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Questions and Answers: 2017

Question: here are some of the best shots i got of the Jessup's Milkvetch and those strange runners. they are extremely …

  • Question

    here are some of the best shots i got of the Jessup's Milkvetch and those strange runners. they are extremely small, so it was difficult to get a good shot. now i wish i had taken the time to investigate them more carefully. i was trying to not touch the milkvetches at all.

    Answer

    Dear ho2cultcha, as best I can tell from your image, the "runners" appear to be stolons from a species of Antennaria (pussytoes), such as Antennaria howellii subsp. petaloidea (small pussytoes), a native species known to possess elongate stolons.