[The Buttercup Family East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

American Globeflower, Western Globeblower

Trollius laxus var. albiflorus

Synonyms: Trollius albiflorus, Trollius laxus ssp. albiflorus

American Globeflower, Western Globeblower: Trollius laxus var. albiflorus (Synonyms: Trollius albiflorus, Trollius laxus ssp. albiflorus)

Western globeflower growing along Wilson Creek just above FS Road 3521, Wenatchee National Forest.............July 8, 2012.

Close-up of a flower of American Globeflower, Western Globeblower: Trollius laxus var. albiflorus (Synonyms: Trollius albiflorus, Trollius laxus ssp. albiflorus) - American Globeflower, Western Globeblower: Trollius laxus var. albiflorus (Synonyms: Trollius albiflorus, Trollius laxus ssp. albiflorus) - Close-up side view of a flower of American Globeflower, Western Globeblower: Trollius laxus var. albiflorus (Synonyms: Trollius albiflorus, Trollius laxus ssp. albiflorus)

Additional views of western globeflower growing along Wilson Creek just above FS Road 3521, Wenatchee National Forest.............July 8, 2012. Note the leaves of large mountain bittercress (Cardamine cordifolia var. lyallii) at the base of the globeflower in the photo at center, immediately above.
Paul Slichter