West Coast native wildflower with ovate leaves found in grassy meadows with well-drained soil. Cyclamen-like flowers are a beautiful magenta. Dodecatheon hendersonii Broad-leaved Shooting Star, Mosquito Bills
Easy to grow western native found from coastal balds and up into alpine meadows. Numerous fuschia-colored birds-beak flowers atop a crown of fleshy lance-shaped leaves. Prefers a moist to wet winter and spring followed by late summer drought, sunny or partially shaded sites. Dodecatheon pulchellum Darkthroat Shooting Star
North American prairie wildflower with showy purple flowers on 2-3’ stalks. Medicinal, good cut flower, also attracts butterflies. Prefers full sun. Echinacea purpurea Eastern Purple Cone Flower
Native rhizomatous horsetail, evergreen with unbranched stems. Equisetum hyemale Rough Horsetail, Scouringrush Horsetail
Showy western native low-growing perennial in sunny or partially sunny sites. Large lavender daisy flowers from late spring into the summer. Erigeron speciosus Showy Fleabane , Aspen Fleabane
Native ground-cover with shiny dark-green leaves, white flowers and edible berries. Spreads vigorously by stolons. Common along the coast, thrives in sunny conditions. Fragaria chiloensis Coastal Strawberry, Beach Strawberry
North American native perennial ground-cover, strongly stoloniferous, with white flowers and small edible berries. Good for shady areas. Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata Woodland Strawberry
Western native groundcover with white flowers and edible berries. Found in forest openings and meadows. Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala Virginia Strawberry
Native perennial with showy yellow and orange sunflower-like flowers, 1-2’ tall, in sunny moist to dry areas. Gaillardia aristata Blanket Flower
North American native perennial with short rhizomes and yellow flowers, reaching 3′ in height. Found in forests and open areas. Geum macrophyllum Largeleaf Avens, Yellow Avens
Robust native perennial of Pacific coastal areas with showy yellow flowers, 3-4’tall. Late season bloomer, salt spray tolerant. Grindelia integrifolia Coast Gumweed
North American native perennial with striking 6′ white-flowering culms, large leaves. Attracts beneficial insects and many insect-eating bird species. Heracleum maximum Cow Parsnip
An eastern Cascade alum root with heart-shaped leaves crowned by a bottle brush of numerous white cup-shaped flowers. Drought tolerant. Heuchera cylindrica Roundleaf Alumroot
Northwest native perennial with numerous sprays of tiny white flowers on stems to 2’ tall. Found along stream banks and in rock crevices. Heuchera micrantha Small Flowered Alumroot, Crevice Alumroot
Northwest native ground cover for shady, moist sites that can dry out in late summer. Fuzzy deciduous green leaves make a soft carpet for the forest floor, and lovely creamy flowers attract pollinators. Hydrophyllum tenuipes Pacific Waterleaf
Native iris with pale cream flowers tinged yellow with maroon veining on 8″ to 1’ stems. Found in open woodlands in western OR and CA. Iris chrysophylla Yellowleaf Iris
Native iris with pale pink to purple flowers on 1-2’ tall branched stems. Native in open grassy areas in Oregon south to California. Iris douglasiana Douglas Iris
Yellow flowered iris with maroon veining and narrow grass like foliage native to the Siskiyous of southern Oregon. Iris innominata Del Norte County Iris