Antennaria microphylla Rydb.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Antennaria microphylla Rydb.

  • Description

    Species Description - Mat-forming, stoloniferous, 5–40 cm; herbage closely and persistently gray-tomentose, or some of the lvs rarely finally glabrate above; basal lvs oblanceolate or spatulate, 8–30 × 2–7 mm; heads several in a subcapitate or rather loose cyme; pistillate invols 4–7 mm, the scarious part of the bracts deep pink to bright white or dull whitish, generally appearing striate at 20×; dry pistillate cors 2.5–4.5 mm; sexual or apomictic; 2n=28, 56. Dry, open places, meadows, and open woods; chiefly in the w. cordillera, e. to w. Minn., w. Ont., and n. Mich. May–Aug. (A. rosea) The name A. microphylla may eventually have to give way to the older A. chilensis Remy, from Chilean Patagonia.

  • Common Names

    rosy pussytoes