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Antennaria parvifolia
little-leaf pussytoes, Nuttall's pussytoes
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Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northeastern Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and Great Lakes region.

Habitat: Meadows, open forest, gravelly slopes, and sandy flats from the lowlands middle elevations in the mountains.

Flowers: May-July

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Apomixis, butterflies, flies, wasps

Description:
General:

Stout, mat-forming, stoloniferous perennial up to 15 cm. tall, densely white-woolly throughout.

Leaves:

Basal leaves oblanceolate, 1-3.5 cm. long and 2.5-10 cm. wide; stem leaves linear.

Flowers:

Heads numerous in a tight cluster; pistillate involucres 7-11 mm. high, the bracts blunt-tipped, the scarious part bright white, rarely pink; pistillate corollas 5-8 mm. long.

Fruits:

Achene

Accepted Name:
Antennaria parvifolia Nutt.
Publication: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 406. 1841.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Antennaria parvifolia in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Antennaria parvifolia checklist entry

OregonFlora: Antennaria parvifolia information

E-Flora BC: Antennaria parvifolia atlas page

CalPhotos: Antennaria parvifolia photos

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