- Antennaria howellii
Taxobox
name = "Antennaria howellii"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Asterales
familia =Asteraceae
genus = "Antennaria "
species = "A. howellii"
binomial = "Antennaria howellii"
binomial_authority = Greene"Antennaria howellii" (Everlasting or Howell's Pussytoes) is a species in the genus "
Antennaria ", native to northernNorth America fromAlaska east to Newfoundland, and south to northernCalifornia ,Colorado andNorth Carolina .It is an
evergreen perennial plant . The form is usually basal rosettes, largely clonally propagated. The basal rosette leaves are 2-4 cm long and 6-12 mm broad, light green and spatulate, with a thin arm and a broad tip with a point. They have wooly white undersides. Theflower heads appear in May, on a stem 15–35 cm tall with smaller, slender leaves 1-4 cm long. It is commonly seen growing under pine stands.There are four
subspecies :
*"Antennaria howellii" subsp. "howellii"
*"Antennaria howellii" subsp. "canadensis" (syn. "A. canadensis")
*"Antennaria howellii" subsp. "neodioica" (syn. "A. neodioica" )
*"Antennaria howellii" subsp. "petaloidea"References
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?413470 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Antennaria howellii"]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANHO USDA Plants Profile: "Antennaria howellii"]
* [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Antennaria+howellii Plants of British Columbia: "Antennaria howellii"]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Antennaria+howellii Jepson Flora Project: "Antennaria howellii"]
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