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Antennaria marginata - whitemargin pussytoes

Scientific Family
Asteraceae
Synonyms
Antennaria dioicavar var. marginata, Antennaria fendleri, Antennaria marginata var. glandulifera, Antennaria peranonena.
Plant type
Forbs and Subshrubs
Origin
Native
Lifecycle
Perennial
Height
2-1/2 to 11-1/2 inches
Riparian
Yes
Dwarf plants, root from horizontal stems (stolons), forming mats; leaves and stems have woolly hairs; male and female flowers on different plants; some populations only have female flowers.
Upper leaf margins white with woolly, matted hair, green above without hairs; small leaf-like structure at the attachment of leaflet; flowers in rounded clusters of 3 to 7, longer branches at the bottom. Plants with male or female flowers only.

Habitat

Found on rocky slopes and ridges, in moist forests with ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, Engelmann spruce or Gamble oak communities.
Plant Community
Riparian
Montane Conifer Forest
Low elevation
5000
High elevation
9500

Flower Characteristics

Small round disc-like whitish flower heads of many small flowers; male flowers 5-toothed; female flowers have narrow petals; bracts at base of the flower head layered, base brown, tips white, thin, papery, membranous.
Flower color
Whitish
Flower shape
Daisy or dandelion-like
Tubular
No
First bloom month
May
Last bloom month
July
Flower clusters
Rounded

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Stems 2 to 7-1/2 inches with glands and soft hairs; leaves smooth green above, soft hairs below, margins white woolly; oval basal leaves spatula-like, 1 veined, 1/2 to 1 inch long, form a rosette; stem leaves linear 1/4 to 3/4 inch long pointed at tip.
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf color
Green to gray
Leaf shape
Round or oval
Leaf margin
Smooth
Leaf attachment
Basal & Alternate
Leaves clasp
No
Leaf hairs
Leaves & stems
Spines
No

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit is small, dry, cylindrical, round in a cross-section with bristles fused to its apex.
Fruit type
Achene