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|accepted_name=Antennaria alpina
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Gaertner
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fruct. Sem. Pl.
|place=2: 410. 1791
|year=1791
}}
|common_names=Alpine pussytoes
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Gnaphalium alpinum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 856. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Antennaria alpina subsp. canescens
|authority=(Lange) Chmielewski
|rank=subspecies
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|name=Antennaria alpina subsp. porsildii
|authority=(E. Ekman) Chmielewski
|rank=subspecies
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|name=Antennaria alpina var. cana
|authority=Fernald & Wiegand
|rank=variety
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|name=Antennaria alpina var. canescens
|authority=Lange
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}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Antennaria alpina var. compacta
|authority=(Malte) S. L. Welsh
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|name=Antennaria alpina var. glabrata
|authority=J. Vahl
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|name=Antennaria alpina var. intermedia
|authority=Rosenvinge
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|name=Antennaria alpina var. porsildii
|authority=(E. Ekman) T. J. Sørensen
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|name=Antennaria alpina var. stolonifera
|authority=(A. E. Porsild) S. L. Welsh
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|name=Antennaria alpina var. ungavensis
|authority=Fernald
|rank=variety
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|name=Antennaria arenicola
|authority=Fernald
|rank=species
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|name=Antennaria atriceps
|authority=A. E. Porsild
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|name=Antennaria bayardi
|authority=Fernald
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|name=Antennaria boecheriana
|authority=(Trautvetter) E. Ekman
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|name=Antennaria brevistyla
|authority=(J. Vahl) Greene
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|name=Antennaria brunnescens
|authority=(Rosenvinge) Porsild
|rank=species
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|name=Antennaria cana
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
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|name=Antennaria canescens
|authority=Fernald
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Antennaria canescens subsp. porsildii
|authority=(E. Ekman) Á. Löve & D. Löve
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|name=Antennaria canescens var. pseudoporsildii
|authority=Böcher
|rank=variety
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|name=Antennaria columnaris
|authority=A. E. Porsild
|rank=species
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|name=Antennaria compacta
|authority=E. Ekman
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|name=Antennaria confusa
|authority=Fernald
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}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Antennaria crymophila
|authority=A. E. Porsild
|rank=species
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|name=Antennaria foggii
|authority=Ostenfeld ex Malte
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|name=Antennaria friesiana subsp. compacta
|authority=(Malte) Hultén
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|name=Antennaria glabrata
|authority=Fernald
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|name=Antennaria intermedia
|authority=Fernald
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|name=Antennaria labradorica
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|name=Antennaria longii
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|name=Antennaria media subsp. compacta
|authority=(Malte) Chmielewski
|rank=subspecies
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|name=Antennaria pallida
|authority=
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|name=Antennaria pedunculata
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|name=Antennaria porsildii
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|name=Antennaria sornborgeri
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|name=Antennaria stolonifera
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|name=Antennaria subcanescens
|authority=
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|name=Antennaria ungavensis
|authority=
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|name=Antennaria vexillifera
|authority=
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|name=Antennaria wiegandii
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|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae;Antennaria;Antennaria alpina
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Antennaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Antennaria alpina]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 390, 395, 408, 411, 412, 413, 415
|treatment_page=page 414
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Gynoecious </b>(staminate plants uncommon). <b>Plants</b> 3–18 cm. <b>Stolons</b> 1–7 cm. <b>Basal</b> leaves: 1-nerved, spatulate to oblanceolate, 6–25 × 2–7 mm, tips mucronate, abaxial faces tomentose, adaxial green-glabrescent to gray-pubescent. <b>Cauline</b> leaves linear, 5–20 mm, at least mid and distal flagged. <b>Heads</b> 2–5 in corymbiform arrays. <b>Involucres</b>: staminate 5–6.5 mm; pistillate 4–7(–10) mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> distally dark brown, black, or olivaceous. <b>Corollas</b>: staminate 3–3.5 mm; pistillate 3.5–5 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 1–1.8 mm, sparingly papillate; pappi: staminate 3.5–4 mm; pistillate 4.5–6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 56, 84, 98, 112.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid–late summer.
|habitat=Dry to moist alpine tundra
|elevation=100–2400 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Mont.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p><i>Antennaria alpina</i> is one of the more morphologically variable agamic complexes in the genus. Some taxonomists have argued that true <i>Antennaria alpina</i> does not occur in North America, because none of the North American material exactly matches the type of <i>A. alpina</i>, which is from Lapland (M. O. Malte 1934; A. E. Porsild 1965). If one uses a strict typological species concept, then this is true; I recognize that this species complex is composed of innumerable apomictic clones and am circumscribing a broad species concept for <i>A. alpina</i>. The potential morphologic overlap between the <i>A. media</i> and <i>A. alpina</i> complexes is a major taxonomic problem. The chief difference between members of the two complexes is the presence of prominent flags on cauline leaves in <i>A. alpina</i> and their absence in <i>A. media</i>. <i>Antennaria alpina</i> of North America is gynoecious and characterized by its dark green to black phyllaries and conspicuous flags on the distal cauline leaves. The basal leaves vary from glabrous, as in the type material, to pubescent. The primary progenitors of the <i>A. alpina</i> complex include <i>A. aromatica</i>, <i>A. densifolia</i>, <i>A. friesiana </i>subsp.<i> alaskana</i>, <i>A. friesiana </i>subsp.<i> neoalaskana</i>, <i>A. monocephala </i>subsp.<i> monocephala</i>, and <i>A. pulchella</i>.</p><!--
--><p>Excluded names:</p><!--
--><p>Some <i>Antennaria</i> names are based on early-generation interspecific hybrids, including:</p><!--
--><p><i>Antennaria</i> ×erigeroides Greene = <i>A. corymbosa</i> × <i>A. racemosa</i></p><!--
--><p>A. ×foliacea Greene = <i>A. microphylla</i> × <i>A. racemosa</i></p><!--
--><p>A. ×macounii Greene = <i>A. media</i> × <i>A. umbrinella</i></p><!--
--><p>A. ×oblancifolia E. E. Nelson = <i>A. racemosa</i> × <i>A. umbrinella</i></p><!--
--><p>A. ×rousseaui A. E. Porsild = ? <i>A. alpina</i> × <i>A. rosea</i></p>
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name=Antennaria alpina
|authority=(Linnaeus) Gaertner
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Antennaria alpina subsp. canescens;Antennaria alpina subsp. porsildii;Antennaria alpina var. cana;Antennaria alpina var. canescens;Antennaria alpina var. compacta;Antennaria alpina var. glabrata;Antennaria alpina var. intermedia;Antennaria alpina var. porsildii;Antennaria alpina var. stolonifera;Antennaria alpina var. ungavensis;Antennaria arenicola;Antennaria atriceps;Antennaria bayardi;Antennaria boecheriana;Antennaria brevistyla;Antennaria brunnescens;Antennaria cana;Antennaria canescens;Antennaria canescens subsp. porsildii;Antennaria canescens var. pseudoporsildii;Antennaria columnaris;Antennaria compacta;Antennaria confusa;Antennaria crymophila;Antennaria foggii;Antennaria friesiana subsp. compacta;Antennaria glabrata;Antennaria intermedia;Antennaria labradorica;Antennaria longii;Antennaria media subsp. compacta;Antennaria pallida;Antennaria pedunculata;Antennaria porsildii;Antennaria sornborgeri;Antennaria stolonifera;Antennaria subcanescens;Antennaria ungavensis;Antennaria vexillifera;Antennaria wiegandii
|basionyms=Gnaphalium alpinum
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering mid–late summer.
|habitat=Dry to moist alpine tundra
|elevation=100–2400 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Mont.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fruct. Sem. Pl.
|publication year=1791
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae
|genus=Antennaria
|species=Antennaria alpina
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