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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{For|the genus of beetle|Antennaria (beetle)}}
{{automatic taxobox
| image            = Antennaria racemosa 4844f.JPG
| image_caption    = ''Antennaria racemosa''
| taxon            = Antennaria
| authority        = [[Joseph Gaertner|Gaertn.]]{{sfn|Gaertner|1791|p=[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37208401 410]}}{{sfn|Gaertner|1791|loc=[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37208600 Tab. CLXVII]: line drawings of flowers and flower heads of ''[[Antennaria dioica|A. dioica]]''}}
| synonyms =
* ''Disynanthus'' <small>Raf.</small>
* ''Gnaphalium'' sect. ''Antennaria'' <small>(Gaertn.) Miq.</small>
* ''Chamaezelum'' <small>Link</small>
* ''Antennaria'' <small>Link ex Fr.</small>
* ''Cyttarium'' <small>Peterm.</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref>[https://archive.today/20141106195300/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=989c0b0f-207b-4d15-a2b4-b57c1f0772b2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]</ref>
}}

'''''Antennaria''''' is a [[genus]] of [[dioecious]] [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous|herb]]s in the family [[Asteraceae]], native to temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]], with a few species (''A. chilensis'', ''A. linearifolia'', ''A. sleumeri'') in temperate southern [[South America]]; the highest species diversity is in [[North America]].<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1600/036364420X15862837791221|title=Phylogenomics Resolves the Relationships within Antennaria (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae) and Yields New Insights into its Morphological Character Evolution and Biogeography|year=2020|last1=Thapa|first1=Ramhari|last2=Bayer|first2=Randall J.|last3=Mandel|first3=Jennifer R.|journal=Systematic Botany|volume=45|issue=2|pages=387–402|s2cid=218754856|url=https://zenodo.org/record/4446140}}</ref> Common names include '''catsfoot''' or '''cat's-foot''', '''pussytoes''' and '''everlasting'''.{{sfn|Gaertner|1791|p=[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37208401 410]}}{{sfn|Gaertner|1791|loc=[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37208600 Tab. CLXVII]: line drawings of flowers and flower heads of ''[[Antennaria dioica|A. dioica]]''}}<ref>{{BONAP |genus=Antennaria |date=2013}}</ref>

Different ''Antennaria'' species reach between 10&nbsp;cm and 50&nbsp;cm in height. The [[leaf|leaves]] are basal and often stem leaves. The name ''Antennaria'' refers to the projecting [[stamen]]s seen on the male [[flower]]s of some species, resembling [[insect]] antennae.<ref>{{eFloras|1|101977|Antennaria |first=Randall J. |last=Bayer |volume=19, 20 and 21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Coombes|first=Allen J.|title=The A to Z of plant names : a quick reference guide to 4000 garden plants|date=2012|publisher=Timber Press|isbn=978-1-60469-196-2|edition=1st|location=Portland, Or.|pages=46|oclc=741564356}}</ref>

''Antennaria'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Vanessa virginiensis]]'' (American painted lady),<ref>{{Illinois Wildflowers|savanna/plants/pl_pussytoes|Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)}}</ref> ''[[Coleophora pappiferella]]'' (which feeds exclusively on ''A. dioica''), ''[[Schinia verna]]'' (which feeds on several ''Antennaria'' species).{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

==Selected species==
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* ''[[Antennaria alpina]]'' (L.) Gaertn. – alpine catsfoot
* ''[[Antennaria anaphaloides]]'' Rydb. – pearly pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria arcuata]]'' Cronq. – box pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria argentea]]'' Benth. – silver pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria aromatica]]'' Evert – scented pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria boecheriana]]'' A.E.Porsild – Boecher's catsfoot
* ''[[Antennaria carpatica]]'' (Wahlenb.) Bluff & Fingerh. – Carpathian catsfoot
* ''[[Antennaria caucasica]]'' Boriss. – Caucasian catsfoot
* ''[[Antennaria chilensis]]'' Remy – Chilean catsfoot
* ''[[Antennaria corymbosa]]'' E. Nels. – flat-top pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria densifolia]]'' Porsild – denseleaf pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria dimorpha]]'' (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray – low pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria dioica]]'' (L.) Gaertn. – mountain everlasting
* ''[[Antennaria eucosma]]'' Fern. & Wieg. – Newfoundland pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria flagellaris]]'' (Gray) Gray – whip pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria friesiana]]'' (Trautv.) Ekman – Fries' pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria geyeri]]'' Gray – pinewoods pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria howellii]]'' Greene (syn. ''A. canadensis'') – Howell's pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria lanata]]'' (Hook.) Greene – woolly pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria luzuloides]]'' Torr. & Gray – rush pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria marginata]]'' Greene – whitemargin pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria media]]'' Greene – Rocky Mountain pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria microphylla]]'' Rydb. – littleleaf pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria monocephala]]'' DC. – pygmy pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria neglecta]]'' Greene – field pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria nordhageniana]]'' Rune & Rönning
* ''[[Antennaria parlinii]]'' Fern. – Parlin's pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria parvifolia]]'' Nutt. – small-leaf pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria plantaginifolia]]'' (L.) Richards. – plantainleaf pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria porsildii]]'' E.Ekman
* ''[[Antennaria pulchella]]'' Greene – Sierra pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria pulcherrima]]'' (Hook.) Greene – showy pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria racemosa]]'' Hook. – raceme pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria rosea]]'' Greene – rosy pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria rosulata]]'' Rydb. – Kaibab pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria soliceps]]'' Blake – Charleston Mountain pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria solitaria]]'' Rydb. – singlehead pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria stenophylla]]'' (A.Gray) A.Gray – narrowleaf pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria suffrutescens]]'' Greene – evergreen everlasting
* ''[[Antennaria umbrinella]]'' Rydb. – umber pussytoes
* ''[[Antennaria villifera]]'' Boriss.
* ''[[Antennaria virginica]]'' Stebbins – shale barren pussytoes
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===Hybrids===
*''Antennaria'' × ''erigeroides'' Greene (pro sp.)
*''Antennaria'' × ''foliacea'' Greene (pro sp.)
*''Antennaria'' × ''macounii'' Greene (pro sp.)
*''Antennaria'' × ''oblancifolia'' E.Nels. (pro sp.)

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Antennaria_dioica.jpg|''Antennaria dioica''
File:Antennaria neglecta runners.JPG|Field pussytoes (''Antennaria neglecta'') in spring, with flowerbuds and [[stolon|runners]]
</gallery>

==References==
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* {{cite book |last=Gaertner |first=Joseph |date=1791 |title=De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/53838 |volume=2 |issue=3 |language=Latin |publisher=Sumtibus Auctoris, Typis Academiae Carolinae }}

==External links==
*[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Antennaria&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Antennaria'']

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[[Category:Asteraceae genera]]
[[Category:Dioecious plants]]