Deceptive Groundsmoke
Gayophytum decipiens
![Deceptive Groundsmoke: Gayophytum decipiens](decipiens/decipiens1b.jpg)
Deceptive groundsmoke as seen in rocky grasslands on Department of Natural Resources lands several miles northeast of Twisp, Washington..........June 10, 2011. Note the tiny flowers (barely longer than 1 mm), stem leaves longer than the internodes, pedicelled flowers, branching through out the plant.
![Flowers and stem leaf of Deceptive Groundsmoke: Gayophytum decipiens](decipiens/decipiens1a.jpg)
![Deceptive Groundsmoke: Gayophytum decipiens](decipiens/decipiens1c.jpg)
Additional close-ups of deceptive groundsmoke as seen in rocky grasslands on Department of Natural Resources lands several miles northeast of Twisp, Washington.........June 10, 2011.
Paul Slichter