Antennaria parvifolia

Nuttall

Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 406. 1841.

Common names: Small-leaf or Nuttall’s pussytoes
Synonyms: Antennaria aprica Greene Antennaria aprica var. aureola (Lunell) J. W. Moore Antennaria aprica var. minuscula (B. Boivin) B. Boivin Antennaria aureola Greene Antennaria dioica var. parvifolia (Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray Antennaria holmii B. Boivin Antennaria latisquamea Greene Antennaria minuscula Suksdorf Antennaria recurva Antennaria rhodantha
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 406. Mentioned on page 389, 390, 396, 403, 411.

Dioecious or gynoecious (staminate plants uncommon or in equal frequency as pistillates, respectively). Plants 2–8(–15) cm. Stolons 1–6 cm. Basal leaves 1-nerved, narrowly spatulate to spatulate or oblanceolate, 8–35 × 2–15 mm, tips mucronate, faces gray-tomentose. Cauline leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 8–20 mm, not flagged (apices acute). Heads 2–7 in corymbiform arrays. Involucres: staminate 5.5–7.5 mm; pistillate 8–10(–15) mm (gynoecious), 7–7.2 mm (dioecious). Phyllaries distally white, pink, green, red, or brown. Corollas: staminate 3.5–4.5 mm; pistillate 5–8 mm. Cypselae 1–1.8 mm, glabrous or minutely papillate; pappi: staminate 4–5.5 mm; pistillate 6.5–9 mm. 2n = 56, 84, 112, 140.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Prairies, pastures, roadsides, mountain parks, open deciduous woods, and drier coniferous forests, usually ponderosa or lodgepole pine
Elevation: 100–3400 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., Ont., Sask., Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Iowa, Mich., Minn., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., N.Dak., Okla. (expected in panhandle), Oreg., S.Dak., Tex., Utah, Wash., Wis. (expected), Wyo., Mexico (Chihuahua, Nuevo León).

Discussion

Antennaria parvifolia is a widespread, polyploid complex of sexual (dioecious) and asexual (gynoecious) populations (G. L. Stebbins 1932b; R. J. Bayer and Stebbins 1987). Although variable morphologically, no infraspecific taxa seem warranted at this time. Sexual (dioecious) populations are known primarily from New Mexico and Colorado; apomictic plants occur throughout the range of the species. Probable sexual diploid/tetraploid progenitors of the A. parvifolia complex include A. dioica, A. marginata, A. neglecta, and A. pulchella/A. media. Antennaria parvifolia is characterized by relatively short stature and relatively small numbers of relatively large heads. The epithet parvifolia has been rendered as “parviflora” in floras, e.g., key in Great Plains Flora Association (1986); E. H. Moss (1959); H. J. Scoggan (1978–1979, part 4). In some floras, A. parvifolia has been confused with A. microphylla; the two are probably not closely related.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Randall J. Bayer +
Nuttall +
Small-leaf or Nuttall’s pussytoes +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Ont. +, Sask. +, Ariz. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Iowa +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, N.Dak. +, Okla. (expected in panhandle) +, Oreg. +, S.Dak. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Wash. +, Wis. (expected) +, Wyo. +, Mexico (Chihuahua +  and Nuevo León). +
100–3400 m +
Prairies, pastures, roadsides, mountain parks, open deciduous woods, and drier coniferous forests, usually ponderosa or lodgepole pine +
Flowering late spring–summer. +
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. +
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