Asteraceae

Stoloniferous pussytoes

Antennaria dioica (L.) Gaertn.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Antennaria

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Stoloniferous pussytoes (Antennaria dioica) — FlowerPhoto: purperlibel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (36)

Arabic: أنتينارية شائعة, بريسية, رجل القط, رجل الهر
arz: انتيناريه شائعه
Asturian: Pie de gatu
ba: Бесәйтабан
Belarusian: Агаткі двухдомныя
Bulgarian: Витошки еделвайс
Catalan: Pota de gat
Chinese: 蝶須, 蝶须, 蝶鬚, 兴安蝶须, 鹅掌上黄皮
Czech: Kociánek dvoudomý
Danish: Almindelig Kattefod
Dutch: Rozenkransje
English: Stoloniferous pussytoes, Catsfoot, Cudweed, Mountain everlasting
Estonian: Harilik kassikäpp, Kassikäpp, Kiisukäpad, Kooljavearohi, Kõõmaheinad, Salakoirohi
Finnish: Ahokissankäpälä, Kissankäpälä
French: Pied de chat dioïque, Pied-de-chat
German: Gewöhnliches Katzenpfötchen, Zweihaüsiges Katzenpflötchen, Gemeines Katzenpfötchen
Japanese: エゾノチチコグサ, マウンテンエバーラスティング, 蝦夷父子草
Kazakh: Қосүйлі мысықтабан
Kurdish: Giyabenîşt
Latvian: Divmāju kaķpēdiņa
Lithuanian: Dvinamė katpėdė
Norwegian Bokmål: Kattefot
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kattefot
Polish: Ukwap dwupienny, Kocanka czerwona
Russian: Кошачья лапка двудомная, Антеннария двудомная
Serbian: Srcopuc, Срцопуц
sgs: Katpiedis
Slovak: Plešivec dvojdomý
Slovenian: Navadna majnica
smn: Kisákeeppil
sms: Kaazzǩeäʹppel
Spanish: Falso edelweiss, La menor vellosilla, Perpetua dioica, Perpetua dióica, Pie de gato, Pilosela con las flores purpureas, Pilosela con las flores purpúreas, Pilosela menor
Swedish: Kattfot
Ukrainian: Котячі лапки дводомні, Приворотень дводомний
vep: Jänišankäbälad
Welsh: Edafeddog y mynydd

Synonyms

Antennaria arida subsp. visci E.E.Nelson
Antennaria dioica var. australis Gris
Antennaria dioica var. dioica
Antennaria dioica var. hyperborea (D.Don) DC.
Antennaria hibernica Braun-Blanq.
Antennaria hyperborea D.Don
Antennaria insularis Greene
Antennaria microphylla Rydb.
Antennaria montana Gray
Antennaria parvifolia var. rosea (D.C.Eaton) Greene
Antennaria rosea f. decipiens B.Boivin
Chamaezelum dioicum (L.) Link
Cyttarium dioicum (L.) Peterm.
Gnaphalium alpinum Asso ex DC.
Gnaphalium boreale Turcz. ex DC.
Gnaphalium dioica L.
Gnaphalium dioicum L.
Gnaphalium dioicum var. dioicum
Gnaphalium hyberboreum Winch ex DC.
Gnaphalium pes-cati Garsault

Flowers

In flower: May to July (from 781 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: purperlibel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kai Löhr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: José Luis Camaño, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H. Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H. Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Kenrick Gibson, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H. Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.