gray-green thistle

July 16, 2020Forest Road 73, Wallowa-Whitman National ForestGrant County, Oregon

Coordinates: 44.82229,-118.41604 (click for map)
gray-green thistle (Cirsium cymosum var. canovirens) [Forest Road 73, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Grant County, Oregon]
Filename: 20200716-191741.jpg 2560x3840 pixels, ISO 200, f5.0 @ 1/100 sec
Cirsium cymosum var. canovirens

I'm not 100% sure of the ID on this one, but the leaves are too green for C. undulatum, and those white stripes on the phyllaries don't fit with some of the other local possibilities.

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