woolly pussytoes)	ANLA3	2008
Antennaria microphylla (littleleaf pussytoes)	ANMI3	2012
Aquilegia formosa (columbine)	AQFO	2007, 2003
Arabis hirsuta (hairy rockcress)	ARHI	2012, 2003
Arabis microphylla (littleleaf rockcress)	ARMI	Sherie
Arenaria congesta (ballhead sandwort)	ARCO5	2010
Arenaria paludicola (marsh sandwort)	ARPA7	2011
Arnica latifolia (mountain arnica)		2005
Aruncus dioicus (goatsbeard)	ARDI8	2008, 2003
Asarum caudatum (British Columbia wildginger; wild ginger)	ASCA2	2010, 2004
Asclepias speciosa (showy milkweed)	ASSP	2008
Aster curtus (white-top aster)		2006
Astragalus arrectus (Palouse milkvetch)	ASAR7	2011
Astragalus australis (Indian milkvetch)	ASAU4
Balsamorhiza deltoidea (deltoid balsamroot)	BADE2	2007
Balsamorhiza sagittata (arrowleaf balsamroot)	BASA3	2011, 2003
Boschniakia hookeri (Vancouver groundcone)	BOHO	2009
Boykinia occidentalis (coastal brookfoam; slender Boykinia)	BOOC2	2008
Brodiaea coronaria ssp. coronaria (crown brodiaea)	BRCOC	2009
Calochortus nitidus (broadfruit mariposa lily)	CANI	2008
Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii (Howell’s marsh marigold)	CALEH2	2008
Caltha palustris var. palustris (yellow marsh marigold)	CAPAP6	2007
Calypso bulbosa (calypso orchid)	CABU	2010, 2003
Calystegia soldanella (Convolvulus soldanella) (seashore false bindweed)	CASO2	2008
Camassia leichtlinii (large camas)		2006
Camassia quamash (camas)	CAQU2	2007, 2003
Campanula piperi (Piper's bellflower)		2006
Campanula rotundifolia (bluebell bellflower)	CARO2	2007
Campanula scouleri (pale bellflower)	CASC	2008
Castilleja hispida (harsh Indian paintbrush)		2006
Castilleja levisecta (golden paintbrush)		2006
Castilleja miniata (red paintbrush)		2006
Castilleja parviflora (mountain Indian paintbrush)	CAPA26	2008
Cephalanthera austiniae (phantom orchid)	CEAU	2008
Cerastium arvense (field chickweed)	CEAR4	2009
Chamerion angustifolium (Epilobium angustifolium) (fireweed)	CHAN9	2009, 2003
Chamerion latifolium (Epilobium latifolium) (dwarf fireweed)	CHLA13	2008
Chlorogalum pomeridianum (wavyleaf soap plant)	CHPO	Sarah O-C
Cirsium edule (edible thistle)		2006
Clarkia amoena (farewell-to-spring)		2006
Claytonia lanceolata (lanceleaf springbeauty)	CLLA2	2010
Claytonia perfoliata (miner's lettuce)	CLPE	2008, 2004
Clinopodium douglasii (Satureja douglasii) (yerba buena)	CLDO2	Robyn
Clinopodium vulgare (wild basil)	CLVU	2011
Clintonia uniflora (queencup)		2006
Collinsia parviflora (maiden blue eyed Mary)	COPA3	2007
Collomia grandiflora (grand collomia)	COGR4	2010
Comarum palustre (Potentilla palustris) (purple marshlocks)	COPA28	2011
Coptis aspleniifolia (fernleaf goldthread)	COAS	2011
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata (summer coralroot)	COMAM7	2012
Cornus canadensis (bunchberry dogwood)	COCA13	2011, 2003
Crassula connata (sand pygmyweed)	CRCO34	2012
Cypripedium montanum (mountain lady’s slipper)	CYMO2	2008
Cypripedium parviflorum (lesser yellow lady’s slipper)	CYPA19	2009
Darlingtonia californica (California pitcherplant)	DACA5	2008
Delphinium glaucum (Sierra larkspur)
Delphinium menziesii (Menzies’ larkspur)	DEME
Delphinium nuttallianum (larkspur)		2004
Dicentra formosa (bleeding heart)		2006
Dichelostemma congestum (Brodiaea congesta) (ookow; harvest lily)	DICO19	2008
Dodecatheon hendersonii (broad-leaved shooting star)		2003
Dodecatheon poeticum (poet’s shootingstar)	DOPO	2008
Dodecatheon pulchellum (darkthroat shootingstar)	DOPU	2009
Downingia yina (Cascade calicoflower)	DOYI	2010
Draba aureola (Mt. Lassen draba)	DRAU2	2008
Drosera rotundifolia (roundleaf sundew)	DRRO	2008
Equisetum hyemale (scouringrush horsetail)	EQHY	2010
Equisetum laevigatum (smooth horsetail)	EQLA	2011
Equisetum telmateia (giant horsetail)	EQTE	2008
Erigeron compositus (cutleaf daisy)	ERCO4	2007
Eriogonum niveum (snow buckwheat)	ERNI2
Eriogonum ovalifolium (cushion buckwheat)	EROV	Sarah C
Eriogonum umbellatum (sulfur-flowered buckwheat)		2006
Eriophyllum lanatum (Oregon sunshine)		2006
Erythronium grandiflorum (yellow avalanche-lily)	ERGR9	2008
Erythronium montanum (white avalanche lily)		2005
Erythronium oregonum (giant white fawnlily)	EROR4	2008, 2003
Erythronium revolutum (mahogany fawnlily)	ERRE5	2012
Erysimum capitatum (sand dune wall flower)		2006
Eschscholzia californica (California poppy)	ESCA2	2011, 2005
Euthamia graminifolia (flat-top goldentop)	EUGR5	2010
Fragaria chiloensis (beach strawberry)		2006
Fragaria vesca (woodland strawberry)		2006
Fragaria virginiana (Virginia strawberry)	FRVI	2008, 2003
Fritillaria affinis var. affinis (Fritillaria lanceolata var. affinis) (checker lily)	FRAFA2	2009, 2003
Fritillaria camschatcensis (Kamchatka fritillary)	FRCA5	2011
Fritillaria pudica (yellow fritillary)	FRPU2	Ina
Gaillardia aristata (blanketflower)	GAAR	2012
Galeopsis tetrahit (brittlestem hempnettle)	GATE2	2011
Galium aparine (cleavers)		2005
Galium boreale (northern bedstraw)	GABO2	2007
Gentiana calycosa (mountain bog gentian)		2006
Gentiana platypetala (broadpetal gentian)	GEPL	2012
Geum macrophyllum (largeleaf avens)	GEMA4	2007
Gilia capitata (bluehead gilia)	GICA5	2011
Glehnia littoralis (American silvertop)	GLLI
Goodyera oblongifolia (western rattlesnake plantain)	GOOB2	2007
Grindelia integrifolia (Puget Sound gumweed)	GRIN	Sarah O-C
Grindelia stricta (Oregon gumweed)
Hackelia venusta (lesser showy stickseed)	HAVE4	2009
Hedysarum boreale (Utah sweetvetch)	HEBO	2011
Helenium autumnale (common sneezeweed)	HEAU	2011
Helianthus annuus (common sunflower)	HEAN3	Robyn
Helianthus grosseserratus (sawtooth sunflower)	HEGR4	2011
Heracleum maximum (common cowparsnip)	HEMA80	2007
Heuchera grossulariifolia (gooseberryleaf alumroot)	HEGR8	2011
Heuchera micrantha (crevice alumroot)	HEMI7	2010
Hieracium albiflorum (white hawkweed)		2003
Hieracium scouleri (Scouler’s woollyweed)	HISC2	2008
Hydrophyllum tenuipes (Pacific waterleaf)	HYTE	2011, 2003
Hypericum majus (large St. Johnswort)	HYMA2
Iliamna rivularis (streambank globemallow)		2005
Impatiens noli-tangere (western touch-me-not; jewelweed)	IMNO	2012, 2006
Ipomopsis aggregata (scarlet gilia)		2006
Iris missouriensis (Rocky Mountain iris)	IRMI	2007
Iris tenax (Oregon iris)		2006
Lathyrus japonicus (beach pea)	LAJA	2008
Lathyrus polyphyllus (leafy pea)	LAPO3
Leptosiphon bicolor (Linanthus bicolor) (true babystars)	LEBI8	Andrew
Lewisia rediviva (bitterroot)		2005
Lewisia tweedyi (Tweedy's lewisia)		2006
Lilium columbianum (Columbia lily)		2006
Linus lewisii (Lewis flax)	LILE3	Sarah C
Liparis loeselii (yellow widelip orchid; bog twayblade)	LILO	Ellen
Lithophragma parviflorum (smallflower woodland-star)	LIPA5	2010
Lithospermum ruderale (western stoneseed)	LIRU4	2010
Lloydia serotina (common alplily)	LLSE	2009
Lobelia dortmanna (Dortmann’s cardinalflower)	LODO
Lomatium cuspidatum (Wenatchee desertparsley)	LOCU2	Rob
Lomatium dissectum (fernleaf biscuitroot; fern-leaved lomatium)	LODI	2012, 2004
Lomatium grayi (Gray’s biscuitroot)	LOGR	Richard
Lomatium nudicaule (desert parsley)		2006
Lomatium triternatum (nineleaf biscuitroot)	LOTR2	2010
Lomatium utriculatum (hog fennel)		2003
Lupinus albicaulis (sicklekeel lupine)	LUAL3	2010
Lupinus arcticus (latifolia) (Arctic lupine)		2006
Lupinus argenteus (silvery lupine)	LUAR3	2009
Lupinus lepidus (Pacific lupine)	LULE2	2009, 2003
Lupinus leucophyllus (velvet lupine)	LULE3	2008
Lupinus littoralis (seashore lupine)		2006
Lupinus nootkatensis (Nootka lupine)		2006
Lupinus polyphyllus (bigleaf lupine)		2006
Lupinus rivularis (riverbank lupine)	LURI	2007
Lupinus sericeus (silky lupine)	LUSE4	2009, 2003
Lupinus sulphureus (sulphur lupine)	LUSU5	2009
Lysichiton americanum (skunk cabbage)	LYAM3	2007, 200

Maianthemum dilatatum (false lily-of-the-valley)	MADI	2007, 2003
Maianthemum racemosum (Smilacina racemosa) (feathery false lily of the valley)	MARA7	2007
Maianthemum stellatum (false Solomon's seal)		2006
Mentha arvensis (wild mint)	MEAR4	2007
Mentzelia laevicaulis (smoothstem blazingstar)	MELA2	Ina
Mertensia longiflora (small bluebells)	MELO4	2012
Microsteris gracilis (pink microsteris)		2006
Mimulus guttatus (monkeyflower)		2005
Mimulus lewisii (purple monkeyflower)	MILE2	2011
Monotropa uniflora (Indian pipe)		2006
Navarretia intertexta (needleleaf navarretia)	NAIN2	2011
Nuphar polysepalum (spatterdock)		2006
Nymphaea tetragona (pygmy waterlily)	NYTE	2009
Oenanthe sarmentosa (water parsley)		2004
Olsynium douglasii (Douglas’ grasswidow)	OLDO	2008
Opuntia polyacantha (plains pricklypear)	OPPO	2011
Oreostemma alpigenum (Aster alpigenus) (tundra aster)	ORAL4	2008
Orogenia linearifolia (Great Basin Indian potato)	ORLI	2009
Osmorhiza berteroi (Osmorhiza chilensis) (sweetcicely)	OSBE	2011, 2004
Oxalis oregana (redwood-sorrel)	OXOR	2011, 2004
Oxytropis campestris (field locoweed)	OXCA4	Ellen
Parnassia fimbriata (fringed grass of Parnassus)		2006
Pedicularis groenlandica (elephanthead lousewort)	PEGR2	2008, 2004
Pedicularis ornithorhyncha (ducksbill lousewort)	PEOR	2008
Penstemon cardwellii (Cardwell's penstemon)		2006
Penstemon davidsonii (Menzies penstemon)		2004
Penstemon richardsonii (cutleaf beardtongue)	PERI	2011
Penstemon serrulatus (serrulate penstemon)	PESE5	Cindy
Petasites frigidus (coltsfoot)		2004
Phlox diffusa (spreading phlox)	PHDI3	2008, 2003
Phlox longifolia (longleaf phlox)	PHLO2	Amelia
Platanthera dilatata (white bog orchid)		2006
Plectritis congesta (shortspur seablush)	PLCO4	2010
Pleuricospora fimbriolata (fringed pinesap)	PLFI2	2011
Polemonium pulcherrimum (Jacob’s-ladder)	POPU3	2012
Potamogeton amplifolius (largeleaf pondweed)	POAM5	2010
Potentilla anserina (Pacific silverweed)		2005
Potentilla arguta (tall cinquefoil)	POAR7	2010
Potentilla gracilis (slender cinquefoil)	POGR9	2007
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal)		2006
Pterospora andromedea (woodland pinedrops)	PTAN2	2007
Pyrola chlorantha (greenflowered wintergreen)	PYCH	2007
Ranunculus aquatilis (white water crowfoot)	RAAQ	2009
Ranunculus eschscholtzii (Eschscholtz’s buttercup)	RAES	2011
Ranunculus occidentalis (western buttercup)		2006
Ranunculus recurvatus (blisterwort)	RARE2	2010
Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia (Sedum integrifolium)(ledge stonecrop)
Rudbeckia hirta (blackeyed Susan)	RUHI2	2008
Sagittaria latifolia (broadleaf arrowhead; wapato)	SALA2	2010, 2003
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. gibbosa (purple pitcherplant)	SAPUG	2010
Saxifraga cespitosa (tufted saxifrage)		2006
Saxifraga oppositifolia (purple saxifrage)		2006
Scutelleria galericulata (marsh skullcap)	SCGA	2007
Sedum divergens (Pacific stonecrop)	SEDI	2008
Sedum lanceolatum (spearleaf stonecrop)	SELA	2008
Sedum oreganum (Oregon stonecrop)		2006
Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus (Columbia ragwort)	SEINE	2009
Senecio triangularis (arrowleaf ragwort)	SETR	2009
Sidalcea hendersonii (Henderson’s checkerbloom)	SIHE4	2011
Sidalcea malviflora (dwarf checkerbloom)	SIMA2	Cindy
Silene acaulis (moss campion)	SIAC	2011
Sisyrinchium californicum (golden blue-eyed grass)	SICA8	2008
Sisyrinchium idahoense var. macounii (Idaho blue-eye grass)		2006
Solanum americanum (American black nightshade)	SOAM	2010
Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod)		2006
Solidago multiradiata (Rocky Mountain goldenrod)	SOMU	2011
Solidago simplex ssp. simplex (Mt. Albert goldenrod)	SOSIS
Sphaeralcea munroana (Munro’s globemallow)	SPMU2	2012
Spiranthes romanzoffiana (hooded lady’s tresses)	SPRO	2011
Stachys cooleyae (hedge nettle)		2006
Stellaria longifolia (longleaf starwort)	STLO	2011
Stenanthium occidentale (western featherbells)	STOC	2009
Streptopus amplexifolius (claspleaf twistedstalk)	STAM2	2011
Symphyotrichum jessicae (Jessica’s aster)	SYJE	2007
Symphyotrichum spathulatum (western mountain aster)	SYSP	2008
Tellima grandiflora (bigflower tellima; fringecup)	TEGR2	2008, 2003
Thermopsis montana (mountain goldenbanner)	THMO6	2009
Tiarella trifoliata (foam flower)		2006
Tolmeia menziesii (piggyback plant)		2005
Trientalis latifolia (starflower)		2006
Trillium ovatum ssp. ovatum (trillium)	TROVO2	2003. 2007
Triodanis perfoliata (clasping Venus’ looking-glass)	TRPE4	2010
Triteleia grandiflora (largeflower triteleia)	TRGR9	2008
Triteleia hyacinthina (Hyacinth brodiaea)		2006
Urtica dioica (stinging nettle)		2004
Utricularia macrorhiza (common bladderwort)	UTMA	2009
Valeriana sitchensis (Sitka valerian)		2006
Vancouveria hexandra (inside-out flower)		2006
Veratrum viride (false hellebore)		2004
Vicia americana (American vetch)	VIAM	2011
Vicia nigricans ssp. gigantea (giant vetch)	VINIG	2012
Viola canadensis (Canadian white violet)	VICA4	2009
Viola glabella (yellow violet)	VIGL	2007, 2003
Viola sempervirens (evergreen violet)	VISE3	2010
Wolffia borealis (northern watermeal)	WOBO	2007
Wyethia amplexicaulis (mule-ears)	WYAM	2007
Xerophyllum tenax (common beargrass)	XETE	2008, 2003
Zigadenus elegans (mountain deathcamas)	ZIEL2	2010
Zigadenus venenosus (meadow deathcamas)	ZIVE	2008, 2003