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littleleaf pussytoes, rosy pussytoes

umber pussytoes

Habit Herbs dioecious or gynoecious; stolons herbaceous, horizontal to ascending, 1–10 cm. Herbs or subshrubs dioecious; stolons slightly woody, ascending to erect, 5–15 cm.
Stems

5–30 cm, rarely stipitate glandular distally.

7–16 cm, not glandular.

Basal leaves

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, narrowly spatulate to cuneate, 10–17 × 2–5.4 mm, 1-veined;

tips mucronate;

surfaces gray-tomentose.

Cauline leaves

linear, 5–36 mm;

tips acute to subulate, usually not flagged.

linear, 8–18 mm;

tips acute, not flagged.

Involucres

mostly glabrous to pubescent, staminate heads 4–8 mm, pistillate heads 4–10 mm.

mostly glabrous to pubescent, staminate heads 3–6 mm, pistillate heads 4–6.5 mm.

Phyllaries

distally white to yellow, green, red, pink, gray, or rarely brown;

tips rounded to acuminate.

distally white, light yellow, or light brown, often streaked with pink;

tips acute to acuminate.

Fruits

0.7–1.5 mm, glabrous to papillate.

0.5–1.2 mm, glabrous.

Heads

3–20 per stem; in corymb-like arrays.

3–8 per stem; in corymb-like arrays.

2n

=28, 42, 56, 70.

=28, 56.

Antennaria microphylla

Antennaria umbrinella

Distribution
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Discussion

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.

Sagebrush, coniferous forests, meadows. Flowering Jun–Sep. 1000–2800 m. BR, BW, Casc, Lava. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Saskatchewan, east to WY, southeast to AZ. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 178
Katie Mitchell, Stephen Meyers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 179
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. racemosa, A. stenophylla, A. suffrutescens, A. umbrinella
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. racemosa, A. stenophylla, A. suffrutescens
Synonyms Antennaria rosea, Antennaria rosea ssp. arida, Antennaria rosea ssp. confinis, Antennaria rosea ssp. rosea
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