Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Antennaria media Greene trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 286 (1898) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to w. USA and New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1500-3900m |
Description | basal leaves 5-20mm, linear to spathulate, densely lanate, stem leaves 5-20mm, linear, capitula 2-7 in cluster, involucral bracts narrow, acute, distally brown-black |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, 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 alpina var. media (Greene) Jeps. Antennaria austromontana E.E.Nelson Antennaria candida Greene Antennaria densa Greene Antennaria gormanii H.St.John Antennaria modesta Greene Antennaria mucronata E.E.Nelson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |