Antennaria pulchella

Taxobox
name = "Antennaria pulchella"


image_width = 210px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
genus = "Antennaria"
species = "A. pulchella"
binomial = "Antennaria pulchella"
binomial_authority = Greene
synonyms = "Antennaria scabra"

"Antennaria pulchella" is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names Sierra pussytoes and beautiful pussytoes. It is native to the high mountains of eastern California and western Nevada, especially the Sierra Nevada, where it is a plant of the alpine climate. This is a small, mat-forming perennial herb growing a patch of woolly grayish leaves dotted with purplish glands. It spreads via a tangled network of stolons. The erect inflorescence reaches no more than about 12 centimeters tall. The species is dioecious, with male and female plants producing flower heads of slightly different morphologies. The fruit is an achene up to half a centimeter long, most of which is a long, soft pappus.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,671,681 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANPU8 USDA Plants Profile]