Antennaria umbrinella |
Antennaria neglecta |
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brown pussytoes, brown-bract pussytoes, umber or brown or brown-bract pussytoes, umber pussytoes |
Antennaire négligée, field pussytoes |
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Habit | Dioecious. | Dioecious. |
Plants | 7–16 cm (bases somewhat woody). |
4–25 cm. |
Stolons | 7–16 cm (usually erect, slightly woody). |
2.5–18 cm. |
Basal leaves | 1-nerved, narrowly spatulate to cuneate, 10–17 × 2–5.4 mm, tips mucronate, faces gray-tomentose. |
1-nerved, narrowly spatulate to cuneate-oblanceolate, 15–65 × 6–18 mm, tips mucronate, faces abaxially tomentose, adaxially gray-pubescent (green-glabrescent with age). |
Cauline leaves | linear, 8–18 mm, not flagged (apices acute). |
linear, 1.5–25 mm, distal flagged. |
Involucres | staminate 3–6 mm; pistillate 4–6.5 mm. |
staminate 4–7 mm; pistillate 6–10 mm. |
Corollas | staminate 2.5–3.5 mm; pistillate 2.5–3.5 mm. |
staminate 2.7–5 mm; pistillate 4.5–6.5(–7) mm. |
Phyllaries | distally whitish, yellowish, or pale brownish (often streaked with pink or rose). |
distally white. |
Heads | 3–8 in corymbiform arrays. |
(1–)2–8 in corymbiform to spiciform or racemiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 0.5–1.2 mm, glabrous; pappi: staminate 3–4.5 mm; pistillate 3–5 mm. |
0.9–1.4 mm, minutely papillate; pappi: staminate 3.5–6.5 mm; pistillate 6–8.5(–9.5) mm. |
2n | = 28, 56. |
= 28. |
Antennaria umbrinella |
Antennaria neglecta |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering early–mid spring. |
Habitat | Sagebrush steppe to open, dry, coniferous montane forests to subalpine meadows | Plains, grasslands, pastures, and open woodlands |
Elevation | 1100–3400 m (3600–11200 ft) | 0–2500 m (0–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; SK
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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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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.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 408. | FNA vol. 19, p. 403. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Gnaphalieae > Antennaria | Asteraceae > tribe Gnaphalieae > Antennaria |
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Synonyms | A. aizoides, A. flavescens, A. reflexa | 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 |
Name authority | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 302. (1897) | Greene: Pittonia 3: 173. (1897) |
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