''Antennaria monocephala'', the pygmy pussytoes,
[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.]
/ref> is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to arctic and alpine regions of North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
( Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, the three Canadian Arctic Territories, Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta, and Wyoming) as well as the Chukotka ( Chukchi) Peninsula of Russia.[Juzepczuk, Sergei Vasilievich & Komarov, Vladimir Leontjevich. 1930. Flora of Kamtschatka 3:130]
''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.[
;Subspecies
* ''Antennaria monocephala'' subsp. ''angustata'' (Greene) Hultén
* ''Antennaria monocephala'' subsp. ''monocephala''
]
References
External links
Alaska Wildflowers, ''Antennaria monocephala'' DC.
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*[http://nature.ca/aaflora/data/www/asanmo.htm Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago by S.G. Aiken, M.J. Dallwitz, L.L. Consaul, C.L. McJannet, R.L. Boles, G.W. Argus, J.M. Gillett, P.J. Scott, R. Elven, M.C. LeBlanc, L.J. Gillespie, A.K. Brysting, H. Solstad, and J.G. Harris, ''Antennaria monocephala'' (Torr. and A. Gray) DC. subsp. ''angustata'' (Greene) Hultén]
Растительный мир ООПТ Чукотки, Региональные геологические и водные памятники природы Геологический памятник природы "АНЮЙСКИЙ", Беликович А.В., Галанин А.В., Афонина О.М., Макарова И.И. Публикуется по тексту: Беликович А.В., Галанин А.В., Афонина О.М., Макарова И.И. Растительный мир особо охраняемых территорий Чукотки . Владивосток: БСИ ДВО РАН, 2006. 260 с.
in Russian
monocephala
Plants described in 1897
Flora of the Russian Far East
Flora of Subarctic America
Flora of Canada
Flora of the Northwestern United States
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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