Antennaria rosea subsp. pulvinata (Greene) R. J. Bayer
pulvinate pussytoes
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
pulvinate pussytoes
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
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Distribution of Antennaria rosea subsp. pulvinata
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Species Information
General:
Perennial herb, mat-forming with numerous leafy stolons 1-7 cm long; stems erect, several, branched above, densely woolly-hairy, sometimes glandular above, the glands with reddish crosswalls; 5-40 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves spoon-shaped, oblanceolate to broadly lanceolate, grey to white woolly-hairy above and below, sometimes green above, 6-40 mm long, 2-10 mm wide, abruptly sharp-pointed, with a sharp, slender tip; stem leaves, 5-35 mm long, linear to lanceolate, abruptly sharp-pointed.
Flowers:
Heads several to many in a compact, rounded cluster; involucres usually of 1 type, these female, 4-10 mm tall, hairy at the base; involucral bracts lanceolate, the upper papery portion combinations of white, pink, rose, green, pale yellow or light brown; female flowers 2.5-4.5 mm long.
Fruits:
Achenes 0.6-1.8 mm long, glabrous or warty; pappus white with hairlike bristles, 3.5-6.5 mm long.
Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry slopes, river terraces and open forests from the lowland to the alpine zones; common throughout BC, except lacking on N Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands; N to AK, YT and NT, E to PQ and S to AZ, NM and CA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Antennaria affinis Fernald
Antennaria albescens (E.E. Nelson) Rydb.
Antennaria fusca E.E. Nelson
Antennaria gaspensis (Fernald) Fernald
Antennaria howellii subsp. gaspensis (Fernald) Chmielewski
Antennaria isolepis Greene
Antennaria maculata Greene
Antennaria manicouagana Landry
Antennaria neglecta var. gaspensis (Fernald) Cronquist
Antennaria neodioica var. gaspensis Fernald
Antennaria peasei Fernald
Antennaria sansonii Greene