Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Antennaria alaskana Malte trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Rhodora 36: 107 (1934) |
Native Range | n. Russian Far East, Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 100-1500m |
Description | shortly stoloniferous, basal leaves 1-nerved, narrowly spathulate, 1-3cm, mucronate, stem leaves linear, 4-20mm, capitula 2-6 in corymb, phyllaries on base black |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Antennaria beringensis (V.V.Petrovsky) Barkalov Antennaria friesiana ssp. alaskana (Malte) Hultén Antennaria friesiana var. beringensis Hultén Antennaria friesiana ssp. beringensis V.V.Petrovsky |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |