Antennaria monocephala, the pygmy pussytoes,Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 411 Pygmy pussytoes, Antennaria monocephala de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 269. 1838. 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.Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution mapHultén, E. 1968. Flora of Alaska i–xxi, 1–1008. Stanford University Press, Stanford.Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, TorontoCody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, OttawaJuzepczuk, Sergei Vasilievich & Komarov, Vladimir Leontjevich. 1930. Flora of Kamtschatka 3:130
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.
Subspecies Antennaria monocephala subsp. angustata (Greene) Hultén Antennaria monocephala subsp. monocephala
References
External links Alaska Wildflowers, Antennaria monocephala DC. photos Paul Slichter, The Sunflower Family in Denali National Park and Preserve, Cat's Paw, Pygmy Pussytoes, Single-headed Pussytoes Antennaria monocephala ssp. monocephala photos Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago by S.G. Aiken, M.J. Dallwitz, L.L. Consaul, C.L. McJannet, R.L. Boles, G.W. Argus, J.M. Gillett, P.J. Scott, R. Elven, M.C. LeBlanc, L.J. Gillespie, A.K. Brysting, H. Solstad, and J.G. Harris, Antennaria monocephala (Torr. and A. Gray) DC. subsp. angustata (Greene) Hultén Растительный мир ООПТ Чукотки, Региональные геологические и водные памятники природы Геологический памятник природы "АНЮЙСКИЙ", Беликович А.В., Галанин А.В., Афонина О.М., Макарова И.И. Публикуется по тексту: Беликович А.В., Галанин А.В., Афонина О.М., Макарова И.И. Растительный мир особо охраняемых территорий Чукотки . Владивосток: БСИ ДВО РАН, 2006. 260 с. in Russian