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Antennaria parlinii

Antennaria anaphaloides

tall pussytoes
Habit Robust perennial without rhizomes, white-woolly throughout, 2-5 dm. tall.
Leaves

Basal leaves numerous, white-woolly on both sides, up to 15 cm. long and 2 cm. wide;

cauline leaves linear, progressively reduced upward.
Flowers

Heads many in a broad, compact inflorescence; pistillate involucres 5-8 mm. high; the scarious upper portion of the bracts wholly white, the lower portion densely pubescent, white, commonly with a small dark spot at the base.
Fruits

Achene terete

Antennaria parlinii

Antennaria anaphaloides
Identification notes The similar A. lanata grows at higher elevations, is a smaller plant, and the scarious portion of the involucre bracts is dark. A. luzuloides has involucre bracts that are scarious to the base, the lower portion pale greenish-brown.
Flowering time June-July
Habitat Grassy hillsides, open woodlands, and ponderosa pine forest openings from the foothills to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
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Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia, including southern Vancouver Island, to Oregon, east to Sasketchewan, Montana, Colorado, and Nevada.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
A. alpina, A. anaphaloides, A. corymbosa, A. dimorpha, A. flagellaris, A. geyeri, A. howellii, A. lanata, A. luzuloides, A. media, A. microphylla, A. monocephala, A. parvifolia, A. pulcherrima, A. racemosa, A. stenophylla, A. umbrinella
A. alpina, A. corymbosa, A. dimorpha, A. flagellaris, A. geyeri, A. howellii, A. lanata, A. luzuloides, A. media, A. microphylla, A. monocephala, A. parvifolia, A. pulcherrima, A. racemosa, A. stenophylla, A. umbrinella
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