April showers, spring flowers

Known commonly as Mule’s Ears and balsamroot, the bright yellow flowers turning the hills along the gorge yellow are made up of three related species. The blooms pictured above were photographed along Mill Creek Road. Columbia Hills State Park off Highway 14 just north of The Dalles, Seven Mill Hill Road west of The Dalles and Highway 30 between Mosier and Rowena Loops are some of the most accessible areas for wildflower viewing. Photo courtesy Flora Gibson

Known commonly as Mule’s Ears and balsamroot, the bright yellow flowers turning the hills along the gorge yellow are made up of three related species. The blooms pictured above were photographed along Mill Creek Road. Columbia Hills State Park off Highway 14 just north of The Dalles, Seven Mill Hill Road west of The Dalles and Highway 30 between Mosier and Rowena Loops are some of the most accessible areas for wildflower viewing.

Photo courtesy Flora Gibson