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 Krascheninnikovia lanata. Synonym: Ceratoides lanata. (Winterfat)
Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)

Semi-desert. Shrublands. Summer.
Canyonlands National Park, April 7, 2004.

The sage green leaves of Winterfat might at first glance look like those of Sage but a second look shows them to be linear and not lobed.  There is no mistaking the long wooly seed stalks of Winterfat; they are unique and very evident even from far off.  

I. M. Krascheninnikov was a Russian botanist; "lanata" means "wooly".  (More biographical information.)

Krascheninnikovia lanata. Synonym: Ceratoides lanata. (Winterfat)
Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)

Semi-desert. Shrublands. Summer.
Canyonlands National Park, April 7, 2004.
Krascheninnikovia lanata. Synonym: Ceratoides lanata. (Winterfat)
Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)

Semi-desert. Shrublands. Summer.
Murphy Trail, Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, September 27, 2005.