Antennaria neglecta
Antennaria anaphaloides
Antennaire négligée, field pussytoes
pearly or handsome or tall pussytoes, pearly pussytoes, showy pussytoes, tall pussytoes
4–25 cm.
15–35(–50) cm.
2.5–18 cm.
none.
1-nerved, narrowly spatulate to cuneate-oblanceolate, 15–65 × 6–18 mm, tips mucronate, faces abaxially tomentose, adaxially gray-pubescent (green-glabrescent with age).
(ephemeral) 3–5-nerved, narrowly oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 25–150(–200) × 4–20(–25) mm, tips mucronate, faces gray-pubescent.
linear, 1.5–25 mm, distal flagged.
oblanceolate or linear, 10–80 mm, usually flagged.
staminate 4–7 mm; pistillate 6–10 mm.
staminate (4–)5–6.5 mm; pistillate 4.5–7 mm.
staminate 2.7–5 mm; pistillate 4.5–6.5(–7) mm.
staminate 2.5–4 mm; pistillate 3–4.5 mm.
distally white.
(each with dark brown or blackish spot in middle) distally white or cream (sometimes suffused pink to rose).
(1–)2–8 in corymbiform to spiciform or racemiform arrays.
8–30(–50+) in corymbiform arrays.
0.9–1.4 mm, minutely papillate;
pappi: staminate 3.5–6.5 mm; pistillate 6–8.5(–9.5) mm.
1–1.8 mm, glabrous;
pappi: staminate 3–4.5 mm; pistillate 3.5–4.5(–5.5) mm.
= 28.
= 28.
Antennaria neglecta
Antennaria anaphaloides
Antennaria neglecta is a sexual progenitor of both the A. howellii and A. parvifolia polyploid complexes and has one of the more widespread ranges among the amphimictic species in the genus in North America. Amphimicts generally have small ranges compared to those of the polyploid agamic complexes derived from them. Characteristic features of A. neglecta are its lashlike stolons that bear reduced leaves (except at the ends), flags on the distal cauline leaves, and basal leaves that are green-glabrescent with age (R. J. Bayer and G. L. Stebbins 1982).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Antennaria anaphaloides is native to the northern Rocky Mountains and is characterized by whitish phyllaries, each with a black spot at the base. Some morphologic overlap occurs between A. anaphaloides and A. pulcherrima; the two occur in different habitats: A. anaphaloides grows in dry meadows and aspen forest openings; A. pulcherrima is usually found in moist willow thickets along streams (K. M. Urbanska 1983). Antennaria anaphaloides is closely related to the other members of the Pulcherrimae group (R. J. Bayer 1990; Bayer et al. 1996).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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