Antennaria alpina

Taxobox
name = "Antennaria alpina"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
genus = "Antennaria"
species = "A. alpina"
binomial = "Antennaria alpina"
binomial_authority = (L.) Gaertn.

"Antennaria alpina" (Alpine Catsfoot or Alpine Pussytoes) is a species in genus "Antennaria", native to subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and extending south at high altitudes in mountains in Scandinavia, and in the Rocky Mountains south to Montana.

It 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.

References

*ITIS|ID=36719|taxon=Antennaria alpina
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANAL4 NRCS: USDA Plants Profile "Antennaria alpina"]