Pathfinder, Trailplant, 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.

These photos show the glabrous upper surface (left) and white-woolly underside (right) 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.

A close-up of the lower leaf surface of pathfinder as seen at left in open coniferous forest along the Green River Trail #213, Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.......September 4, 2019. The image at right shows the whitish underside of pathfinder plant as seen along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 uphill from the junction with the Cedar Creek Trail #149A, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......June 23, 2024.

The leaves of pathfinder observed at left along the Falls Creek Falls Trail #152, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.....May 27, 2025. The image at right shows pathfinder with mature fruits atop its long stems as seen along the Dry Creek Trail #194, Gifford Pinchot National Forest....September 27, 2025.