Antennaria monocephala

Antennaria monocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Antennaria
Species:	A. monocephala
Binomial name
	Antennaria monocephala; DC. 1838 not (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene 1897
Synonyms
	Synonymy Antennaria exilis Greene ; Antennaria nitens Greene ; Antennaria philonipha A.E.Porsild ; Antennaria shumaginensis A.E.Porsild ; Antennaria angustata Greene, syn of subsp. angustata ; Antennaria komarovii Juz. ex Kom., syn of subsp. angustata ; Antennaria megacephala Fernald ex Raup, syn of subsp. angustata ;

Antennaria monocephala, the pygmy pussytoes,^[1] is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to arctic and alpine regions of North America (Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, the three Canadian Arctic Territories, Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta, and Wyoming) as well as the Chukotka (Chukchi) Peninsula of Russia.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Antennaria monocephala is a small herb rarely more than 15 cm (6 inches) tall. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants; some populations are known in which all the individuals are female.^[1]

Subspecies

Antennaria monocephala subsp. angustata (Greene) Hultén
Antennaria monocephala subsp. monocephala

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 411 Pygmy pussytoes, Antennaria monocephala de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 269. 1838.
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
^ Hultén, E. 1968. Flora of Alaska i–xxi, 1–1008. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
^ Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto
^ Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, Ottawa
^ Juzepczuk, Sergei Vasilievich & Komarov, Vladimir Leontjevich. 1930. Flora of Kamtschatka 3:130

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[j-1] Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 411 Pygmy pussytoes, Antennaria monocephala de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 269. 1838.

[2] Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map

[3] Hultén, E. 1968. Flora of Alaska i–xxi, 1–1008. Stanford University Press, Stanford.

[4] Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto

[5] Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, Ottawa

[6] Juzepczuk, Sergei Vasilievich & Komarov, Vladimir Leontjevich. 1930. Flora of Kamtschatka 3:130

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