Antennaria dioica

English: Mountain Everlasting - Cats-foot
Nederlands: Rozenkransje
Español: Pie de gato - Cola de fuina - Yerba rasa - Sanguinaria
Français: Pied de chat dioïque
Deutsch: Gewöhnliche Katzenpfötchen - Gemeines Katzenpfötchen

Family: Asteraceae-Daisy family
Flowering time: May-July
Height: 5-25cm
Altitude: to 3200m
Colour: white or pink; flower-bracts white in male flowerheads, pink in female
Habitat: dry mountain grassland on base-rich or calcareous soils
Distribution: in most European countries, except in the far north




Notes: In the Netherlands it is on the Red List of vascular plants, classified as seriously threatened. In this country it can be found in the provinces Drenthe, North Holland and Friesland. In the Sierra Nevada it is also a threatened species (six populations). Here it can be found at the borders of borreguiles between 2700 and 3200m.

Related key words: Nederlandse Rode Lijst, borreguil, Sierra Nevada, Cerler-Ampriú, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Picos de Europa, Alps, alpine plant