[Members of the Sunflower Family with Button-like Flower Heads in the Cascade Mt. Range of Oregon and Washington]

False Silverback, Rainiera, Tongue-leaf Luina, Tongue-leaved Luina

Rainiera stricta

Synonym: Luina stricta

Flower head of Tongue-leaved Luina: Rainiera stricta - Involucral bracts of Tongue-leaved Luina: Rainiera stricta - Flower head of Tongue-leaved Luina: Rainiera stricta

These 3 photos show close-up sideviews of the discoid flower head of tongue-leaved luina as seen in open forest on Lookout Mt. in the Badger Creek Wilderness to the east of Mt. Hood.........August 2, 2008.

Tongue-leaf Luina, Tongue-leaved Luina, Rainiera: Rainiera stricta (Synonym: Luina stricta) - Mature fruits of Tongue-leaf Luina, Tongue-leaved Luina, Rainiera: Rainiera stricta (Synonym: Luina stricta)

Tongue-leaved luina as seen going to seed in open forest along the Fret Creek Trail #456A Badger Creek Wilderness to the east of Mt. Hood........September 26, 2021.

Tongue-leaved Luina: Rainiera stricta (formerly Luina stricta) - Basal leaves of False Silverback, Rainiera, Tongue-leaved Luina, Tongue-leaf Luina: Rainiera stricta (Synonym: Luina stricta)

The photo at left shows tongue-leaved luina as seen in open forest on Lookout Mt. in the Badger Creek Wilderness to the east of Mt. Hood..........August 2, 2008. The photo at right shows the budding inflorescences and basal leaves of tongue-leaved luina as seen along the Fifteenmile Creek Trail #456 near Fifteenmile Creek Forest Camp, Mt. Hood National Forest......June 27, 2023.

Seed heads of Tongue-leaf Luina, Tongue-leaved Luina, Rainiera: Rainiera stricta (Synonym: Luina stricta) - Plumed seeds of Tongue-leaf Luina, Tongue-leaved Luina, Rainiera: Rainiera stricta (Synonym: Luina stricta)

Maturing fruits and seed heads of tongue-leaved luina as seen at the base of boulder fields along the Boulder Lake Way Trail #463, Mt. Hood National Forest.........September 20, 2018.
Paul Slichter