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Windflower

Also called: wood anemone, windflower, thimbleweed, and smell fox

Anemone nemorosa
Family: Ranunculaceae (buttercup or crowfoot family

Starflower
Broad-leaf Star Flower
Trientalis latifolia

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RED COLUMBINE
Sitka Columbine - Red Rained Flower
(Aquilegia formosa)

The name, columbine,
comes from the Latin word,
columbina,
meaning dove-like.

The name Aquilegia
comes from the Latin word aquil,
meaning eagle,
referring to the shape of the petals.

The name Formosa means beautiful

American Indians ate the early spring greens
as a vegetable after boiling them. They also treated the flowers like candy

Coolwort
Foamflower
Foam Flower
One-leaf Foamflower
Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

Geraniums
The Genus Geranium

List of different Geraniums

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1) Bicknell's Geranium:
Geranium bicknellii (Synonyms: Geranium bicknellii var. longipes,
Geranium carolinianum var. longipes, Geranium nemorale, Geranium nemorale var.
bicknellii) - Leaves 2-7 cm broad with the main divisions cut or cleft into
lanceolate or oblong segments. Petals rose-purple, less than 7mm long,
about equaling the sepals in length.

2) Carolina Geranium:
Geranium carolinianum (Synonyms: Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum,
Geranium carolinianum var. confertiflorum, Geranium carolinianum var. sphaerospermum,
Geranium sphaerospermum) - Leaf blades 2-7 cm broad,
5-9 parted with the primary divisions deeply divided into linear segments.
Flowers purple with each petal 7-11 mm long, hardly longer than the sepals.

3) Longstalk Cranesbill, Long-stalked Geranium,
Long-stalk Crane's-bill: Geranium columbinum - Flowers pink, five petalled, 7-11 mm wide.
Calyx glandular-pilose.

4) Cutleaf Geranium, Cut-leaf Crane's-bill, Cutleaf Geranium,
Cut-leaf Geranium: Geranium dissectum (Synonym: Geranium laxum) - Leaves 5-7 parted,
segments deeply cleft into usually curved sections.
Flowers are purple with petals less than 7 mm long.

5) Dovefoot Geranium, Dove's Foot Geranium: Geranium molle -
Small wildflower to 8 inches. Flowers small, pink, with notches at the tip of each petal.
Leaves simple-palmate. Pistil develops into a shorter, thicker, needle-like seed pod.

6) Small-flower Crane's-bill, Small-flowered Crane's-bill,
Small Geranium: Geranium pusillum -

7) Herb Robert, Robert Geranium, Stinky Bob: Geranium robertianum
- Wildflower to one foot tall. Leaves compound palmate, light green,
somewhat parsley-like but smaller. Leaves and stems lightly hairy.
Flowers pink, five petalled,the petals 5-11 mm long. Calyx glandular-pilose.

8) Rydberg's Geranium, Sticky Purple Geranium:
Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum (Synonyms: Geranium canum, Geranium nervosum,
Geranium strigosius, Geranium strigosum, Geranium viscosissimum ssp. nervosum,
Geranium viscosissimum var. nervosum)

9) Sticky Geranium, Sticky Purple Geranium:
Geranium viscosissimum var. viscosissimum (Synonym: Geranium attenuilobum) -
Its range comes close to the Columbia River Gorge with its appearance
in the mid-Klickitat River drainage.
It is unclear at this time how far down the Klickitat River this species comes.
Richardson's geranium (Geranium richardsonii) may also be found in this region.