Silver Crown Luina
Cacaliopsis nardosmia
formerly Luina nardosmia
The photo above shows silver crown luina as seen along the BZ-Glenwood Road in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.....................May 19, 2007.
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of silver crown luina as seen along the BZ-Glenwood Road.....................May 19, 2007.
The photo above shows the large, simple, palmately-veined
leaf of silver crown luina. Photographed at about 4150' on a ridgetop dividing
the Dairy Creek and Cougar Creek drainages on the southeast flanks of Mt. Adams..............May
22, 2005.
The photo above shows a close-up of the involucral bracts of silver crown luina........................May 19, 2007.
The photo above shows a close-up of the unopened
involucres of silver crown luina..................May 22, 2005.
The photo above shows silver crown luina preparing
to bloom at about 4150' on a ridgetop dividing the Dairy Creek and Cougar Creek
drainages on the southeast flanks of Mt. Adams..............May 22, 2005.
Paul Slichter