Antennaria neglecta |
Antennaria solitaria |
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Antennaire négligée, field pussytoes |
singlehead pussytoes |
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Habit | Dioecious. | Dioecious. |
Plants | 4–25 cm. |
2–25(–35) cm. |
Stolons | 2.5–18 cm. |
5.5–20 cm (filiform). |
Basal leaves | 1-nerved, narrowly spatulate to cuneate-oblanceolate, 15–65 × 6–18 mm, tips mucronate, faces abaxially tomentose, adaxially gray-pubescent (green-glabrescent with age). |
3–5-nerved, obovate to broadly oblong-spatulate, 20–75 × 15–45 mm, tips mucronate, abaxially tomentose, adaxially gray-pubescent to floccose-glabrate. |
Cauline leaves | linear, 1.5–25 mm, distal flagged. |
linear, 1–17 mm, distal flagged. |
Involucres | staminate 4–7 mm; pistillate 6–10 mm. |
staminate 8–11 mm; pistillate 8–14 mm. |
Corollas | staminate 2.7–5 mm; pistillate 4.5–6.5(–7) mm. |
staminate 3.8–5.5 mm; pistillate 4.5–7 mm. |
Phyllaries | distally white. |
(bases green or brown) distally white. |
Heads | (1–)2–8 in corymbiform to spiciform or racemiform arrays. |
borne singly. |
Cypselae | 0.9–1.4 mm, minutely papillate; pappi: staminate 3.5–6.5 mm; pistillate 6–8.5(–9.5) mm. |
1–2 mm, papillate; pappi: staminate 4.5–7 mm; pistillate 6–9 mm. |
2n | = 28. |
= 28. |
Antennaria neglecta |
Antennaria solitaria |
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Phenology | Flowering early–mid spring. | Flowering early–mid spring. |
Habitat | Plains, grasslands, pastures, and open woodlands | Slopes or stream banks in moist, rich, deciduous woodlands, forests, sometimes forest openings |
Elevation | 0–2500 m (0–8200 ft) | 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; CO; CT; DE; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; SD; VA; VT; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NS; NT; ON; QC; SK
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AL; AR; GA; IN; KY; LA; MD; MS; NC; OH; PA; SC; TN; VA; WV
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Discussion | 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.) |
With its relatively large, 3–5-nerved, basal leaves and relatively large heads borne singly, Antennaria solitaria is an easily recognized amphimictic member of the Catipes group (R. J. Bayer and G. L. Stebbins 1982). It is a sexual diploid progenitor of the A. parlinii polyploid complex. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 403. | FNA vol. 19, p. 401. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Gnaphalieae > Antennaria | Asteraceae > tribe Gnaphalieae > Antennaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. athabascensis, A. campestris, A. campestris var. athabascensis, A. chelonica, A. erosa, A. howellii var. athabascensis, A. howellii var. campestris, A. longifolia, A. lunellii, A. nebrascensis, A. neglecta var. athabascensis, A. neglecta var. campestris, A. neglecta var. simplex, A. parvula, A. wilsonii | A. plantaginifolia var. monocephala, A. monocephala |
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 3: 173. (1897) | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 304. (1897) |
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