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).Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 399 Pearly or handsome or tall pussytoes Antennaria anaphaloides Rydberg, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 409. 1900.Rydberg, Per Axel 1900. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 1: 409–410 description in EnglishBiota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Antennaria anaphaloides has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens12
Marker genes7
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections6
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · TreeOfSex
The complete instruction manualAntennaria anaphaloides carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Bayer, R. J. & G. L. STEBBINS. 1987. Chromosome numbers, patterns of distribution, and apomixis in Antennaria (Asteraceae: Inuleae). Syst. Bot. 12: 305–319.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Chinnappa, C. C. 1986. Chromosome numbers in Antennaria (Asteraceae: Inuleae) from western North America. Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 28: 468–475.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Chmielewski, J. G. & C. C. Chinnappa. 1988. The genus Antennaria (Asteraceae: Inuleae) in western North America. II. Additional chromosome counts. Rhodora 90: 133–137.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Urbanska, K. M. 1983. Antennaria carpatica (Wahlb.) Bl. et Fing. s.l. in North America. I. Chromosome numbers, geographical distribution and ecology. Ber. Geobot. Inst. ETH Stiftung Rübel 50: 33–66.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin2.92 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 176 records
Wild obs. + sensor444
Museum / vouchered732
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 352 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km
≤100 m 285≤1 km 27≤10 km 10>10 km 15
337 georeferenced · 107 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor444
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy52% within 1 km
≤100 m 45≤1 km 124≤10 km 133>10 km 26
328 georeferenced · 404 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence732
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions35 of 57 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Missoula, US
79
WTUlocation not on record
77
Bronx, US
72
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
54
Moscow, US
50
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
48
Pullman, US
38
Corvallis, US
35
Vancouver, CA
29
Bozeman, US
26
University of Lethbridgelocation not on record
25
Logan, US
25
Boise, US
17
Provo, US
15
Denver, US
15
Wuzhou, CN
13
Victoria, CA
12
Caldwell, US
11
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
10
Pocatello, US
6
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
6
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
5
Pittsburg, US
5
Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record
4
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
4
Grand Junction, US
4
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
Durango, US
2
Université Lavallocation not on record
2
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
2
Bangkok, TH
2
Henderson, US
2
Riverside, US
2
Chapel Hill, US
1
SEFlocation not on record
1
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
1
Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record
1
Chadron, US
1
Bend, US
1
University of British Columbialocation not on record
1
Québec, CA
1
Ashland, US
1
Whitehorse, CA
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Flagstaff, US
1
Montréal, CA
1
Orem, US
1
Portland, US
1
Saint Louis, US
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Tempe, US
1
Yellowstone National Park Herbariumlocation not on record
1
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Angwin, US
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
57 institutions · 726 of 732 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Antennaria anaphaloides was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
Slightly undulating, sloping area with dry u…
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median12.6 °C 8.30–16.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter24.8 °C
Max temp (day)19.1 °C 13.9–23.6
Min temp (night)5.70 °C 2.00–10.3
Precipitation62.4 mm/mo 41.7–110
Air humidity54.9 % 52.1–55.9
Moisture balance-52.4 mm/mo -104–-15.9
Vapour deficit668 Pa 485–889
Wind speed2.20 m/s 1.60–3.00
Cloud cover34.8 % 28.3–39.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 176 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics12 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗