Antennaria pulcherrima subsp. eucosma

(Fernald & Wiegand) R. J. Bayer

Sida 21: 768. 2004.

Common names: Elegant pussytoes
Endemic
Basionym: Antennaria eucosma Fernald & Wiegand Rhodora 13: 23. 1911
Synonyms: Antennaria carpatica var. humilis Hooker
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 400. Mentioned on page 394.

Plants 8–25 cm. Basal leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, 50–170 × 5–18 mm, faces silvery sericeous. Cauline leaves 7–30 mm, mostly not flagged (sometimes flagged near heads). Heads 3–15. Involucres: staminate 5.5–7 mm; pistillate 7–10 mm. Phyllaries distally light-brown or castaneous. Corollas: staminate 3–4 mm; pistillate 3–4.3 mm. Cypselae 1.2–1.5 mm; pappi: staminate 4–6 mm; pistillate 5–7 mm. 2n = 56.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Limestone barrens, serpentine
Elevation: 0–300 m

Distribution

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Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), Que. (Anticosti Island)

Discussion

Subspecies eucosma is known from limestone barrens in western Newfoundland and Anticosti Island (K. M. Urbanska 1983). It is morphologically similar to subsp. pulcherrima; the two are separated mainly by the presence of prominent flags on cauline leaves in subsp. pulcherrima and their absence in subsp. eucosma.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
more or less tomentose +  and sericeous or glabrescent +
obtuse;more or less truncate +
scarious +
mostly ovate +  and lanceovate or linear +
corymbiform +  and paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Randall J. Bayer +
(Fernald & Wiegand) R. J. Bayer +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
lanceolate;oblanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
decurrent +
Antennaria eucosma +
compound +  and simple +
spatulate;oblanceolate;spatulate;oblanceolate;linear;lanceolate;elliptic;cuneate +
5-ribbed +, 3-ribbed +  and 2-ribbed +
muriculate +, papillate +  and smooth +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Elegant pussytoes +
pistillate +  and staminate +
red +, yellow +  and white +
narrowly tubular +  and filiform +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.43 cm4.3 mm <br />0.0043 m <br />) +
mostly ellipsoid +  and ovoid +
pistillate +  and staminate +
not +  and flagged +
Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +  and Que. (Anticosti Island) +
0–300 m +
papillate +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Limestone barrens, serpentine +
in corymbiform , paniculiform , racemiform or subcapitate , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
pistillate +  and staminate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
campanulate;cylindric +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
rarely lanceovate +  and lanceolate +
2-carpellate +
pistillate +  and staminate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
persistent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Flowering summer. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex or ovoid +
exalbuminous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Antennaria carpatica var. humilis +
Antennaria pulcherrima subsp. eucosma +
Antennaria pulcherrima +
subspecies +
mucronate +  and acute +
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 />) +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +