Antennaria media

Antennaria media is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Rocky Mountain pussytoes. It is native to western Canada and the Western United States from Alaska and Yukon Territory to California to New Mexico. It grows in cold Arctic and alpine regions, either at high latitudes in the Arctic or at high elevations in the mountains (Rocky Mountains, Cascades, Sierra Nevada).Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution mapCalflora taxon report, University of California, Antennaria media E. Greene, Rocky Mountain pussytoes, alpine pussytoes Antennaria media is a perennial herb forming a matted patch of stolons and woolly basal leaves with inflorescences no more than about 13 centimeters tall. The inflorescences contain several flower heads. The species is dioecious, with male and female flowers on different plants. The fruit is an achene up to about 6 millimeters long, most of which is the long, soft pappus.Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 411 Rocky Mountain pussytoes, Antennaria media GreeneGreene, Edward Lee 1898. Pittonia 3(18B): 286–287 in English

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