[Thistles: The Genus Cirsium in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Mountain Thistle, Fringe-bract Thistle

Cirsium remotifolium var. odontolepis

Synonyms: Cirsium callilepis, Cirsium callilepis var. callilepis, Cirsium callilepis var. oregonense, Cirsium centaureae, Cirsium remotifolium ssp. oregonense, Cirsium remotifolium ssp. pseudocarlinoides

Mountain Thistle, Fringe-bract Thistle: Cirsium remotifolium var. odontolepis (Synonyms: Cirsium callilepis, Cirsium callilepis var. callilepis, Cirsium callilepis var. oregonense, Cirsium centaureae, Cirsium remotifolium ssp. oregonense, Cirsium remotifolium ssp. pseudocarlinoides)

Mountain thistle as seen in meadows at the trailhead for the Bull of the Woods Trail #550, Mt. Hood National Forest..........September 14, 2018.

Fruits of Mountain Thistle, Fringe-bract Thistle: Cirsium remotifolium var. odontolepis (Synonyms: Cirsium callilepis, Cirsium callilepis var. callilepis, Cirsium callilepis var. oregonense, Cirsium centaureae, Cirsium remotifolium ssp. oregonense, Cirsium remotifolium ssp. pseudocarlinoides) - Mountain Thistle, Fringe-bract Thistle: Cirsium remotifolium var. odontolepis (Synonyms: Cirsium callilepis, Cirsium callilepis var. callilepis, Cirsium callilepis var. oregonense, Cirsium centaureae, Cirsium remotifolium ssp. oregonense, Cirsium remotifolium ssp. pseudocarlinoides)

Plumed seeds of mountain thistle as seen in meadows atop Scott Mountain, Mount Washington Wilderness..........September 16, 2016.
Paul Slichter