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Antennaria alpina

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Antennaria

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Antennaria alpina

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Antennaria alpina (alpine pussytoes or alpine catsfoot) is a European and North American species in the sunflower family. It is native to mountainous and subarctic regions of (Scandinavia, Greenland, Alaska, the Canadian Arctic), and extending south at high altitudes in mountains in Scandinavia, and in the Rocky Mountains south to Montana and Wyoming.

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Antennaria alpina is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 15 cm tall, with off-white to pinkish flowerheads 4–8 mm in diameter, produced in clusters of three to five together.

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Antennaria alpina Wikipedia