Antennaria alpina

Antennaria alpina
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
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; (L.) Gaertn.
Synonyms
	Synonymy 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.
^ NRCS. "Antennaria alpina". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 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.

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[TNC_status_22_Jun_2022-1] "NatureServe Explorer - Antennaria alpina". NatureServe Explorer Antennaria alpina. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.

[tpl-2] Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn.. The Plant List.

[3] NRCS. "Antennaria alpina". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 6 September 2016.

[4] "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - the University of Texas at Austin".

[fna-5] Flora of North America, Alpine pussytoes, Antennaria alpina (Linnaeus) Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 410. 1791

[6] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

[7] Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.

[8] Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.

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