Antennaria

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Antennaria
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Antennaria racemosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Antennaria
Gaertn. [1] [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • DisynanthusRaf.
  • Gnaphalium sect. Antennaria(Gaertn.) Miq.
  • ChamaezelumLink
  • AntennariaLink ex Fr.
  • CyttariumPeterm.

Antennaria is a genus of dioecious perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with a few species (A. chilensis, A. linearifolia, A. sleumeri) in temperate southern South America; the highest species diversity is in North America. [4] Common names include catsfoot or cat's-foot, pussytoes and everlasting. [1] [2] [5]

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Different Antennaria species reach between 10 cm and 50 cm in height. The leaves are basal and often stem leaves. The name Antennaria refers to the projecting stamens seen on the male flowers of some species, resembling insect antennae. [6] [7]

Antennaria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Vanessa virginiensis (American painted lady), [8] Coleophora pappiferella (which feeds exclusively on A. dioica), Schinia verna (which feeds on several Antennaria species).[ citation needed ]

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<i>Antennaria alpina</i> Species of flowering plant

Antennaria alpina is a European and North American species of plant in the family Asteraceae. Antennaria alpina is native to mountainous and subarctic regions of Scandinavia, Greenland, Alaska, and the Canadian Arctic, extending south at high altitudes in mountains in the Rocky Mountains south to Montana and Wyoming.

<i>Antennaria dioica</i> Species of flowering plant

Antennaria dioica is a Eurasian and North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a perennial herb found in cool northern and mountainous regions of Europe and northern Asia, and also in North America in Alaska only.

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<i>Antennaria howellii</i> Species of flowering plant

Antennaria howellii is a North American species in the genus Antennaria within the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Alaska, much of Canada including the Arctic territories, and the northern United States as far south as northern California, Colorado and North Carolina.

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Antennaria argentea is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name silver pussytoes or silvery everlasting. It is native primarily to Oregon and to northern and central California with additional populations in Nevada, Idaho, Montana, and Washington.

<i>Antennaria rosea</i> Species of flowering plant

Antennaria rosea is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name rosy pussytoes. Other common names include cat's foot and mountain everlasting. It is widespread across much of Canada including all three Arctic territories, as well as Greenland, the western and north-central United States, and the Mexican state of Baja California.

Antennaria suffrutescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names evergreen pussytoes and evergreen everlasting. It is native to southwestern Oregon and far northeastern California. It grows in coniferous forests in the mountains, sometimes on serpentine soils.

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<i>Antennaria microphylla</i> Species of flowering plant

Antennaria microphylla is a stoloniferous perennial forb in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across northern and western North America, from Alaska and the three Canadian Arctic territories east to Quebec and south to Minnesota, New Mexico, and California.

<i>Acmispon</i> Genus of legumes

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<i>Antennaria plantaginifolia</i> Species of flowering plant

Antennaria plantaginifolia is a perennial forb native to the eastern North America, that produces cream colored composite flowers in spring.

Antennaria densifolia, the denseleaf pussytoes, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to western Canada and the US states of Alaska and Montana.

Antennaria friesiana, or Fries' pussytoes, is an Arctic species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is the northern reaches of Asia and North America. Many of the populations lack male (staminate) flowers and reproduce asexually.

<i>Antennaria lanata</i> Species of flowering plant

Antennaria lanata is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name woolly pussytoes. It is native to western Canada and the northwestern United States.

Antennaria marginata is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name whitemargin pussytoes. It is native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.

<i>Antennaria monocephala</i> Species of flowering plant

Antennaria monocephala, the pygmy pussytoes, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to arctic and alpine regions of North America as well as the Chukotka (Chukchi) Peninsula of Russia.

<i>Antennaria neglecta</i> Species of flowering plant

Antennaria neglecta is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name field pussytoes. It is widespread across much of Canada as well as the northeastern and north-central United States.

<i>Antennaria stenophylla</i> Species of flowering plant

Antennaria stenophylla is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name narrowleaf pussytoes. It is native to the Great Basin, Columbia Plateau, and Snake River Plain of the Western United States, in the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah.

References

  1. 1 2 Gaertner 1791, p.  410.
  2. 1 2 Gaertner 1791, Tab. CLXVII: line drawings of flowers and flower heads of A. dioica .
  3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  4. Thapa, Ramhari; Bayer, Randall J.; Mandel, Jennifer R. (2020). "Phylogenomics Resolves the Relationships within Antennaria (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae) and Yields New Insights into its Morphological Character Evolution and Biogeography". Systematic Botany. 45 (2): 387–402. doi:10.1600/036364420X15862837791221. S2CID   218754856.
  5. "Antennaria". County-level distribution maps from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2013.
  6. Bayer, Randall J. "Antennaria". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 19, 20 and 21. New York and Oxford via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  7. Coombes, Allen J. (2012). The A to Z of plant names : a quick reference guide to 4000 garden plants (1st ed.). Portland, Or.: Timber Press. p. 46. ISBN   978-1-60469-196-2. OCLC   741564356.
  8. Hilty, John (2016). "Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)". Illinois Wildflowers.