Blooms: July-August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Chiefly in the Cascades and Olympic Mountains of Washington; Circumboreal, extending south in the high mountains to California and Colorado.
Habitat: Alpine meadows.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Chiefly in the Cascades and Olympic Mountains of Washington; Circumboreal, extending south in the high mountains to California and Colorado.
Habitat: Alpine meadows.
Species Description:
General: Mat-forming, stoloniferous perennials seldom over 1 dm. tall
Leaves: Basal leaves oblanceolate, up to 2.5 cm. long and 7 mm. wide, densely white-woolly on both sides; cauline leaves small and linear.
Flowers: Heads several in a sub-capitate inflorescence; pistillate involucres 4-7 mm. high, woolly below, the scarious tips of the bracts dirty blackish-green, at least the inner slender and pointed; scarious portion of the bracts in staminate flowers often with white tips.
Fruits: Achene
Distinguishing Characteristics: The small leaves and narrow, pointed involucre bracts blackish-green or brown in color should separate this species from others that might be found at high elevations.
General: Mat-forming, stoloniferous perennials seldom over 1 dm. tall
Leaves: Basal leaves oblanceolate, up to 2.5 cm. long and 7 mm. wide, densely white-woolly on both sides; cauline leaves small and linear.
Flowers: Heads several in a sub-capitate inflorescence; pistillate involucres 4-7 mm. high, woolly below, the scarious tips of the bracts dirty blackish-green, at least the inner slender and pointed; scarious portion of the bracts in staminate flowers often with white tips.
Fruits: Achene
Distinguishing Characteristics: The small leaves and narrow, pointed involucre bracts blackish-green or brown in color should separate this species from others that might be found at high elevations.
Accepted Name:
Antennaria alpina (L.) GaertnerSynonyms:
Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertner var. canescens (Lange) Chmielewski
Gnaphalium alpinum L.
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Antennaria alpina specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Antennaria alpina specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Antennaria alpina treatment.
E-Flora BC: Antennaria alpina atlas page.
CalPhotos: Antennaria alpina images.
USDA Plants Database: Antennaria alpina.
Jim Riley
Bud Kovalchik
Bud Kovalchik
Bud Kovalchik
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