Slender Cudweed, Northwestern Rabbit-tobacco
Pseudognaphalium thermale
Synonym: Gnaphalium canescens, Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Gnaphalium microcephalum, Gnaphalium microcephalum var. thermale, Gnaphalium thermale, Pseudognaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Pseudognaphalium microcephalum
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Slender cudweed observed in bloom along the Park Meadows Trail #4107 in the 2012 Pole Creek Burn west of Whychus Creek, Three Sisters Wilderness.......August 22, 2021.
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower
heads of slender cudweed as seen along forest road #23 at the Mt. Adams viewpoint
about one-half mile south of road #8810..........August 6, 2005.
The photo above shows the overall form of slender
cudweed as seen along forest road #23 at the Mt. Adams viewpoint about one-half
mile south of road #8810.........August 6, 2005. The inflorescence
of this species is much more open than that of the similar cotton-batting
plant (Gnaphalium chilense).
The photo above shows a close-up of the basal
leaves of slender cudweed as seen along forest road #23 at the Mt. Adams viewpoint
about one-half mile south of road #8810.........August 6, 2005.
Paul Slichter