Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Antennaria microphylla Rydb. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 303 (1897) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to w. & c. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 0-3200m |
Description | stoloniferous, basal leaves spathulate, mucronate, silvery grey pubescent, stem leaves linear, acute, capitula in corymb, involucral bracts distally bright white or yellow |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Antennaria bracteosa Rydb. Antennaria glabrata f. tomentosa Ekman Antennaria groenlandica Porsild Antennaria microphylla var. solstitialis (Lunell) Lunell Antennaria nitida Greene Antennaria parvifolia var. bracteosa (Rydb.) A.Nelson Antennaria rosea var. nitida (Greene) Breitung Antennaria solstitialis Lunell |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |