Washington Flora Checklist
A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
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Washington Endemics
The following 36 taxa are endemic to Washington State (please note: This list is currently incomplete).
Family Taxon Common Names
Apiaceae Lomatium brandegeei (Coult. & Rose) J.F. Macbr. Brandegee's desert-parsley
Apiaceae Tauschia hooveri Mathias & Constance Hoover's umbrella-wort, Hoover's tauschia
Asteraceae Chaenactis thompsonii Cronquist Thompson's pincushion
Asteraceae Crepis modocensis Greene ssp. glareosa (Piper) Babc. & Stebbins
Asteraceae Erigeron basalticus Hoover basalt fleabane
Asteraceae Erigeron flettii G.N. Jones Olympic Mt. fleabane, Flett's fleabane
Asteraceae Erigeron peregrinus (Banks ex Pursh) Greene, var. thompsonii (S. F. Blake ex J. W. Thompson) Cronquist
Asteraceae Erigeron piperianus Cronquist Piper's fleabane
Asteraceae Erigeron poliospermus A. Gray var. cereus Cronquist Kittitas fleabane
Asteraceae Eucephalus glaucescens (A. Gray) Greene Klickitat aster
Asteraceae Rudbeckia alpicola Piper Washington, Wenatchee Mountain, or showy coneflower
Boraginaceae Cryptantha thompsonii I.M. Johnston Thompson's cryptantha, Thompson's cat's eye
Boraginaceae Hackelia diffusa (Lehm.) I.M. Johnston var. arida (Piper) R.L. Carr steppe stickseed, sagebrush stickseed
Boraginaceae Hackelia hispida (A. Gray) I.M. Johnston var. disjuncta R.L. Carr sagebrush stickseed
Boraginaceae Hackelia venusta (Piper) St. John showy stickseed, lesser showy stickseed
Brassicaceae Halimolobos whitedii (Piper) Rollins whited's halimolobos or fissurewort
Brassicaceae Lesquerella tuplashensis Rollins, K.A. Beck & F.E. Caplow white bluffs bladderpod
Brassicaceae Physaria alpestris Suksd. alpine or Washington twinpod
Chenopodiaceae Corispermum pallidum Mosyakin pale bugseed
Liliaceae Allium constrictum (Ownbey & Mingrone) P. M. Peterson, Annable & Rieseberg Grand Coulee onion
Liliaceae Allium scilloides Douglas ex S. Watson scilla-like onion, fragile onion
Liliaceae Calochortus lyallii Baker Lyall's mariposa-lily
Liliaceae Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene ssp. azurea (A. Heller) Gould prairie camas, blue camas
Orchidaceae Corallorhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf. var. ozettensis E. Tisch ozette coralroot
Orobanchaceae Castilleja cryptantha Pennell & G.N. Jones obscure paintbrush
Polemoniaceae Navarretia leucocephala Benth. ssp. diffusa Bjork diffuse navarretia
Polygonaceae Eriogonum codium Reveal, Caplow & K.A. Beck Umptanum buckwheat, basalt desert buckwheat
Polygonaceae Eriogonum compositum Dougl. ex Benth. var. lancifolium St. John & Warren northern buckwheat
Polygonaceae Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. hypoleium (Piper) C.L. Hitchc. sulfur flower
Ranunculaceae Clematis occidentalis (Hornem.) DC. var. dissecta (C.L. Hitchc.) J. Pringle Columbia clematis
Ranunculaceae Delphinium multiplex (Ewan) C.L. Hitchc. Kittitas larkspur
Ranunculaceae Delphinium viridescens Leib. Wenatchee larkspur
Ranunculaceae Delphinium xantholeucum Piper yellow-white larkspur
Scrophulariaceae Penstemon eriantherus Pursh var. whitedii (Piper) A. Nels. fuzzy-tongue penstemon
Scrophulariaceae Penstemon glandulosus Dougl. var. chelanensis (Keck) Cronq. sticky-stem penstemon
Scrophulariaceae Penstemon washingtonensis Keck Washington beardtongue


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