Species of flowering plant
Antennaria alpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade :
Tracheophytes
Clade :
Angiosperms
Clade :
Eudicots
Clade :
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Antennaria
Species:
A. alpina
Binomial name
Antennaria alpina
Synonyms [ 2]
Antennaria arenicola Malte
Antennaria atriceps Fernald ex Fernald
Antennaria bayardii Fernald
Antennaria borealis Greene 1899 not Gand. 1887
Antennaria brunnescens Fernald
Antennaria cana (Fernald & Wiegand) Fernald
Antennaria columnaris Fernald
Antennaria compacta Malte
Antennaria confusa Fernald
Antennaria crymophila A.E.Porsild
Antennaria foggii Fernald
Antennaria glabrata (J.Vahl) Greene
Antennaria groenlandica Porsild
Antennaria × hansii A.Kern.
Antennaria intermedia (Rosenv.) Porsild
Antennaria labradorica Nutt.
Antennaria lapponica Selander
Antennaria longii Fernald
Antennaria pallida E.E.Nelson
Antennaria pedunculata A.E.Porsild
Antennaria porsildii E.Ekman
Antennaria sornborgeri Fernald
Antennaria stolonifera A.E.Porsild
Antennaria subcanescens Ostenf. ex Malte
Antennaria ungavensis (Fernald) Malte11
Antennaria vexillifera Fernald
Antennaria wiegandii Fernald
Chamaezelum alpinum Link
Gnaphalium alpinum L.
Gnaphalium monanthon Willd. ex DC.
Gnaphalium uniflorum Pall. ex DC.
Antennaria alpina (alpine pussytoes [ 3] or alpine catsfoot or alpine everlasting [ 4] ) is a European and North American species of plant in the family Asteraceae . Antennaria alpina is native to mountainous and subarctic regions of Scandinavia , Greenland , Alaska , and the Canadian Arctic , extending south at high altitudes in mountains in the Rocky Mountains south to Montana and Wyoming .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Antennaria alpina is a perennial , herbaceous plant growing to 15 cm tall, with off-white to pinkish flowerheads 4–8 mm in diameter, produced in clusters of three to five together.[ 5]
References
^ "NatureServe Explorer - Antennaria alpina" . NatureServe Explorer Antennaria alpina . NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022 .
^ Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. . The Plant List.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Antennaria alpina " . The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov) . Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 6 September 2016 .
^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - the University of Texas at Austin" .
^ a b Flora of North America, Alpine pussytoes, Antennaria alpina (Linnaeus) Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 410. 1791
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
^ Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.
^ Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
External links
Antennaria alpina Gnaphalium alpinum