[Members of the Sunflower Family East of the Cascade Mts. with all Ray Flowers]

The photo above shows a close-up of a flower head of wall-lettuce as seen at the trailhead for the Snipes Mt. Trail # on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams................October 14, 2005. The flower heads consist of 5 yellow ray flowers.

The photo above shows the inflorescence (roughly a panicle) of wall-lettuce.

The photo above shows a typicall lower stem leaf of wall-lettuce. The pinnatifid leaf has a broad leaf tip which is roughly triangular in outline with several smaller lower lobes and clasping leaf base. The central vein tends to be broadly winged below the tip.