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Antennaria monocephala
Also called One-headed pussytoes (pygmy pussytoes), One Headed Everlasting, One Headed Pussytoes, Single Headed Pussytoes
Pygmy pussytoes is a small, low-growing perennial herb in the daisy family, rarely more than 15 cm tall, native to arctic and alpine regions of North America and far eastern Russia. It is a wild alpine and tundra plant rather than a common garden subject, so it needs cold, open, well-drained conditions to thrive.
Antennaria monocephala, the pygmy pussytoes, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to arctic and alpine regions of North America (Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, the three Canadian Arctic Territories, Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta, and Wyoming) as well as the Chukotka (Chukchi) Peninsula of Russia.
Antennaria monocephala is a small herb rarely more than 15 cm (6 inches) tall. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants; some populations are known in which all the individuals are female.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Antennaria monocephala by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
