Antennaria dimorpha

(Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray

Fl. N. Amer. 2: 431. 1843.

Common names: Low or two-form or cushion pussytoes
Endemic
Basionym: Gnaphalium dimorphum Nuttall Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 405. 1841
Synonyms: Antennaria dimorpha var. integra L. F. Henderson Antennaria dimorpha var. macrocephala D. C. Eaton Antennaria dimorpha var. nuttallii D. C. Eaton Antennaria latisquama Antennaria macrocephala
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 398. Mentioned on page 389, 393, 399.

Dioecious. Plants 0.5–4 cm. Stolons none. Basal leaves: 1-nerved, linear to narrowly spatulate, 8–11 × 1–1.2 mm, tips acute, faces ± gray-tomentose. Cauline leaves linear or oblanceolate, 7–12 mm, not flagged (apices acute). Heads borne singly. Involucres: staminate 6–8 mm; pistillate 10–11 mm. Phyllaries distally dingy brown (apices acute-acuminate). Corollas: staminate 3–5 mm; pistillate 8–10 mm. Cypselae 2–3.5 mm, pubescent; pappi: staminate 4.5–6 mm; pistillate 10–12 mm. 2n = 28, 56.


Phenology: Flowering early–mid spring.
Habitat: Sagebrush steppe, plains, foothills of mountains
Elevation: 600–3400 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Sask., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Antennaria dimorpha is characterized by narrowly oblanceolate leaves and relatively large heads (borne singly). It is, perhaps, the most xerophytic of spring-blooming Antennaria species. It belongs to the Dimorphae group.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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more or less tomentose +  and sericeous or glabrescent +
obtuse;more or less truncate +
scarious +
mostly ovate +  and lanceovate or linear +
subcapitate +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
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linear;narrowly spatulate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
decurrent +
Gnaphalium dimorphum +
compound +  and simple +
spatulate;oblanceolate;spatulate;oblanceolate;linear;lanceolate;elliptic;cuneate +
5-ribbed +, 3-ribbed +  and 2-ribbed +
muriculate +, papillate +  and smooth +
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0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Low or two-form or cushion pussytoes +
pistillate +  and staminate +
red +, yellow +  and white +
narrowly tubular +  and filiform +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
mostly ellipsoid +  and ovoid +
pistillate +  and staminate +
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600–3400 m +
gray-tomentose +
papillate +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sagebrush steppe, plains, foothills of mountains +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
pistillate +  and staminate +
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campanulate;cylindric +
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sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
rarely lanceovate +  and lanceolate +
2-carpellate +
pistillate +  and staminate +
persistent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Flowering early–mid spring. +
Fl. N. Amer. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex or ovoid +
exalbuminous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Antennaria dimorpha var. integra +, Antennaria dimorpha var. macrocephala +, Antennaria dimorpha var. nuttallii +, Antennaria latisquama +  and Antennaria macrocephala +
Antennaria dimorpha +
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