Beautiful native wildflower with showy pinky-purple flowers. Prefers sun or partial shade, moderate moisture. Penstemon serrulatus Cascade Penstemon, Serrulate Penstemon
Rocky Mountain native Penstemon with red to purple flowers. Prefers dry to moist sites, and can tolerate partial shade. Penstemon strictus Rocky Mountain Penstemon
Rocky Mountain native Penstemon with spectacular reddish-purple flowers. Prefers sunny dry sites. Penstemon whippleanus Whipple’s Penstemon
Cream colored Queen Anne’s lace type flowers and the smell of caraway characterize this Native American plant food, settlers called wild carrot. Perideridia gairdneri Gairdner’s Yampah
Sparse foliage and delicate white umbels of small flowers are the hallmark of this traditional Native American food source. Perideridia oregana Oregon Yampah
Rhizomatous perennial 2-3’ tall, with large palmate leaves and white to pinkish flowers. Common in wet areas in low to mid elevation forests and openings. Petasites frigidus v. palmatus Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot
Common west coast perennial with fleshy linear leaves, found on seashores and salt marshes. An important food source for waterfowl, also edible for people. Plantago maritima v. juncoides Sea Plantain, Goose Tongue
Western North American native perennial with palmately compound leaves and yellow flowers. Found in moist meadows and clearings. Potentilla gracilis Graceful Cinquefoil
North American native low growing perennial with short rhizomes and purple to pink flowers. Has medicinal value. Prefers moist sites, sun or shade. Prunella vulgaris Self Heal
Native perennial to 4-6’, flowers in a black cone that attracts birds when seeds are mature. A medicinal plant. Rudbeckia occidentalis Western Cone Flower
Native rhizomatous perennial with edible leaves and maroon flowers loved by bees. Sanguisorba officinalis Great Burnet
A long stem of cup-shaped bicolored flowers of yellow and brown top the deep green saw edged foliage of this denizen of vernal wet meadows and streamsides. Found both sides of the Cascades. Scrophularia lanceolata Lance-leaved Figwort
North American native wetland perennial with spreading rhizomes and long clusters of small blue flowers. Scutellaria lateriflora Blue Skullcap
Deep green compact leaves of this West coast spreading stonecrop are offset by bright sprays of yellow flowers which attract butterflies. Sedum divergens Spreading Stonecrop
Compact stonecrop with football shaped leaves topped by bright yellow flowers late spring. Common along rocky balds along the coast. Sedum lanceolatum ssp. nesioticum Spearleaf Stonecrop
Deep green compact leaves of this West coast spreading stonecrop are offset by bright sprays of yellow flowers which attract butterflies. Sedum oreganum Oregon Stonecrop
Bluish green succulent foliage develops red highlights in the winter and bright yellow flowers which attract butterflies in the late spring. Sedum spathulifolium Broadleaf Stonecrop