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Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn.
alpine pussytoes
       
Symbol:   ANAL4  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Asteraceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Forb/herb  
Native Status:  
L48    N
AK    N
CAN    N
GL    N



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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 449. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn.

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Synonyms:
Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn.

  ANALC Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. var. canescens (Lange) Trautv.
  ANALC2 Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. var. compacta (Malte) S.L. Welsh
  ANALG Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. var. glabrata J. Vahl
  ANALI Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. var. intermedia Rosenv.
  ANALS2 Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. var. stolonifera (A.E. Porsild) S.L. Welsh
  ANALU Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. var. ungavensis Fernald
  ANAR11 Antennaria arenicola Malte
  ANAT2 Antennaria atriceps Fernald
  ANBA7 Antennaria bayardii Fernald
  ANBO Antennaria boecheriana A.E. Porsild
  ANBO2 Antennaria borealis Greene
  ANBR11 Antennaria brunnescens Fernald
  ANCA30 Antennaria cana (Fernald & Wiegand) Fernald
  ANCA81 Antennaria canescens (Lange) Malte
  ANCAP2 Antennaria canescens (Lange) Malte ssp. porsildii (Ekman) Á. Löve & D. Löve
  ANCAP Antennaria canescens (Lange) Malte var. pseudoporsildii Böcher
  ANCO16 Antennaria columnaris Fernald
  ANCO5 Antennaria compacta Malte
  ANCO17 Antennaria confusa Fernald
  ANCR5 Antennaria crymophila A.E. Porsild
  ANFO3 Antennaria foggii Fernald
  ANFRC Antennaria friesiana (Trautv.) Ekman ssp. compacta (Malte) Hultén
  ANGL7 Antennaria glabrata (J. Vahl) Greene
  ANGR6 Antennaria groenlandica A.E. Porsild
  ANHA3 Antennaria hansii Kern.
  ANIN6 Antennaria intermedia (Rosenv.) A.E. Porsild
  ANLA10 Antennaria labradorica Nutt.
  ANLO3 Antennaria longii Fernald
  ANMEC2 Antennaria media Greene ssp. compacta (Malte) Chmielewski
  ANPA3 Antennaria pallida E.E. Nelson
  ANPE8 Antennaria pedunculata A.E. Porsild
  ANPO80 Antennaria porsildii Ekman
  ANSO3 Antennaria sornborgeri Fernald
  ANST3 Antennaria stolonifera A.E. Porsild
  ANSU5 Antennaria subcanescens Ostenf. ex Malte
  ANUN3 Antennaria ungavensis (Fernald) Malte
  ANVE4 Antennaria vexillifera Fernald
  ANWI Antennaria wiegandii Fernald
  GNAL Gnaphalium alpinum L.
 

Distribution:
Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn.

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USA (AK, MT), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, YT), DEN (GL)
 

Related Taxa:
Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn.

View 478 genera in Asteraceae, 40 species in Antennaria
 

Classification:
Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Antennaria Gaertn. – pussytoes
Species Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. – alpine pussytoes
 

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Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36719.

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