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woolly everlasting, woolly pussytoes

flat topped pussytoes, meadow pussytoes

Habit Herbs dioecious; stolons absent. Herbs dioecious; stolons 1–10 cm.
Stems

3–15(20) cm, sometimes stipitate glandular.

6–15(20) cm, not glandular.

Basal leaves

not rosette-like, narrowly oblanceolate, 10–60(100) × 3–12 mm, 3-veined;

tips acute;

surfaces gray-woolly to tomentose.

usually forming rosettes, spatulate, 18–45 × 2–4 mm, 1-veined;

tips mucronate;

surfaces gray-tomentose.

Cauline leaves

linear, 5–40 mm;

tips acute; middle and distal flagged.

linear, 8–13 mm;

tips acuminate, not flagged.

Involucres

pubescent proximally, staminate heads 4.5–6 mm, pistillate heads 5–8 mm.

mostly glabrous to pubescent, staminate heads 4–5.3 mm, pistillate heads 4–5 mm.

Phyllaries

proximally dark or light brown to olive, distally light brown, cream, or white;

tips acute to acuminate.

with a distinct dark brown or black spot or band near base of scarious portion, distally white or cream;

tips acute.

Fruits

1–1.6 mm, glabrous.

0.5–1 mm, slightly papillate.

Heads

3–9 per stem; in corymb-like arrays.

3–7 per stem; in corymb-like arrays.

2n

=28.

=28.

Antennaria lanata

Antennaria corymbosa

Distribution
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Discussion

Open woods, meadows, slopes. Flowering Jun–Sep. 2100–3000 m. BW. CA, ID, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Alberta, east to WY. Native.

This species is easily distinguished by its woolly pubescence and prominent flags on the middle and distal cauline leaves.

Montane to alpine meadows. Flowering May–Aug. 1200–2600 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas. CA, ID, NV, WA; northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to NM. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 178
Katie Mitchell, Stephen Meyers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 176
Katie Mitchell, Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa
A. anaphaloides, A. argentea, A. corymbosa, A. dimorpha, A. flagellaris, A. geyeri, A. howellii, A. luzuloides, A. media, A. microphylla, A. pulvinata, A. racemosa, A. stenophylla, A. suffrutescens, A. umbrinella
A. anaphaloides, A. argentea, A. dimorpha, A. flagellaris, A. geyeri, A. howellii, A. lanata, A. luzuloides, A. media, A. microphylla, A. pulvinata, A. racemosa, A. stenophylla, A. suffrutescens, A. umbrinella
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