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§1 Plant

Antennaria microphylla Rydb.

vernacular littleleaf pussytoes — species · Asteraceae


USDA
ANMI3
GBIF
7727725
Rank
species
littleleaf pussytoes (Antennaria microphylla)
Platephotograph · Annette Le FaiveCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Antennaria
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 157 counties across 15 states/territories
Legend Native · 157 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
High
Moisture use
Low
Fire
High
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
None
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
90 min.
Precipitation
12–40 in/yr
pH range
5.9–7.8
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Stoloniferous
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
1 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
8,000,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Contracting Only
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 157 counties across 15 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 1 N
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N
California view state ↗ 2 N
Colorado view state ↗ 23 N
Idaho view state ↗ 25 N
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 6 N
Montana view state ↗ 4 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 N
Nevada view state ↗ 12 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 8 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 9 N
Utah view state ↗ 28 N
Washington view state ↗ 12 N
Wyoming view state ↗ 18 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ANMI3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/7727725 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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