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Alpine Pussytoes
( Antennaria media )
Antennaria media
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About Alpine Pussytoes (Antennaria media)
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Antennaria media
is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Rocky Mountain pussytoes. It is native to western North America from Alaska and northwestern Canada to California to New Mexico, where it grows in cold regions such as the alpine climate of high mountains. This is a perennial herb forming a matted patch of stolons and woolly basal leaves with flower clusters no more than about 13 centimeters tall. The flower clusters contain several flower heads. The species is dioecious, with male and female plants producing flower heads of slightly different morphologies. The fruit is an achene up to about 6 millimeters long, most of which is the long, soft pappus. There are several subspecies; one subspecies is diploid and reproduces sexually and the others are polyploid and display apomixis.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Size
5.2 in tall
Flower Color
White
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 4
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American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
Vanessa virginiensis
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White-spotted Midget
Eutricopis nexilis
Eutricopis nexilis
*
Pussy's Toes Pyrausta
Pyrausta unifascialis
Pyrausta unifascialis
*
Telethusia ovalis
Telethusia ovalis
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun
Sunset Zones
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1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17
Natural Setting
Site Type
High meadows, snow basin and ridges
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 18.7" - 115.6", Summer Precipitation: 0.30" - 3.97", Coldest Month: 17.9" - 49.6", Hottest Month: 38.4" - 74.8", Humidity: 0.71" - 14.52", Elevation: 178" - 14460"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Rocky Mountain Pussytoes
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Sources include:
Wikipedia
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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