Antennaria dioica




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Antennaria dioica (L.) Gaertner
Synonyms Antennaria dioica (L.) Gaertner var. hyperborea (D. Don) de Candolle; Antennaria dioica (L.) Gaertner var. pedicellata F. B. White; Antennaria hyperborea D. Don; Antennaria insularis Greene; Antennaria montana A. Gray; Antennaria parviflora Nuttall; Gnaphalium dioicum L.
Common name (Japanese common name) ezo-no-chichiko-gusa (エゾノチチコグサ, 蝦夷父子草 [Ezo father and children weed (Ezo = an old name of Hokkaido)])
(English common name) cat's foot, pussytoes, stoloniferous pussytoes
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Mongolia, Europe, Canada, USA
Habitat Alpine rocks or field
Chromosomal number n=13, 2n=28, 34
Description Plants electing 5-25cm tall. Flowers white or pink, flowering in June to August. Perennial plants.
Reference Antennaria dioica (L.) Gaertn.
Antennaria dioica (Linnaeus) Gaertner
Vegetated roofing system (WO/2002/002889)
Note In Japan, cultivated Antennaria rosea Greene has been falsely or fraudulently sold as Antennaria dioica (L.) Gaertner sometimes.



May 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden
May 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden
May 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden



May 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden