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SPECIES: Antennaria microphylla | Rosy Pussytoes 



ABBREVIATION : 
ANTMIC

SYNONYMS : 
   Antennaria rosea Rydb. [12,13,16,28]
   Antennaria arida Nels. [13,14]
   Antennaria nitida Greene [30]
   Antennaria bracteosa Rydb. [30]
   Antennaria solstitialis Lunell [30]


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   ANMI3


COMMON NAMES : 
   rosy pussytoes
   pink pussytoes
   littleleaf pussytoes
   small pussytoes
   dwarf everlasting


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for rosy pussytoes is Antennaria
microphylla Rydb. [13,14,16,28].  Antennaria is a taxonomically complex
genus due to a high degree of apomixis, polyploidy, and hybridization.
Antennaria microphylla is a highly variable species and many segregates
have been named, although none appear to warrant taxonomic recognition
[12].  Rosy pussytoes is often confused with A. rosea Greene because of
frequent hybridization.  These two species have been treated as the same
entity by some authorities, but it has recently been determined that
they are taxonomically distinct [30].  Rosy pussytoes also frequently
hybridizes with umbrinella pussytoes (A. umbrinella) [16,30] and alpine
pussytoes (A. alpina) [16].


LIFE FORM : 
Forb

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Robin F. Matthews, November 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Matthews, Robin F. 1993. Antennaria microphylla. In: Remainder of Citation

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