Antennaria rosea subsp. rosea Greene
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
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Map
Distribution of Antennaria rosea subsp. rosea
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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 acuminata Greene
Antennaria alborosea A.E. Porsild ex Porsild
Antennaria chlorantha Greene
Antennaria dioica var. rosea (Greene) D.C. Eaton
Antennaria formosa Greene
Antennaria hendersonii Piper
Antennaria imbricata E.E. Nelson
Antennaria lanulosa Greene
Antennaria neodioica var. chlorantha (Greene) B. Boivin
Antennaria oxyphylla Greene
Antennaria rosea subsp. divaricata E.E. Nelson
Antennaria rosea var. imbricata (E.E. Nelson) E.E. Nelson
Antennaria speciosa Greene