Antennaria luzuloides subsp. luzuloides

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

pearly cudweed is a California native perennial found in northern Sierra Nevada Mountains, Modoc Plateau in dry meadows and lower montane forest drainages at elevations of 1,200 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white flowers in flat-topped, clustered heads with 10 to 110 individual flower heads. Growing with slender stems 10 to 30 centimeters tall, it forms dense tufted clusters in alpine and montane environments. Its basal leaves are distinctively narrow, linear to oblanceolate, measuring 1 to 10 millimeters wide and creating a delicate ground-hugging profile. The small fruits are papillate and approximately 1 to 2 millimeters long, with characteristic pappus bristles 3 to 4 millimeters in length.

Habitat: +- dry meadows, drainages in lower montane forest

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 1200-2000 m

Bioregions: NCoRH, n SNH, MP

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