Antennaria rosea subsp. confinis

(Greene) R. J. Bayer

Brittonia 41: 57. 1989.

Endemic
Basionym: Antennaria confinis Greene Pittonia 4: 40. 1899
Synonyms: Antennaria affinis Fernald Antennaria albicans Fernald Antennaria angustifolia Rydberg Antennaria arida var. humilis (Rydberg) E. E. Nelson Antennaria breitungii A. E. Porsild Antennaria brevistyla Fernald Antennaria concinna E. E. Nelson Antennaria dioica var. kernensis Jepson Antennaria elegans A. E. Porsild Antennaria foliacea var. humilis Rydberg Antennaria incarnata A. E. Porsild Antennaria laingii A. E. Porsild Antennaria leontopodioides Cody Antennaria leuchippii Porsild Antennaria polyphylla Greene ex C. F. Baker (name published without description) Antennaria rosea var. angustifolia (Rydberg) E. E. Nelson Antennaria sedoides Greene Antennaria sordida Fernald Antennaria subviscosa E. E. Nelson Antennaria tomentella
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 409. Mentioned on page 410.

Plants 9–25 cm. Stolons 1.5–4.5 cm. Basal leaves spatulate to cuneate, 10–20 mm, faces gray-pubescent. Cauline leaves 6–20 mm. Heads 4–11. Involucres: pistillate 4–6.5 mm. Phyllaries distally usually brown, sometimes cream, gray, or pale-yellow. Corollas: pistillate 2.5–4 mm. Pappi: pistillate 3.5–5 mm. 2n = 42, 56, (70).


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Dry to moist habitats, tundra, rock outcrops, fields, meadows, forests, savannas, and roadcuts, other similarly disturbed places
Elevation: 0–3800 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.), N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex. (expected), Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Subspecies confinis is closely related to Antennaria pulchella and A. umbrinella (R. J. Bayer 1989e), as shown by its relatively small basal leaves and smallish heads that usually have dark phyllaries.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
obtuse;more or less truncate +
scarious +
mostly ovate +  and lanceovate or linear +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Randall J. Bayer +
(Greene) R. J. Bayer +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
spatulate;cuneate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
decurrent +
Antennaria confinis +
compound +  and simple +
spatulate;oblanceolate;spatulate;oblanceolate;linear;lanceolate;elliptic;cuneate +
5-ribbed +, 3-ribbed +  and 2-ribbed +
muriculate +, papillate +  and smooth +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
red +, yellow +  and white +
narrowly tubular +  and filiform +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
papillate +
mostly ellipsoid +  and ovoid +
pistillate +  and staminate +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.) +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. (expected) +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
0–3800 m +
gray-pubescent +
papillate +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Dry to moist habitats, tundra, rock outcrops, fields, meadows, forests, savannas, and roadcuts, other similarly disturbed places +
in corymbiform , paniculiform , racemiform or subcapitate , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
campanulate;cylindric +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
rarely lanceovate +  and lanceolate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Flowering summer. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex or ovoid +
exalbuminous +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Antennaria affinis +, Antennaria albicans +, Antennaria angustifolia +, Antennaria arida var. humilis +, Antennaria breitungii +, Antennaria brevistyla +, Antennaria concinna +, Antennaria dioica var. kernensis +, Antennaria elegans +, Antennaria foliacea var. humilis +, Antennaria incarnata +, Antennaria laingii +, Antennaria leontopodioides +, Antennaria leuchippii +, Antennaria polyphylla +, Antennaria rosea var. angustifolia +, Antennaria sedoides +, Antennaria sordida +, Antennaria subviscosa +  and Antennaria tomentella +
Antennaria rosea subsp. confinis +
Antennaria rosea +
subspecies +
mucronate +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +