[False Asphodels: The Genus Triantha in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Western False Asphodel, Sticky Asphodel, Sticky Tofieldia, Shortstyle Tofieldia

Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla

Synonyms: Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. intermedia

Western False Asphodel, Sticky Asphodel, Sticky Tofieldia, Shortstyle Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla (Synonyms: Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. intermedia) - Ripening fruits of Western False Asphodel, Sticky Asphodel, Sticky Tofieldia, Shortstyle Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla (Synonyms: Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. intermedia)

The photo at left shows sticky tofieldia as seen in wetlands just downhill from the Round the Mountain Trail #9 next to one of the branches of Salt Creek in the Mt. Adams Wilderness..........August 24, 2008. The photo at right shows the ripening fruits of sticky tofieldia as seen along the shoreline of Junction Lake, Indian Heaven Wilderness......September 9, 2024.

Western False Asphodel, Sticky Asphodel, Sticky Tofieldia, Shortstyle Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla (Synonyms: Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. intermedia) - Inflorescence of Western False Asphodel, Sticky Asphodel, Sticky Tofieldia, Shortstyle Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla (Synonyms: Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. intermedia) -

Western False Asphodel, Sticky Asphodel, Sticky Tofieldia, Shortstyle Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla (Synonyms: Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. intermedia) - Western False Asphodel, Sticky Asphodel, Sticky Tofieldia, Shortstyle Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla (Synonyms: Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. intermedia)

Sticky tofieldia as seen on moist slopes severak hundred meters above South Fork Conrad Creek at the east foot of the massif making up the Goat Rocks, Goat Rocks Wilderness.........July 22, 2016.

Maturing seed pods of Western False Asphodel, Sticky Asphodel, Sticky Tofieldia, Shortstyle Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla (Synonyms: Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. intermedia) - Western False Asphodel, Sticky Asphodel, Sticky Tofieldia, Shortstyle Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla (Synonyms: Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. intermedia)

Brightly colored seed pods of western false asphodel as seen at left in a wet meadow west of the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 (north of White Pass) between Deer and Sand Lakes, Wenatchee National Forest..........August 27, 2014. The photo at right shows western false asphodel as seen beginning to bloom on moist slopes along upper South Fork Conrad Creek near a well-used north-south aligned trail between the two forks of Conrad Creek, Goat Rocks Wilderness.........July 24, 2016.

Flower of Western False Asphodel, Sticky Asphodel, Sticky Tofieldia, Shortstyle Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla (Synonyms: Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. intermedia) - Flowers of Western False Asphodel, Sticky Asphodel, Sticky Tofieldia, Shortstyle Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla (Synonyms: Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. intermedia)

The photo above shows a close-up of the flowers of tofieldia. Photographed at Swampy Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams.........August 11, 2008.

Seed ehads of Western False Asphodel, Sticky Asphodel, Sticky Tofieldia, Shortstyle Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla (Synonyms: Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. intermedia) - Seed heads of Western False Asphodel, Sticky Asphodel, Sticky Tofieldia, Shortstyle Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla (Synonyms: Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. absona, Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla, Tofieldia glutinosa var. intermedia)

Seed heads of western false asphodel as seen in moist meadows at Bonney Meadows, Mt. Hood National Forest..........September 20, 2018.



Paul Slichter