Antennaria pulchella Calflora

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Taxon Report

Antennaria pulchella Greene

Beautiful pussy toes, Beautiful pussytoes

Antennaria pulchella is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found in Nevada.

California Rare Plant Rank: 4.3 (limited distribution).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~109 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Antennaria
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: riparian, meadows, edges

Communities: Alpine Fell-fields, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + JEF + CNPS + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Antennaria alpina var. scabra
JEF + PLANTS	Antennaria media ssp. ciliata
JEF + PLANTS	Antennaria media ssp. pulchella
JEF + PLANTS	Antennaria scabra

Information about Antennaria pulchella from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ANPU8) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 4.3 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Range: It is native primarily to high elevations in the Sierra Nevada from Nevada County to Tulare County, where it is a plant of the alpine climate. Additional populations occur on Lassen Peak in Lassen County, and also in Washoe County, Nevada. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/28/2025).