Antennaria solitaria

Rydberg

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 304. 1897.

Common names: Singlehead pussytoes
Endemic
Basionym: Antennaria plantaginifolia var. monocephala Torrey & A. Gray Fl. N. Amer. 2: 431. 1843,
Synonyms: Antennaria monocephala (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 401. Mentioned on page 390, 391, 393, 402.

Dioecious. Plants 2–25 (–35) cm. Stolons 5.5–20 cm (filiform). Basal leaves: 3–5-nerved, obovate to broadly oblong-spatulate, 20–75 × 15–45 mm, tips mucronate, abaxially tomentose, adaxially gray-pubescent to floccose-glabrate. Cauline leaves linear, 1–17 mm, distal flagged. Heads borne singly. Involucres: staminate 8–11 mm; pistillate 8–14 mm. Phyllaries (bases green or brown) distally white. Corollas: staminate 3.8–5.5 mm; pistillate 4.5–7 mm. Cypselae 1–2 mm, papillate; pappi: staminate 4.5–7 mm; pistillate 6–9 mm. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering early–mid spring.
Habitat: Slopes or stream banks in moist, rich, deciduous woodlands, forests, sometimes forest openings
Elevation: 0–1500 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Ga., Ind., Ky., La., Md., Miss., N.C., Ohio, Pa., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

With its relatively large, 3–5-nerved, basal leaves and relatively large heads borne singly, Antennaria solitaria is an easily recognized amphimictic member of the Catipes group (R. J. Bayer and G. L. Stebbins 1982). It is a sexual diploid progenitor of the A. parlinii polyploid complex.

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 +
Randall J. Bayer +
Rydberg +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
obovate;broadly oblong-spatulate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
decurrent +
Antennaria plantaginifolia var. monocephala +
compound +  and simple +
spatulate;oblanceolate;spatulate;oblanceolate;linear;lanceolate;elliptic;cuneate +
5-ribbed +, 3-ribbed +  and 2-ribbed +
muriculate +, papillate +  and smooth +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
Singlehead pussytoes +
pistillate +  and staminate +
red +, yellow +  and white +
narrowly tubular +  and filiform +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
papillate +
mostly ellipsoid +  and ovoid +
pistillate +  and staminate +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
0–1500 m +
papillate +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Slopes or stream banks in moist, rich, deciduous woodlands, forests, sometimes forest openings +
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 +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
rarely lanceovate +  and lanceolate +
2-carpellate +
pistillate +  and staminate +
persistent +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Flowering early–mid spring. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex or ovoid +
exalbuminous +
5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Antennaria monocephala +
Antennaria solitaria +
Antennaria +
species +
adaxially gray-pubescent +  and floccose-glabrate +
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 /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +