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racemose pussytoes

low pussytoes

Habit Herbs dioecious; stolons 3–8 cm. Herbs dioecious; stolons absent.
Stems

12–50 cm, distally stipitate-glandular.

0.5–4 cm, not glandular.

Basal leaves

usually forming rosettes, elliptic to oblong, 30–100 × 10–40 mm, prominently 3-veined;

tips mucronate;

surfaces abaxially white- or gray-tomentose, adaxially glabrous.

linear to narrowly spatulate, 8–11 × 1–1.2 mm, 1-veined;

tips acute;

surfaces gray-tomentose.

Cauline leaves

linear, 10–30 mm;

tips acute to obtuse, not flagged.

linear to oblanceolate, 7–12 mm;

tips acute, not flagged.

Involucres

mostly glabrous, staminate heads 4–8 mm, pistillate heads 7–9 mm.

glabrous to pubescent, staminate heads 6–8 mm, pistillate heads 10–11 mm.

Phyllaries

distally light brown or white;

tips acute to acuminate.

distally light brown;

tips acute-acuminate.

Fruits

1–1.5 mm, glabrous to papillate.

2–3.5 mm, pubescent.

Heads

3–12 per stem; raceme- or panicle-like arrays.

solitary.

2n

=28.

=28, 56.

Antennaria racemosa

Antennaria dimorpha

Distribution
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Discussion

Forests, rocky or grassy slopes. Flowering May–Aug. 100–2100 m. BW, Casc, CR, ECas, Sisk. CA, ID, WA. North to British Columbia, northeast to Alberta, east to WY. Native.

Within the genus, A. racemosa is a very distinctive species with broad basal leaves that are adaxially glabrous and green, abaxially densely white-tomentose, and with a raceme- or panicle-like arrangement of heads.

Dry ground, often in rocky or sandy soils. Flowering Mar–Jun. 50–2300 m. BR, BW, Col, ECas, Lava, Owy, Sisk. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Saskatchewan, east to NE, southeast to NM. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 179
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. lanata, A. luzuloides, A. media, A. microphylla, A. pulvinata, A. stenophylla, A. suffrutescens, A. umbrinella
A. anaphaloides, A. argentea, A. corymbosa, A. flagellaris, A. geyeri, A. howellii, A. lanata, A. luzuloides, A. media, A. microphylla, A. pulvinata, A. racemosa, A. stenophylla, A. suffrutescens, A. umbrinella
Synonyms Antennaria dimorpha var. dimorpha
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