[Prairie-dandelions: The Genus Nothocalais East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Alpine Lake Agoseris, Alpine Lake Prairie-dandelion, Smooth Mountain Dandelion

Nothocalais alpestris

Synonyms: Agoseris alpestris, Agoseris barbellulata, Microseris alpestris

Alpine Lake Agoseris, Alpine Lake Prairie-dandelion, Smooth Mountain Dandelion: Nothocalais alpestris (Synonyms: Agoseris alpestris, Agoseris barbellulata, Microseris alpestris)

The photo above shows smooth mountain dandelion as seen along the Round the Mountain Trail #9 to the west of Salt Creek, Mount Adams Wilderness............August 31, 1996.

Alpine Lake Agoseris, Alpine Lake Prairie-dandelion, Smooth Mountain Dandelion: Nothocalais alpestris (Synonyms: Agoseris alpestris, Agoseris barbellulata, Microseris alpestris)

Alpine lake agoseris as seen at Horseshoe Meadows at the southwestern corner of Mt. Adams, Mt. Adams Wilderness............July 27, 2006.

Alpine Lake Agoseris, Alpine Lake Prairie-dandelion, Smooth Mountain Dandelion: Nothocalais alpestris (Synonyms: Agoseris alpestris, Agoseris barbellulata, Microseris alpestris)

Note the broad, lanceolate involucral bracts. Photographed at Horseshoe Meadows at the southwestern corner of Mt. Adams, Mt. Adams Wildernes...........July 27, 2006.

Paul Slichter