A member of the carrot family, lomatium grows in dry, rocky areas. The flower forms an umbel (umbrella-shape) and can range in color from white to yellow to purple.

Camas grows in moist mountain meadows, wet prairies, and valley bottoms. In springtime, camas prairies bloom into a sea of blue-purple flowers.

Significant to many tribes, including the Spokane, the iconic bitterroot grows in sandy or gravelly soils.

A distinctive, long-lived member of the sunflower family, balsamroot inhabits the dry, well-drained slopes around Spokane.