Tiny hairs on the leaves and stem give a hoary appearance to the plant. Puccoon is a native people’s word for plants that are used in making dye.

I was leaning on an old fence post, trying to take photos of birds beyond the fence. I felt a strange texture where I was leaning my arm. I looked down and saw a patch of lichen. Then I realized the grey splotches didn’t look like the colour of lichen…Holy Cow! is what I said next: