Packard's mentzelia
Mentzelia packardiae Glad (Loasaceae):
found in Leslie Gulch, Malheur County, Oregon;
in green rocky soil derived from the Succor Creek formation.
Drawing by Judith B. Glad
Smooth mentzelia
Mentzelia mollis Peck (Loasaceae):
found in southwestern Idaho and
southeastern Oregon, on tuffaceous ash
derived from the Succor Creek formation.
Thompson's mentzelia
Mentzelia thompsonii Glad (Loasaceae):
found on gray clay of high desert hills along the Utah-Colorado border.
No picture yet, but I'm looking for one.
Nelson's checkermallow
Sidalcea nelsoniana Piper (Malvaceae):
found in the Willamette Valley and Coast Range in Oregon and extending northward into the Puget Trough and Coast Range in Washington, growing in roadside ditches, abandoned fields and pastures, and the occasional ditchbank.
More botany and gardening links--
Herbarium, Oregon State University
Oregon State University Herbarium type Specimens
The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew
Butchart Gardens, near Victoria, B.C.
Bellingrath Gardens, near Mobile, Alabama
Here are two of my favorite nurseries. This is not an endorsement, but just an invitation to visit a couple of very nice web pages.
Joy Creek Nursery in Scappoose, OR, a feast for the senses.
Wally Hansen specializes in Northwest plants.
