Black-foot Groundsmoke, Racemed Groundsmoke, Racemose Groundsmoke: Gayophytum racemosum (Synonyms: Gayophytum caesium, Gayophytum helleri, Gayophytum racemosum var. caesium)

The photo above shows a close-up of the flower and upper stem leaves of racemed groundsmoke as seen atop the ridge dividing the Dairy and Cougar Creek drainages.........June 17, 2006. The petals are less than 1 mm long.

The photo above shows a close-up of the flower and stem leaves of racemed groundsmoke as seen atop the ridge dividing the Dairy and Cougar Creek drainages.........June 17, 2006. The plants of this species at this location tend to be less than 8 cm high.

The photo above and directly below shows racemed groundsmoke. Note how small the flowers are, and how the sepals begin to turn downward as the flowers open. Note also the mountain navarretia (Navarretia divaricata) at lower right in the photo above. Photographed at about 4100' on a rocky bald atop the ridge dividing the Dairy Creek and Cougar Creek drainages at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams........June 13, 2005. Note also how the leaves are much longer than the internodes.