Blooms: June - July
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Alaska to California, east to North Dakota and Arizona, from lower montane to sub-alpine.
Habitat: Moist, open areas, flood plains of streams, margins of alkali depressions.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Alaska to California, east to North Dakota and Arizona, from lower montane to sub-alpine.
Habitat: Moist, open areas, flood plains of streams, margins of alkali depressions.
Species Description:
General: Dioecious, mat-forming, stoloniferous perennial 5-40 cm. tall; stolons up to 10 cm. long, decumbent; upper surface of the stems with stalked glands, the hairs white or purple.
Leaves: Leaves 1-nerved; upper surface of the leaves covered with silvery-white hairs; basal leaves spatulate or oblanceolate with a wedge-shaped base; cauline leaves linear, alternate.
Flowers: Heads several in a sub-capitate cyme; pistillate involucres 4-10 mm. long; scarious portion of the involucre bracts white, straw-colored or light yellow.
Fruits: Achene.
General: Dioecious, mat-forming, stoloniferous perennial 5-40 cm. tall; stolons up to 10 cm. long, decumbent; upper surface of the stems with stalked glands, the hairs white or purple.
Leaves: Leaves 1-nerved; upper surface of the leaves covered with silvery-white hairs; basal leaves spatulate or oblanceolate with a wedge-shaped base; cauline leaves linear, alternate.
Flowers: Heads several in a sub-capitate cyme; pistillate involucres 4-10 mm. long; scarious portion of the involucre bracts white, straw-colored or light yellow.
Fruits: Achene.
Accepted Name:
Antennaria microphylla Rydb.Synonyms:
Antennaria bracteosa Rydb.
Antennaria microphylla Lunell var. solstitialis Lunell
Antennaria nitida Greene
Antennaria rosea Greene var. nitida (Greene) Breitung
Antennaria solstitialis (Greene) Breitung
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Antennaria microphylla
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Antennaria microphylla specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Antennaria microphylla specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Antennaria microphylla treatment.
E-Flora BC: Antennaria microphylla atlas page.
CalPhotos: Antennaria microphylla images.
USDA Plants Database: Antennaria microphylla.
Clayton J. Antieau, 1988
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Jim Riley
Bud Kovalchik
Bud Kovalchik
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