Antennaria alpina
| Antennaria alpina | |
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| illustration circa 1920[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Antennaria |
| Species: | A. alpina |
| Binomial name | |
| Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. | |
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Synonymy
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Antennaria alpina (Alpine Catsfoot or Alpine Pussytoes) is a European and North American species in the sunflower family. It is native to mountainous and subarctic regions of (Scandinavia, Greenland, Alaska, the Canadian Arctic), and extending south at high altitudes in mountains in Scandinavia, and in the Rocky Mountains south to Montana and Wyoming.[3][4][5][6]
Antennaria alpina is a herbaceous perennial 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.[3]
Female florescences.
References
- ↑ From the book Bilder ur Nordens Flora from Project Runeberg (1917-1926). Author: C. A. M. Lindman
- ↑ The Plant List Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn.
- 1 2 Flora of North America, Alpine pussytoes, Antennaria alpina (Linnaeus) Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 410. 1791
- ↑ Biota of North America Propgram 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". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- NRCS: United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile Antennaria alpina
- 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'
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