Antennaria dioica
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| Antennaria dioica (L.) Gaertn. |
Antennaria dioica (Mountain Everlasting, Catsfoot, Cudweed or Stoloniferous Pussytoes) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found in cool temperate regions of Europe and Asia, and also in North America in Alaska only.
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 10-20 cm tall, with a rosette of basal spoon-shaped leaves 4 cm long, and 1 cm broad at their broadest near the apex; and smaller leaves arranged spirally up the flowering stems. The flowers are produced in capitulae (flowerheads) 6-12 mm diameter with pale pink ray florets and darker pink disc florets.
It is dioecious, but can also reproduce without fertilisation. It is found in groups which can be all-female colonies, all-male colonies, and also mixed colonies. The male plants have whiter flowerheads than female plants.
