Species of flowering plant
Antennaria alpina
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Clade:
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Asterids
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Order:
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Asterales
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Family:
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Asteraceae
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Genus:
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Antennaria
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Species:
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A. alpina
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Binomial name
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Antennaria alpina
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Synonyms[2]
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- Antennaria arenicola Malte
- Antennaria atriceps Fernald ex Fernald
- Antennaria bayardii Fernald
- Antennaria borealis Greene 1899 not Gand. 1887
- Antennaria brunnescens Fernald
- Antennaria cana (Fernald & Wiegand) Fernald
- Antennaria columnaris Fernald
- Antennaria compacta Malte
- Antennaria confusa Fernald
- Antennaria crymophila A.E.Porsild
- Antennaria foggii Fernald
- Antennaria glabrata (J.Vahl) Greene
- Antennaria groenlandica Porsild
- Antennaria × hansii A.Kern.
- Antennaria intermedia (Rosenv.) Porsild
- Antennaria labradorica Nutt.
- Antennaria lapponica Selander
- Antennaria longii Fernald
- Antennaria pallida E.E.Nelson
- Antennaria pedunculata A.E.Porsild
- Antennaria porsildii E.Ekman
- Antennaria sornborgeri Fernald
- Antennaria stolonifera A.E.Porsild
- Antennaria subcanescens Ostenf. ex Malte
- Antennaria ungavensis (Fernald) Malte11
- Antennaria vexillifera Fernald
- Antennaria wiegandii Fernald
- Chamaezelum alpinum Link
- Gnaphalium alpinum L.
- Gnaphalium monanthon Willd. ex DC.
- Gnaphalium uniflorum Pall. ex DC.
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Antennaria alpina (alpine pussytoes[3] or alpine catsfoot or alpine everlasting[4]) 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.[5][6][7][8]
Antennaria alpina is a perennial, herbaceous 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.[5]