Isotype of Antennaria solicepsS. F. Blake [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Antennaria soliceps
Common name
Charleston Mountain or Charleston pussytoes, Flora of North America Vol. 19
Flora
Entry for Antennaria soliceps S. F. Blake [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 19,
Names
Antennaria solicepsS. F. Blake [family COMPOSITAE], Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 51: 7. 1938
Treatment Author(s)
Randall J. Bayer
Information
Gynoecious (staminate plants unknown). Plants 1–4 cm. Stolons 0.5–2 cm. Basal leaves 1-nerved, spatulate, rhombic-spatulate, or cuneate, 4–13 × 2–8 mm, tips mucronate, faces densely gray-tomentose. Cauline leaves linear, 4–10 mm, distalmost flagged. Heads usually borne singly, rarely 2–3 in corymbiform arrays. Involucres staminate unknown; pistillate 8–11 mm. Phyllaries distally white, light brown, dark brown, or olivaceous. Corollas: staminate unknown; pistillate 4–5.5 mm. Cypselae 1.5–1.8 mm, glabrous; pappi: staminate unknown; pistillate 5–6 mm. 2n = ca. 168.
Phenology
jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
3000–3400 m;
Distribution
USA Nev.
Discussion
Antennaria soliceps is a high-polyploid apomict known only from limestone talus at treeline in the Spring (Charleston) Mountains, Nevada (R. J. Bayer and T. M. Minish 1993). It is probably most closely related to A. aromatica, an amphimictic species occurring in the northern Rockies, and is characterized by a cushion-plant growth form and heads borne singly (Bayer and Minish).
