Antennaria vinifera, Boriss.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 132

6. A. vinifera Boriss. , Not. Syst. (Leningrad) 20: 292 (1960).

Like 5 but with (3-)4-6(-9) capitula; involucral bracts with a darker, purplish centre; male florets purplish, at least above; anthers yellow; pappus more than 1 -75 mm longer than the style at maturity; achenes very rarely produced. 2л = 28, 42. Snowpatches and other damp places', calcicele. Arctic Europe and N. Ural. Fe No Rs (N) Su. (Siberia.)

Pollen-formation in the hexaploid (2л = 42) is irregular and neither this nor the tetraploid normally produces mature achenes in Europe. The stigmatic lobes of the tetraploids are shorter (c. 0-3 mm) than those of the hexaploids (c. 0- 8 mm).

The contrasting colours of the male florets and the anthers in this species and 5 are not always evident in dried material.