Plants 4–17 cm. Stolons 1–6 cm. Basal leaves spatulate to cuneate, 8–18 mm, faces gray-pubescent. Cauline leaves 6–19 mm. Heads 3–5. Involucres: pistillate 6.5–10 mm. Phyllaries distally brown, green, pink, red, or white. Corollas: pistillate 3.5–5 mm. Pappi: pistillate 5–6.5 mm. 2n = 42, 56.

Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Dry to moist open habitats, usually on rock outcrops or barrens
Elevation: 0–3800 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Nunavut, Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Maine, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Antennaria aromatica is undoubtedly a sexual progenitor of A. rosea subsp. pulvinata (R. J. Bayer 1989e), as evidenced by its comparatively short stature and relatively low number of relatively large heads.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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