Antennaria umbrinella |
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brown pussytoes, brown-bract pussytoes, umber or brown or brown-bract pussytoes, umber pussytoes |
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Habit | Dioecious. |
Plants | 7–16 cm (bases somewhat woody). |
Stolons | 7–16 cm (usually erect, slightly woody). |
Basal leaves | 1-nerved, narrowly spatulate to cuneate, 10–17 × 2–5.4 mm, tips mucronate, faces gray-tomentose. |
Cauline leaves | linear, 8–18 mm, not flagged (apices acute). |
Involucres | staminate 3–6 mm; pistillate 4–6.5 mm. |
Corollas | staminate 2.5–3.5 mm; pistillate 2.5–3.5 mm. |
Phyllaries | distally whitish, yellowish, or pale brownish (often streaked with pink or rose). |
Heads | 3–8 in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 0.5–1.2 mm, glabrous; pappi: staminate 3–4.5 mm; pistillate 3–5 mm. |
2n | = 28, 56. |
Antennaria umbrinella |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Sagebrush steppe to open, dry, coniferous montane forests to subalpine meadows |
Elevation | 1100–3400 m (3600–11200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; SK
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Discussion | Antennaria umbrinella is a primary sexual progenitor of the A. rosea complex (R. J. Bayer 1990b). It is characterized by somewhat erect, slightly woody stolons and phyllaries that are usually various shades of brown, sometimes white, or streaked with pink or rose (Bayer 1987b). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 408. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Gnaphalieae > Antennaria |
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Synonyms | A. aizoides, A. flavescens, A. reflexa |
Name authority | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 302. (1897) |
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