Antennaria umbrinella (Brown-Bracted Everlasting) - photos and description
Basal leaf in above photo
Stem leaf in above photo
Plants beginning to flower on May 10th in above photo
General: Mat-forming species with basal leaves in rosettes. Colonies consist of many basal rosettes with few flowering stems.
Flowers: A flower heads involucre measured at 4-5 mm high, bracts dark brown. Male and female flowers on separate plants.
Leaves: Basal leaves white tomentose both sides, spatulate, basal leaf measured at 1 cm long by 4 mm wide. Stem leaves alternate, lanceolate, stem leaf highlighted in photograph above was 1 cm long by 3 mm wide. We observed 9 - 12 stem leaves.
Height: Height is listed in Budd's Flora to 6 cm, measured plants to 12 cm tall.
Habitat: Gravelly slopes in the Cypress Hills.
Abundance: This plant is rare, ranked as an S2S3 by the Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre.
Origin: Native.
How to identify this species of Antennaria: This species can be identified by its dark brown bracts and an involucre 4-5 mm high.
When and where photographed: Photos were taken May 10th and June 4th rocky cliff in the Cypress Hills, about 400 km southwest of our home in Regina, SK.