Alaskan pussytoes

Antennaria alaskana Malte, Rhodora 36: 107. 1934; A. friesiana var. beringensis Hultén

Dioecious (staminates and pistillates in equal frequencies in populations). Plants 7.5–14 cm. Stolons 0.5–1 cm. Cauline leaves 4–20 mm. Heads 2–6. Involucres: staminate 4–6.5 mm; pistillate 5.5–7 mm. Corollas: staminate 2.5–3 mm; pistillate 3–4.5 mm. Cypselae 1.2–1.8 mm; pappi: staminate 3–4 mm; pistillate 3.5–5 mm. 2n = 28, 56.

Flowering summer. Arctic and alpine tundra, on or near dry rocky outcrops or sand ridges; 500–1500 m; N.W.T.. Yukon; Alaska.

Subspecies alaskana is dioecious (sexual) and known from Alaska and cordilleran areas of northern Yukon and adjacent Northwest Territories (R. J. Bayer 1991, 1993. . It is a probable progenitor of the Antennaria alpina complex.