Asteraceae
Alpine pussytoes
Antennaria alpina
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Antennaria
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- هوائية جبلية
- Chinese
- 高山蝶须
- English
- Alpine pussytoes
- Finnish
- Tunturikissankäpälä
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjellkattefot
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Fjellkattefot, Filtkattefot, Grønkattefot
- se
- Duottarbusságeahpil
- Swedish
- Fjällkattfot, Fjäll-kattfot
Synonyms
- Antennaria alpina f. alpina
- Antennaria alpina f. latifolia Ekman
- Antennaria alpina subsp. alpina
- Antennaria alpina var. alpina
- Antennaria alpina var. cana Fernald & Wiegand
- Antennaria alpina var. canescens Lange
- Antennaria alpina var. ramosissima Lange
- Antennaria alpina var. typica Fernald
- Antennaria atriceps Fernald
- Antennaria cana Fernald
- Antennaria canescens f. fastigiata Böcher
- Antennaria glabrata f. ramosa A.E.Porsild
- Antennaria lapponica Selander
- Antennaria porsildii f. roseola Ekman
- Antennaria ungavensis Malte
- Chamaezelum alpinum Link
- Gnaphalium alpinum L.
- Gnaphalium monanthon Willd. ex DC.
- Gnaphalium uniflorum Pall. ex DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Johan Arvelius, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Laxskinn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: IdaBokmal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.