[Combseeds: The Genera Gruvelia and Pectocarya in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Little Combseed, Little Pectocarya

Gruvelia pusilla

Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla

Fruits of Little Combseed, Little Gruvelia, Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla (Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla) - Little Combseed, Little Gruvelia, Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla (Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla) - Fruits of Little Combseed, Little Gruvelia, Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla (Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla)

Little combseed observed along the Weldon Wagon Road Trail, Klickitat County, WA......April 28, 2024.

Little Combseed, Little Gruvelia, Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla (Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla)

Little combseed as seen along the Klickitat Trail at Klickitat Springs, Klickitat Wildlife Area.......May 8, 2011.

Inflorescence of Little Combseed, Little Gruvelia, Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla (Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla) -Hooked fruits and sepals of Little Combseed, Little Pectocarya: Pectocarya pusilla -Sepals of Little Combseed, Little Gruvelia, Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla (Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla)

Developing fruits of Little Combseed, Little Gruvelia, Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla (Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla) - Little Combseed, Little Gruvelia, Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla (Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla) -

Additional close-up photos of little combseed as seen along the Klickitat Trail at Klickitat Springs, Klickitat Wildlife Area......May 8, 2011 The stems can be branched or unbranched.

Little Combseed, Little Gruvelia, Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla (Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla) - Little Combseed, Little Gruvelia, Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla (Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla)

Little combseed observed on balds in open oak woodlands above the Klickitat River north of Klickitat, WA......April 29, 2022.

Fruits of Little Combseed, Little Gruvelia, Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla (Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla) - Sepals of Little Combseed, Little Gruvelia, Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla (Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla)

Additional close-ups of the hooked hairs on the fruits and the sepals of little combseed as seen in oak forest along the west side of the Klickitat River about one mile south of Beeks Canyon, Klickitat Wildlife Area...........April 18, 2013.

Little Combseed, Little Gruvelia, Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla (Synonym: Pectocarya pusilla)

Little combseed as seen along the trail along the west rim of Major Creek from Tracy Hill to Minor Creek in the Catherine Creek recreational area, Columbia River Gorge..........April 8, 2014.

Paul Slichter