Antennaria alpina
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Antennaria |
| Species: | A. alpina |
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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
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- Den virtuaella floran, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Fjällkattfot Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. in Swedish with photos
- Nordaflora, Fjellkattefot Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. in Swedish with photos
- Ian McLaren;s Arctic Flowers, Antennaria alpina
- Turner Photographics, Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest, Antennaria alpina
- Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia, Antennaria alpina
