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Howell's pussytoes
Scientific Name: Antennaria howellii
Family: Asteraceae
Category: Dicot
Growth: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Other Names:
Howell's Pussytoes (Antennaria howellii)
Antennaria howellii, commonly known as Howell's Pussytoes or Everlasting Pussytoes, is a North American species belonging to the sunflower family.
Considerations for Pets
- This plant spreads by means of horizontal stolons that are hairy.
- The plant has small alternate leaves that are narrowly lanceolate or linear.
- The leaves have white hairs.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Antennaria howellii Greene
- Common Names: Howell's Pussytoes, Everlasting Pussytoes, Small Pussytoes, Field Pussytoes
- Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Synonyms:
- Antennaria neodioica
- Antennaria neglecta var. howellii
- Antennaria callilepis Greene
- Antennaria eximia
- A. neglecta Greene subsp. howellii (Greene) Hultn
- A. neglecta var. howellii (Greene) Cronquist
- Subspecies:
- Antennaria howellii subsp. howellii Greene
- Antennaria howellii subsp. canadensis (Greene) Bayer
- Antennaria howellii subsp. neodioica (Greene) R. J. Bayer
- Antennaria howellii ssp. petaloidea
Distribution and Habitat
- Native to northern North America, from Alaska east to Newfoundland, and south into the United States.
- Specific locations mentioned include Washburne State Park, Oregon; Garrett Co., Maryland; and Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
- Also found in Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon).
Morphological Characteristics
- Forb/herb (non-woody plant).
- Perennial.
- Stems are erect.
- Basal leaf rosette.
- Leaves are prostrate, spoon-shaped, on tapered petioles.
- Leaves have white hairs.
- Grows from 4 to 16 inches tall.
- Spreads by horizontal stolons.