Scientific Name:	Antennaria dioica
Pronunciation:	an-ten-AR-ee-uh dy-oh-EE-kuh
Common Name:	pussy toes
Family Name:	Asteraceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Leaves covered with fuzzy white hairs, spatulate when basal to linear when alternating on stem; female plant heads about 12 mm wide and darker pink then male plant flower heads which are about 6 mm wide.
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293, CLT Training

Habit: Spreading Form: Creeping / Mat-like Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: < 0.1m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: Europe, North America Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Alkaline Landscape Uses: Perennial border, Rock garden Additional Info: Google. Cultivars shown may include A. 'Rubra' or A. 'Roy Davidson' (dwarf).

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Surfaces: Pubescent Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear, Spatulate Apices: Mucronate, Rounded Bases: Decurrent Margins: Ciliate, Entire Additional Info: leaves with dense white hairs on lower surface to 4 cm long

Inflorescence Type: Corymb-like, Head (capitulum) Flower Morphology: Dioecious plant Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Tubular Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, White, Pink Flower Time at Peak: Apr, May, Jun

Fruit Type: Cypsela (achene + calyx) Fruit Colour: Fruiting Time: Jul, Aug

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Runners (or stolons)

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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