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Antennaria pulcherrima

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Antennaria pulcherrima (Hooker) Greene [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A. E. Porsild, 1950
Related name
  • Antennaria carpatica
  • Antennaria eucosma
  • Antennaria pulcherrima
Common name
  • Showy or handsome pussytoes, Flora of North America Vol. 19
  • Pearly or handsome or tall pussytoes, Flora of North America Vol. 19
  • antennaire magnifique, Flora of North America Vol. 19
  • Elegant pussytoes, Flora of North America Vol. 19

Flora

Entry for Antennaria anaphaloides Rydberg [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 anaphaloides Rydberg [family COMPOSITAE], Mem. New York Bot. Gard., 1: 409. 1900
Antennaria anaphaloides var. straminea B. Boivin [family COMPOSITAE]
Antennaria pulcherrima (Hooker) Greene subsp. anaphaloides (Rydberg) W. A. Weber [family COMPOSITAE]
Antennaria pulcherrima var. anaphaloides (Rydberg) G. W. Douglas [family COMPOSITAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Randall J. Bayer
Information
Dioecious. Plants 15–35(–50) cm. Stolons none. Basal leaves (ephemeral) 3–5-nerved, narrowly oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 25–150(–200) × 4–20(–25) mm, tips mucronate, faces gray-pubescent. Cauline leaves oblanceolate or linear, 10–80 mm, usually flagged. Heads 8–30(–50+) in corymbiform arrays. Involucres: staminate (4–)5–6.5 mm; pistillate 4.5–7 mm. Phyllaries (each with dark brown or blackish spot in middle) distally white or cream (sometimes suffused pink to rose). Corollas: staminate 2.5–4 mm; pistillate 3–4.5 mm. Cypselae 1–1.8 mm, glabrous; pappi: staminate 3–4.5 mm; pistillate 3.5–4.5(–5.5) mm. 2n = 28.
Phenology
jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
1000–3400 m;
Distribution
USA Colo.USA IdahoUSA Mont.USA Nev.USA Oreg.USA UtahUSA Wash.USA Wyo.Canada Alta.Canada B.C.Canada Sask.
Discussion
Antennaria anaphaloides is native to the northern Rocky Mountains and is characterized by whitish phyllaries, each with a black spot at the base. Some morphologic overlap occurs between A. anaphaloides and A. pulcherrima; the two occur in different habitats: A. anaphaloides grows in dry meadows and aspen forest openings; A. pulcherrima is usually found in moist willow thickets along streams (K. M. Urbanska 1983). Antennaria anaphaloides is closely related to the other members of the Pulcherrimae group (R. J. Bayer 1990; Bayer et al. 1996).

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