Antennaria pulcherrima (Hook.) Greene

Showy pussytoes (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Antennaria

Characteristics

Dioecious. Plants (8–)30–65 cm (caudices branching or rhizomes stout). Stolons none. Basal leaves 3–5-nerved, spatulate to oblanceolate or lanceolate, 50–200 × 4–25 mm, tips acute, mucronate, faces gray-pubescent or silvery sericeous. Cauline leaves linear, 8–140 mm, distal flagged or not. Heads 3–30 in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays. Involucres: staminate 5–8 mm; pistillate 7–12 mm. Phyllaries distally black, dark brown, light brown, castaneous, or olivaceous. Corollas: staminate 3–5 mm; pistillate 3–6 mm. Cypselae 1–1.5 mm, glabrous; pappi: staminate 4–6 mm; pistillate (5–)8–10 mm. 2n = 28, 56.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.65
Root system rhizome
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Flower color
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 69
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Antennaria pulcherrima world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1214639-2
WFO ID wfo-0000135844
COL ID 679GN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Antennaria pulcherrima Antennaria pulcherrima var. pulcherrima

Lower taxons

Antennaria pulcherrima subsp. eucosma Antennaria pulcherrima subsp. pulcherrima