Antennaria dimorpha

Taxobox
name = "Antennaria dimorpha"

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image_width = 210px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Gnaphalieae
genus = "Antennaria"
species = "A. dimorpha"
binomial = "Antennaria dimorpha"
binomial_authority = (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
synonyms = "Antennaria latisquama"
"Antennaria microcephala"
"Gnaphalium dimorphum"

"Antennaria dimorpha" is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name low pussytoes. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Nebraska, where it is generally found in dry areas. This is a small mat-forming perennial herb growing in a flat patch from a thick, branching caudex. The spoon-shaped leaves are up to about a centimeter long and green but coated with long, gray hairs. The erect inflorescences are only a few centimeters tall. Each holds a single flower head lined with dark brown and green patched phyllaries. It is dioecious, with male plants bearing heads of staminate flowers and female plants bearing heads of larger pistillate flowers. The fruit is an achene with a long, soft, barbed pappus.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,671,674 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANDI2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Antennaria+dimorpha Photo gallery]