Slender Cudweed
Gnaphalium microcephalum
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower
heads of slender cudweed as seen along Washington Highway 14 at Horsethief Butte in the eastern Columbia River Gorge.......................October 7, 2006.
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of slender cudweed as seen along Washington Highway 14 at Horsethief Butte in the eastern Columbia River Gorge.......................October 7, 2006. 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 stem leaf of slender cudweed as seen along Washington Highway 14 at Horsethief Butte in the eastern Columbia River Gorge.......................October 7, 2006. Note the dense covering of apressed hairs on stem and leaves.
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