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Antennaria neglecta Greene

Field pussytoes (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Antennaria

Characteristics

Dioecious. Plants 4–25 cm. Stolons 2.5–18 cm. Basal leaves: 1-nerved, narrowly spatulate to cuneate-oblanceolate, 15–65 × 6–18 mm, tips mucronate, faces abaxially tomentose, adaxially gray-pubescent (green-glabrescent with age). Cauline leaves linear, 1.5–25 mm, distal flagged. Heads (1–)2–8 in corymbiform to spiciform or racemiform arrays. Involucres: staminate 4–7 mm; pistillate 6–10 mm. Phyllaries distally white. Corollas: staminate 2.7–5 mm; pistillate 4.5–6.5(–7) mm. Cypselae 0.9–1.4 mm, minutely papillate; pappi: staminate 3.5–6.5 mm; pistillate 6–8.5(–9.5) mm. 2n = 28.
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Plants 1–4 dm, with short and leafy or longer and merely bracteate stolons; basal lvs and those at the ends of the stolons densely and persistently tomentose beneath, only sparsely so (and eventually glabrate) above, or the upper side glabrous from the first, relatively small, mostly under 1.5 cm wide, 1-nerved or obscurely 3-nerved; pistillate invols 7–10 mm; variously sexual or apomictic, diploid or polyploid. Woods and open places; Nf. and Que. to Yukon, s. to D.C., Va., W.Va., s. Ind., Mo., and Calif. Apr.–June. Four vars. in our range:
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.2
Root diameter (meter) 0.3
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light 7-8
Soil humidity 2-4
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 4-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

The leaves are chewed like gum.
Uses gum medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 69
Germination temperacture (C°) 9 - 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Antennaria neglecta habit picture by tufty_jam_bean (cc-by-sa)
Antennaria neglecta habit picture by Dale Kraus4 (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Antennaria neglecta leaf picture by Nicole Clark (cc-by-sa)
Antennaria neglecta leaf picture by Holly Nobles (cc-by-sa)
Antennaria neglecta leaf picture by tufty_jam_bean (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Antennaria neglecta flower picture by Joshua Kuykendall (cc-by-sa)
Antennaria neglecta flower picture by Hannah Prokop (cc-by-sa)
Antennaria neglecta flower picture by Nicole Clark (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Antennaria neglecta world distribution map, present in Canada, France, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:14759-2
WFO ID wfo-0000029508
COL ID 66XF3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 762037
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Antennaria longifolia Antennaria lunellii Antennaria erosa Antennaria wilsonii Antennaria campestris Antennaria chelonica Antennaria athabascensis Antennaria parvula Antennaria neglecta f. neglecta Antennaria neglecta subsp. neglecta Antennaria howellii var. campestris Antennaria neglecta var. simplex Antennaria howellii var. athabascensis Antennaria campestris var. campestris Antennaria neglecta var. campestris Antennaria campestris var. athabascensis Antennaria nebrascensis Antennaria neglecta
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