[Members of the Sunflower Family in the Columbia River Gorge with Flower Heads like Dandylions]

Western Rattlesnakeroot, Western Rattlesnake-root, Western Rattlesnake Root, Western White Lettuce

Nabalus hastatus

Synonyms: Nabalus alatus, Prenanthes alata, Prenanthes lessingii

Flower head of Western Rattlesnakeroot, Western Rattlesnake-root, Western Rattlesnake Root, Western White Lettuce: Nabalus hastatus (Synonyms: Nabalus alatus, Prenanthes alata, Prenanthes lessingii) -- Flower head of Western Rattlesnakeroot, Western Rattlesnake-root, Western Rattlesnake Root, Western White Lettuce: Nabalus hastatus (Synonyms: Nabalus alatus, Prenanthes alata, Prenanthes lessingii)

Close-ups of the flower heads of western rattlesnake root as seen along the trail between Angels Rest and the Wahkeena Falls Trail...........August 20, 2009.

Western Rattlesnakeroot, Western Rattlesnake-root, Western Rattlesnake Root, Western White Lettuce: Nabalus hastatus (Synonyms: Nabalus alatus, Prenanthes alata, Prenanthes lessingii) - Western Rattlesnakeroot, Western Rattlesnake-root, Western Rattlesnake Root, Western White Lettuce: Nabalus hastatus (Synonyms: Nabalus alatus, Prenanthes alata, Prenanthes lessingii)

Western rattlesnake root as seen along the trail between Angels Rest and the Wahkeena Falls Trail.........August 20, 2009.

Involucral bracts of Western Rattlesnakeroot, Western Rattlesnake-root, Western Rattlesnake Root, Western White Lettuce: Nabalus hastatus (Synonyms: Nabalus alatus, Prenanthes alata, Prenanthes lessingii)

Involucral bracts of western rattlesnake root as seen along the trail between Angels Rest and the Wahkeena Falls Trail.........August 20, 2009.

Arrow-shaped leaf of Western Rattlesnakeroot, Western Rattlesnake-root, Western Rattlesnake Root, Western White Lettuce: Nabalus hastatus (Synonyms: Nabalus alatus, Prenanthes alata, Prenanthes lessingii) - Leaf of Western Rattlesnakeroot, Western Rattlesnake-root, Western Rattlesnake Root, Western White Lettuce: Nabalus hastatus (Synonyms: Nabalus alatus, Prenanthes alata, Prenanthes lessingii)

The arrow-shaped leaf of western rattlesnake root as seen along the trail between Angels Rest and the Wahkeena Falls Trail (photo at left).........May 18, 2009. The leaf at right was observed in forest high on Hardy Ridge, Beacon Rock State Park........April 20, 2015.
Paul Slichter