[Goldenweeds: The Genus Pyrrocoma in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington] [Pyrrocoma hirta]

Large Sticky Goldenweed

Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolius

formerly Haplopappus hirtus var. sonchifolius

Flower head of Large Sticky Goldenweed, Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolia (Synonym: Haplopappus hirtus) - Involucral bracts of Large Sticky Goldenweed, Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolia (Synonym: Haplopappus hirtus)

Close-ups of the flower head and hairy involucral bracts of large sticky goldenweed as seen in the Wenatchee National Forest........July 24, 2009.

Large Sticky Goldenweed, Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolia (Synonym: Haplopappus hirtus) - Large Sticky Goldenweed, Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolia (Synonym: Haplopappus hirtus)

Two examples of large sticky goldenweed as seen in the Wenatchee National Forest........July 24, 2009.

Large Sticky Goldenweed, Sticky Goldenweed, Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolia (Synonyms: Haplopappus hirtus, Haplopappus hirtus ssp. sonchifolius, Haplopapus hirtus var. sonchifolius, Pyrrocoma hirta) - Large Sticky Goldenweed, Sticky Goldenweed, Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolia (Synonyms: Haplopappus hirtus, Haplopappus hirtus ssp. sonchifolius, Haplopapus hirtus var. sonchifolius, Pyrrocoma hirta) - Large Sticky Goldenweed, Sticky Goldenweed, Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolia (Synonyms: Haplopappus hirtus, Haplopappus hirtus ssp. sonchifolius, Haplopapus hirtus var. sonchifolius, Pyrrocoma hirta)

Large sticky goldenweed blooming on Table Mountain, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.....July 12, 2024.

Basal leaves of Large Sticky Goldenweed, Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolia (Synonym: Haplopappus hirtus) - Flower buds of Large Sticky Goldenweed, Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolia (Synonym: Haplopappus hirtus)

The photo at left shows a close-up of the serrate leaves of large sticky goldenweed as seen along the Umatilla Rim Trail........June 24, 2007. Note the long hairs on both surfaces of the leaf blades. The photo aat right shows a close-up of the inflorescence of large sticky goldenweed as seen along the Umatilla Rim Trail........June 24, 2007. The inflorescence is not fully mature. Note the ray flowers and the large, somewhat spreading bracts as well as the numerous long, spreading hairs in the inflorescence.
Paul Slichter