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)](remotifolium/odontolepis/ondontolepis09-14-2018.jpg)
Mountain thistle as seen in meadows at the trailhead for the Bull of the Woods Trail #550, Mt. Hood National Forest..........September 14, 2018.
- ![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)](remotifolium/odontolepis/odontolepis09-16-2016a.jpg)
Plumed seeds of mountain thistle as seen in meadows atop Scott Mountain, Mount Washington Wilderness..........September 16, 2016.
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- ![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)](remotifolium/odontolepis/odontolepis08-03-2023c.jpg)
Mountain thistles growing along the Horsepasture Mountain Trail #3529, Willamette National Forest.....August 3, 2023.
- ![Involucral bracts 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)](remotifolium/odontolepis/odontolepis07-17-2023a.jpg)
Views of the involucral bracts and growth form of mountain thistles along the Cone Peak Trail #3408, Willamette National Forest......July 17, 2023.
Paul Slichter