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Antennaria
''Antennaria'' is a genus of dioecious perennial plant, perennial herbaceous, 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. Common names include catsfoot or cat's-foot, pussytoes and everlasting. Different ''Antennaria'' species reach between 10 cm and 50 cm in height. The leaf, 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. ''Antennaria'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including ''Vanessa virginiensis'' (American painted lady), ''Coleophora pappiferella'' (which feeds exclusively on ''A. dioica''), ''Schinia verna'' (which feeds on several ''Antennaria'' species). Selected species Hybrids *''Antennaria' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antennaria Chilensis
''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. Common names include catsfoot or cat's-foot, pussytoes and everlasting. 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. ''Antennaria'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including ''Vanessa virginiensis The American painted lady or American lady (''Vanessa virginiensis'') [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antennaria Alpina
''Antennaria alpina'' (alpine pussytoes, alpine catsfoot, or alpine everlasting) 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. Description ''Antennaria alpina'' is a perennial, herbaceous plant growing 3 to 18 centimeters tall. The plant spreads by means of stolons that reach between 1 and 7 cm in length. It is a cushion plant, a compact, low-growing, mat-forming plant, with a dense taproot that forms annual growth rings. The basal leaves, those attached to the base of the plant, have one prominent vein and are spatulate to oblanceolate in shape, with a length of 6 to 25 millimeters and a width of 2 to 7 mm. The surface of the leaves are green and nearly hairless to gray in color with many hairs, but the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antennaria Dioica
''Antennaria dioica'' (mountain everlasting, stoloniferous pussytoes, catsfoot or cudweed) is a Eurasian 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 (Russia, Mongolia, Japan, Kazakhstan, China (Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Gansu) and the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Description ''Antennaria dioica'' is an evergreen, herbaceous perennial plant growing to 10–20 cm tall, with a rosette of basal spoon-shaped leaves 4 cm long, and 1 cm broad at their broadest near the apex; and smaller leaves arranged spirally up the flowering stems. The flowers are produced in capitula (flowerheads) 6–12 mm diameter with pale pink ray florets and darker pink disc florets. The plant's common name is derived from the flower clusters which are thought to resemble the pads or toes of a cat's paw. It is dioecious, but can also reproduce without fertilisation. It is found in groups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antennaria Dimorpha
''Antennaria dimorpha'' is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names low pussytoes or gray cushion pussytoes. It is native to western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan) and the western United States as far south as Riverside County in California and Rio Arriba County in New Mexico. It is generally found in dry areas. There are historical records of the species formerly occurring in northwestern Nebraska, but these populations appear now to be gone. Description ''Antennaria dimorpha'' is a small mat-forming perennial herb growing in a flat patch from a thick, branching caudex. The spoon-shaped leaves are up to about a centimeter long and green but coated with long, gray hairs. The erect inflorescences are only a few centimeters tall and flowers often appear nestled among the foliage. Each stem holds a single flower head lined with dark brown and green patched phyllaries. It is dioecious, with male plants bearing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antennaria Corymbosa
''Antennaria corymbosa'' is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names flat-top pussytoes or meadow pussytoes. It is native to western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan) and the Western United States south as far as Tulare County in California and Rio Arriba County in New Mexico. It grows in moist, cool areas such as mountain meadows and riverbanks. Most of the populations are found in the Rocky Mountains, the Cascades, and the Sierra Nevada. ''Antennaria corymbosa'' is a small perennial herb growing from a basal patch of thin, gray, woolly, spoon-shaped leaves one or two centimeters long. It produces several erect stems no more than 15 centimeters tall, each holding an inflorescence of several flower heads. It is dioecious, with male and female plants producing different types of flower heads, which are generally similar in appearance. Each head has a surface of dark-dotted white phyllaries and contains tiny indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antennaria Eucosma
''Antennaria pulchella'' is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names showy pussytoes and handsome pussytoes. It is widespread across much of Canada including the three Arctic Territories, as well as in parts of the United States (Alaska, the northern Rocky Mountains and northern Cascades). Description ''Antennaria pulcherrima'' is a herbaceous plant up to 65 cm tall. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants. It tends to grow on alluvial soils deposited by streams, generally in alpine or subarctic environments. ;Subspecies * ''Antennaria pulcherrima'' subsp. ''eucosma'' (Fernald & Wiegand) R.J.Bayer – limestone barrens in Newfoundland and on Anticosti Island (part of Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antennaria Argentea
''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.United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile argentea Flora of the Western United States Plants described in 1849 {{gnaphalieae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antennaria Aromatica
''Antennaria aromatica'', the scented pussytoes, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t .... The crushed foliage has a strong scent resembling that of citronella.Evert, Erwin F. 1984. Madroño 31(2): 109–111, figure 1 References External linksMontana Field Guide, Montana Natural Heritage Program, Aromatic Pussytoes - Antennaria aromatica aromatica [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antennaria Anaphaloides
''Antennaria anaphaloides'', the pearly pussytoes, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan) and the western United States (primarily the Rocky Mountains, with additional populations in the Great Basin and northeastern part of the Colorado Plateau The Colorado Plateau is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States. This plateau covers an area of 336,700 km2 (130,000 mi2) within w ...). References anaphaloides Plants described in 1900 Flora of Western Canada Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of the Southwestern United States {{gnaphalieae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |