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Antennaria monocephala DC. trib. Gnaphalieae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesAntennaria monocephala DC. trib. Gnaphalieae
BibliographyProdr. 6: 269 (1838)
Native Ranges. Siberia to Russian Far East, Subarctic America to w. Canada
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitattundra
Altitude0-2900m
Descriptionleaves 1-2cm, oblong-spathulate, tapered to petiole, obtuse, stem leaves smaller, lanceolate-linear or linear, white lanate, capitula solitary
Size5-10cm
Colorwhite
Bloomspring
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAntennaria alpina var. monocephala (DC.) Torr. & A.Gray
Antennaria exilis Greene
Antennaria komarovii Juz. ex Kom.
Antennaria monocephala var. exilis (Greene) Hultén
Antennaria monocephala var. latisquama Hultén
Antennaria monocephala ssp. philonipha (A.E.Porsild) Hultén
Antennaria nitens Greene
Antennaria philonipha A.E.Porsild
Antennaria shumaginensis A.E.Porsild
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan)
     38 Eastern Asia
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia)
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