Antennaria umbrinella

(Umber Pussytoes)

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Antennaria umbrinella, Lower McCullough Gulch, Summit Co. 2324/2341

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Antennaria umbrinella, Lower McCullough Gulch, Summit Co. 2285

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Antennaria umbrinella, Lower McCullough Gulch, Summit Co. 2293

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Antennaria umbrinella, Boreas Pass, Summit Co. 7702

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Antennaria umbrinella, Lower McCullough Gulch, Summit Co. 2281

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Antennaria umbrinella, Lower McCullough Gulch, Summit Co. 2297

Scientific Name Antennaria umbrinella USDA PLANTS Symbol ANUM
Common Name Umber Pussytoes ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 36761
Family Asteraceae (Sunflower) SEINet
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Description Life zones and habitat: Foothills to subalpine (7500 to 13000 ft.); dry meadows, rocky slopes and open.
Plant: Perennial, dioecious, mat-forming with hairy foliage; 3 to 8 inches tall with usually erect stolons.
Leaves: Basal leaves spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 3/8 to 3/4-inch long, tips mucronate; stem leaves linear less than 3/4-inch long; both are one-nerved and have white-hairy upper and lower surfaces.
Inflorescence: Small whitish yellow to pale brown flowers clustered in corymbiform arrays of 3 to 8; no ray flowers; plants with either staminate or pistillate flowers; phyllaries may have pinkish tint; staminate flowers with wide, blunt phyllaries; pistillate flowers with narrower, more pointed phyllaries.
Bloom Period: June to August.
Reference: “Flora of Colorado” by Jennifer Ackerfield, Flora of North America and American Southwest.
Note: Both staminate and pistillate plants are shown in the images below.
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Colorado Status:
Native

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