Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium alpinum L. |
Antennaria arenicola Malte | |
Antennaria borealis Greene | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | arctic-alpine |
Description | stoloniferous, basal leaves uninerved, spathulate to oblanceolate, mucronate, abaxially tomentose, capitula 2-5 in corymb, involucral bracts dark brown |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Norway , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Russian Far East (Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Montana , Wyoming) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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