Alpine Hawkweed, Low Alpine Hawkweed, Slender Hawkweed
Hieracium triste
Synonyms: Chlorocrepis tristis ssp. gracilis, Hieracium gracile, Hieracium gracile var. densifloccosum, Hieracium gracile var. detonsum, Hieracium gracile var. gracile, Hieracium triste ssp. gracile, Hieracium triste var. gracile
The photo above shows the hairy involucral
bracts of slender hawkweed as photographed on slopes above Horseshoe Meadows
at the southwest corner of Mt. Adams........July 27, 2006.
The photo above shows a close-up of the disk
flowers of slender hawkweed as photographed on slopes above Horseshoe Meadows
at the southwest corner of Mt. Adams......July 27, 2006.
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The photo at left shows slender hawkweed as photographed above the Timberline Trail along the north rim of White River Canyon, Mount Hood National Forest..........July 6, 2013. The photo at right shows slender hawkweed as seen along the trail to Lookout Mountain, Badger Creek Wilderness.........July 17, 2016.
The photo above shows the open inflorescence of slender hawkweed
as photographed on slopes above Horseshoe Meadows at the southwest corner of
Mt. Adams......July 27, 2006. Notice that the pedicels are much longer
than any of the flower heads.
The photo above shows a close-up of a basal
leaf of slender hawkweed as photographed along the climbers trail above Hellroaring
Overlook on Mt. Adams.......August 7, 2004.
The photo above shows slender hawkweed as photographed
about one-quarter mile below the terminus of the Crescent Glacier along the South Climb Trail of Mt. Adams.......August 23, 2008. The leaves in the foreground are probably aster leaves (leafy aster?).
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The photo above shows the discoid flower head and involucre of slender hawkweed as seen about one-quarter mile below the terminus of the Crescent Glacier along the South Climb Trail of Mt. Adams........August 23, 2008.
The photo above shows slender hawkweed as photographed
along the climbers trail above Hellroaring Overlook on Mt. Adams........August
7, 2004.
Paul Slichter