Loasa Family

whitebract stickleaf

low roadcut in gray tuffaceous rhyolite along grassy highway right-of-way

low roadcut in gray tuffaceous rhyolite along grassy highway right-of-way

low roadcut in gray tuffaceous rhyolite along grassy highway right-of-way

low roadcut in gray tuffaceous rhyolite along grassy highway right-of-way

low roadcut in gray tuffaceous rhyolite along grassy highway right-of-way

low roadcut in gray tuffaceous rhyolite along grassy highway right-of-way

along grassy road right-of-way crossing open basin grassland with scattered trees on low knoll of gravelly volcanic alluvial soil.

along grassy road right-of-way crossing open basin grassland with scattered trees on low knoll of gravelly volcanic alluvial soil.

photo ca. 1/2 hr after sunset

photo ca. 1/2 hr after sunset

Plants scattered on open degraded grassland, gravelly volcanic soils over basalt substrate. Leaf view. Note small, coarse, barbed hairs which provide the tightly clinging 'velcro' or 'stick tight' effect the foliage of this and other members of the genus display when brushed against clothing or hair.

in gravels at base of road cut in platy bedded, shaley Cretaceous limestone. Photo taken just after dawn.

in gravels at base of road cut in platy bedded, shaley Cretaceous limestone. Photo taken just after dawn.

in gravels at base of road cut in platy bedded, shaley Cretaceous limestone. Photo taken just after dawn.

in gravels at base of road cut in platy bedded, shaley Cretaceous limestone. Photo taken just after dawn.

in gravels at base of road cut in platy bedded, shaley Cretaceous limestone. Photo taken just after dawn.

in gravels at base of road cut in platy bedded, shaley Cretaceous limestone. Photo taken just after dawn.