Antennaria media (Alpine Pussytoes)

 7/2/16 10,000' elevation, Horseshoe Meadow, Lone Pine Region, 

Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA 

7/2/16

7/3/16 Meadow restoration area, South Lake Road, Bishop region,
Eastern Sierra, Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA 

7/3/16 Meadow restoration area, South Lake Road

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Alpine Pussytoes

SPECIES: Antennaria media

FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/2/2016

LOCATION: 10,000' elevation, Horseshoe Meadow, Lone Pine Region, Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA 

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE
Stem: 5--13 cm; stolons many, matted. 

Leaf: basal 6--19 mm, +- linear to spoon-shaped, 1-veined, densely gray-tomentose; cauline 5--20 mm (most proximal 11--20 mm), linear. 

Inflorescence: heads 2--7; inflorescence cyme-like; peduncles < 5 mm; involucre 4--8 mm, base woolly; phyllaries narrow and acute (pistillate) or wide and blunt (staminate), distally dark brown or black. 

Flower: pistillate corolla 3--4.5 in fruit, staminate corolla generally 2.8--4.5 mm. 

Fruit: 0.6--1.6 mm, papillate or smooth; pappus 4--5.5 mm. 

Ecology: Meadows, snow basins, ridges; 

Elevation: 1800--3900 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoRH, CaRH, SNH, SnBr, W&I; 

Distribution Outside California: to Alaska, northwestern Canada, Montana, New Mexico. 

Flowering Time: Jul--Aug 

Synonyms: Antennaria media Greene subsp. media

eFlora Treatment Author: Randall J. Bayer