Antennaria microphylla
(synonym of Antennaria rosea)
Antennaria argentea
littleleaf pussytoes, rosy pussytoes
silvery everlasting, silvery pussytoes
5–30 cm, rarely stipitate glandular distally.
18–40 cm, not glandular.
usually forming rosettes, spatulate to oblanceolate, 8–40 × 2–10 mm, 1-veined;
tips mucronate;
surfaces usually gray-pubescent, adaxially sometimes green and glabrous.
usually forming rosettes, oblanceolate to elliptic, 20–50 × 4–20 mm, 1–3-veined;
tips acute;
surfaces gray-tomentose.
linear, 5–36 mm;
tips acute to subulate, usually not flagged.
lanceolate, 15–45 mm;
tips acute to acuminate;
distal leaves flagged.
mostly glabrous to pubescent, staminate heads 4–8 mm, pistillate heads 4–10 mm.
mostly glabrous, staminate heads 4–5 mm, pistillate heads 4–5 mm.
distally white to yellow, green, red, pink, gray, or rarely brown;
tips rounded to acuminate.
distally silvery white;
tips acute.
0.7–1.5 mm, glabrous to papillate.
1–1.5 mm, glandular.
3–20 per stem; in corymb-like arrays.
10–75 per stem; in panicle-like arrays.
=28, 42, 56, 70.
=28.
Antennaria microphylla
Antennaria argentea
Rocky areas, meadows, forests, disturbed areas. Flowering May–Sep. 200–3000 m. BR, BW, Casc, CR, ECas, Lava, Owy, Sisk. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to AK, northeast to Greenland, east to NE, southeast to NM. Native.
Here we take a more inclusive approach and include within this species plants that some floras treat as A. rosea.
Openings in forests, rocky slopes. Flowering Apr–Jul. 300–1800 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas, Sisk. CA, NV. Native
There is disagreement in the literature about whether this species is stoloniferous, rhizomatous, or neither.
Katie Mitchell, Stephen Meyers
Katie Mitchell, Stephen Meyers
BC
CA
OR
Flora NW
PNW Herbaria
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist
USDA Plants Database
