Antennaria lanata |
Antennaria solitaria |
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woolly everlasting, woolly pussytoes |
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Habit | Herbs dioecious; stolons absent. | |
Stems | 3–15(20) cm, sometimes stipitate glandular. |
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Basal leaves | not rosette-like, narrowly oblanceolate, 10–60(100) × 3–12 mm, 3-veined; tips acute; surfaces gray-woolly to tomentose. |
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Cauline leaves | linear, 5–40 mm; tips acute; middle and distal flagged. |
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Involucres | pubescent proximally, staminate heads 4.5–6 mm, pistillate heads 5–8 mm. |
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Phyllaries | proximally dark or light brown to olive, distally light brown, cream, or white; tips acute to acuminate. |
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Fruits | 1–1.6 mm, glabrous. |
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Heads | 3–9 per stem; in corymb-like arrays. |
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2n | =28. |
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Antennaria lanata |
Antennaria solitaria |
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Distribution | ||
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. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 178 Katie Mitchell, Stephen Meyers |
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