''Antennaria pulchella'' is a
North America
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n species of flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae known by the common names showy pussytoes and handsome pussytoes.
[ It is widespread across much of Canada including the three Arctic Territories, as well as in parts of the United States ( Alaska, the northern Rocky Mountains and northern Cascades).Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]
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Description
''Antennaria pulcherrima'' is a herbaceous plant up to 65 cm tall. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants. It tends to grow on alluvial soils deposited by streams, generally in alpine or subarctic
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environments.[
;Subspecies][Flora of North America FNA Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 400 Showy or handsome pussytoes, antennaire magnifique, ''Antennaria pulcherrima'' (Hooker) Greene, Pittonia. 3: 176. 1897. ]
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* ''Antennaria pulcherrima'' subsp. ''eucosma'' (Fernald & Wiegand) R.J.Bayer – limestone barrens in Newfoundland
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and on Anticosti Island (part of Quebec)
* ''Antennaria pulcherrima'' subsp. ''pulcherrima'' – most of species range
References
External links
Alaska Wildflowers
links to several photos of subsp. ''eucosma''
pulcherrima
Plants described in 1834
Flora of Subarctic America
Flora of Canada
Flora of the Northwestern United States
Flora of the Southwestern United States
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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