[Pussytoes: The Genus Antennaria East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes

Antennaria umbrinella

Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa

Round-tipped involucral bracts of Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa)

The photo above shows a cluster of flowerheads of dark pussytoes. The tips of the involucral bracts of this species are rounded and whitish in color, with many of the bracts discolored with brown. Photographed near Little Mt. Adams...........July 17, 2006.

Characteristics:

Dark pussytoes are perennial, mat-forming wildflowers with clusters of erect stems arising 6-15 cm high from elongated rootstocks or stolons. The leaves and stems are densely and closely covered with white-matted hairs and with the stems at least minutely glandular beneath the hairs. The leaves of the basal rosettes are obovate or broadly spatulate in outline, 10-15 mm long and densely covered with white-matted hairs. The leaves of the floral scapes are linear-oblong in shape with acute tips.

The discoid flower heads are each narrow and number 2-5 per stem, these oriented in a close cluster (See photo above.). The involucres ae 4-5 mm high with the individual bracts woolly at their base and the lowermost and middle bracts are brownish or greenish while the upper and innermost are whitish or light brown with rounded tips.


Habitat:

Dark pussytoes may be found in open forests to open slopes at moderate to high elevations in the mountains.


Range:

Dark pussytoes may be found from northern Canada south through the mountains of the Pacific Northwest to California and east to Colorado and Arizona.


Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa)

Brownish pussytoes as seen at Antelope Mountain in the Malheur National Forest...........June 25, 2011.

Male flower heads of Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa) - Close-up sideview of the male flower heads of Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa)

Close-up sideview of a female flower head of Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa) - Close-up of a female flower head of Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa)

Basal leaf rosette of Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa) - Close-up of the stem leaves of Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa) - Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa)

Close-ups of brownish pussytoes as seen along the summit ridge about one-half mile north of the Steens Mountain Summit............September 1, 2011.


Inflorescence of Alpine Pussytoes: Rocky Mountain Pussytoes: Antennaria media (Synonyms: Antennaria alpina var. media, AntenBrown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa) - Close-up sideview of the inflorescence of Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa)- Close-up sideview of the inflorescence of Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa)

Additional close-ups of brownish pussytoes as seen at Antelope Mountain in the Malheur National Forest...............June 25, 2011.

Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa) - Flower heads of Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa)

Examples of brownish pussytoes as seen on Patterson Mountain, Washington Department of Natural Resources lands, Okanogan County, Washington...........June 12, 2011.

Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa) --- Inflorescence of Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa) --- Leafy stolons of Brown-bract Pussytoes, Brown Everlasting, Brownish Everlasting, Dark Pussytoes, Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella (Synonyms: Antennaria aizoides, Antennaria flavescens, Antennaria reflexa)

Additional close-ups of the inflorescence and mat leafy stolons of dark pussytoes as seen on the upper, eastern slopes of Burch Mt., several miles north of Wenatchee, WA............June 6, 2009.

Paul Slichter