Asteraceae
Handsome pussytoes
Antennaria anaphaloides
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Antennaria
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- هوائية شبيهة الكنحب
- English
- Handsome pussytoes, Pearly pussytoes, Showy pussytoes
Synonyms
- Antennaria anaphaloides f. anaphaloides
- Antennaria anaphaloides f. straminea (B.Boivin) B.Boivin
- Antennaria anaphaloides var. anaphaloides
- Antennaria anaphaloides var. straminea B.Boivin
- Antennaria pulcherrima subsp. anaphaloides (Rydb.) W.A.Weber
- Antennaria pulcherrima var. anaphaloides (Rydb.) G.W.Douglas
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 131 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sue Elwell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: scottj800, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alaina Krakowiak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.