Antennaria umbrinella
Antennaria pulchella
brown pussytoes, brown-bract pussytoes, umber or brown or brown-bract pussytoes, umber pussytoes
beautiful pussy-toes, Sierra pussytoes
7–16 cm (bases somewhat woody).
(1–)3–12 cm (stems usually stipitate-glandular).
7–16 cm (usually erect, slightly woody).
1–4(–9) cm.
1-nerved, narrowly spatulate to cuneate, 10–17 × 2–5.4 mm, tips mucronate, faces gray-tomentose.
1-nerved, spatulate to linear-cuneate, 6–12 × 1.5–4.5 mm, tips mucronate, faces glabrescent-scabrous to gray-pubescent (often with purple glandular hairs).
linear, 8–18 mm, not flagged (apices acute).
linear, 3–11(–13) mm, usually not flagged (apices acute to acuminate), rarely distal flagged.
staminate 3–6 mm; pistillate 4–6.5 mm.
staminate 4–5 mm; pistillate 3.5–4.5 mm.
staminate 2.5–3.5 mm; pistillate 2.5–3.5 mm.
staminate 1.9–2.8 mm; pistillate 2–3 mm.
distally whitish, yellowish, or pale brownish (often streaked with pink or rose).
(relatively wide) distally dark brown-black (sometimes light brown or whitish at very tips; apices blunt).
3–8 in corymbiform arrays.
4–6 in corymbiform arrays.
0.5–1.2 mm, glabrous;
pappi: staminate 3–4.5 mm; pistillate 3–5 mm.
0.7–1.3 mm, glabrous or slightly papillate;
pappi: staminate 2.5–3.5 mm; pistillate 2.5–3.5 mm.
= 28, 56.
= 28 (as A. media).
Antennaria umbrinella
Antennaria pulchella
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 pulchella is the diploid progenitor of A. media and, consequently, a progenitor of the A. alpina complex (R. J. Bayer 1990d). The A. rosea and A. parvifolia complexes also have the genome of A. pulchella, shown in the high elevation clones with dark phyllaries in these two polyploid complexes. Antennaria pulchella is differentiated from A. media by shorter pistillate or staminate corollas and shorter cauline leaves (Bayer). This sexually reproducing diploid ranges from the area around Lake Tahoe to the Mt. Whitney region (Bayer).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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