[Members of the Sunflower Family with Button-like Heads in Mt. Adams Country]

Pathfinder, Trail-plant

Adenocaulon bicolor

Inflorescence of Pathfinder, Trail-plant: Adenocaulon bicolor

The photo above shows a fuzzy view of the inflorescence of pathfinder as seen on the south-facing slopes below the DNR rock quarry atop the ridge that divides Cougar and Dairy Creeks at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams..........July 10, 2005.

Upper leaf surface of Pathfinder, Trail-plant: Adenocaulon bicolor

The photo above shows the glabrous upper surface of the basal leaf blades of pathfinder as seen on the south-facing slopes below the DNR rock quarry atop the ridge that divides Cougar and Dairy Creeks at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams..........July 10, 2005.

Lower leaf surface of Pathfinder, Trail-plant: Adenocaulon bicolor

The photo above shows the underside of a basal leaf blade of pathfinder as seen on the south-facing slopes below the DNR rock quarry atop the ridge that divides Cougar and Dairy Creeks at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.........July 10, 2005. The lower leaf surface is closely white-woolly.


Paul Slichter