Asteraceae
Silver pussytoes
Antennaria argentea
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Antennaria
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- هوائية فضية
- English
- Silver pussytoes
Synonyms
- Antennaria argentea subsp. argentea
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Wainwright, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: no rights reserved, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tom Wainwright, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cesar Garcia Olmos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marcus Tamura, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ellen Watrous, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kayla Sweeten, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Heyman, 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.