Antennaria lanata

(Hooker) Greene

Pittonia 3: 288. 1898.

Common names: Woolly pussytoes
Basionym: Antennaria carpatica var. lanata Hooker Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 329. 1834
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 399. Mentioned on page 389, 394.
Revision as of 18:38, 24 September 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Dioecious. Plants 3–20 cm (caudices branching or rhizomes stout). Stolons none. Basal leaves 3-nerved, narrowly oblanceolate, 10–60(–100) × 3–12 mm, tips acute, faces gray-woolly or tomentose. Cauline leaves linear, 5–40 mm, mid and distal flagged. Heads 3–9 in corymbiform arrays. Involucres: staminate 4.5–6 mm; pistillate 5–8 mm. Phyllaries (proximally light brown, dark brown, or olivaceous) distally whitish or light brown. Corollas: staminate 3–4.5 mm; pistillate 2.5–4 mm. Cypselae 1–1.6 mm, glabrous; pappi: staminate 4–5 mm; pistillate 3.5–5 mm. 2n = 28 (under A. neodioica).


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Protected alpine and subalpine sites, gravelly or sandy soils near conifers at timberline
Elevation: 1400–3400 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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Randall J. Bayer +
(Hooker) Greene +
Antennaria carpatica var. lanata +
Woolly pussytoes +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
1400–3400 m +
Protected alpine and subalpine sites, gravelly or sandy soils near conifers at timberline +
Flowering summer. +
Compositae +
Antennaria lanata +
Antennaria +
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