Antennaria rosea subsp. rosea

Endemic
Synonyms: Antennaria acuminata Greene Antennaria alborosea A. E. Porsild Antennaria chlorantha Greene 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 Antennaria speciosa
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 410. Mentioned on page 409.

Plants 10–40 cm. Stolons 2–7 cm. Basal leaves spatulate, oblanceolate, or cuneate, 20–40 mm, faces usually gray-pubescent, adaxial sometimes green-glabrous. Cauline leaves 8–36 mm. Heads 6–20. Involucres: pistillate 5–8 mm. Phyllaries distally usually green, pink, red, or white, seldom brown. Corollas: pistillate 3–4.5 mm. Pappi: pistillate 4–6 mm. 2n = 42, 56.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Dry to moist habitats, tundra, rock outcrops, fields, meadows, forests, savannas, and roadcuts, other similarly disturbed places
Elevation: 400–3800 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Ont., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mich., Minn., Mont., N.Dak., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Subspecies rosea is most closely related to Antennaria corymbosa and A. racemosa (R. J. Bayer 1989e), as shown by its relatively long basal leaves ranging from gray-pubescent to adaxially green-glabrous.

Subspecies rosea is expected to occur in Nevada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Randall J. Bayer +
Greene +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, N.Dak. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
400–3800 m +
Dry to moist habitats, tundra, rock outcrops, fields, meadows, forests, savannas, and roadcuts, other similarly disturbed places +
Flowering summer. +
Antennaria acuminata +, Antennaria alborosea +, Antennaria chlorantha +, Antennaria formosa +, Antennaria hendersonii +, Antennaria imbricata +, Antennaria lanulosa +, Antennaria neodioica var. chlorantha +, Antennaria oxyphylla +, Antennaria rosea subsp. divaricata +  and Antennaria speciosa +
Antennaria rosea subsp. rosea +
Antennaria rosea +
subspecies +