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Photographer: Botanical Illustration
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Family Asteraceae
Antennaria howellii Greene
Howell's pussy-toes
Antennaria: from the Latin antenna, because of the resemblance of the male flowers to insect antennae
howellii: named in honor of Thomas Jefferson Howell (1842-1912), a collector of the flora of Oregon and Washington, who wrote, produced and printed his own Flora of Northwest America.
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-16" tall forb; fibrous roots with colony-forming stolons |
| Flower: | head white to pinkish, brush-like with numerous, tubular disk flowers, no rays; inflorescence a terminal cluster; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | on dense fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | alternate, upper leaves white-hairy, basal leaves mostly hairless, only mid-vein distinct; main leaves less than 1/2" wide |
| Habitat: | dry to moderate moisture; fields, woods, prairies; in sandy soil |
| Notes: | very similar to A. neglecta |
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