Plant Details

Accepted name:: Antennaria dioica (L.) Gaertn. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
antennariae dioicae flos	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
cat's ear flower	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cat's-foot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
catsfoot	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cat’s foot	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
cudweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gewöhnliches katzenpfötchen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kattfot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
katzenpfötchenblüten	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
kediayagi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mountain everlasting	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
patte de chat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pie de gato	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
pied de chat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
pussytoes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rose pussytoes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rot katzenpfötchen	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
stoloniferous pussytoes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering tops, capitulum		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gnaphalium dioicum L. Sp. Pl.: 850 (1753).
Antennaria dioica var. australis Griseb. Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 198 (1845).
Antennaria dioica var. borealis E.G.Camus Bull. Soc. Bot. France 38: 352 (1892).
Antennaria dioica var. congesta DC. Prodr. 6: 270 (1837).
Antennaria dioica var. discolor Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 8: 180 (1903).
Antennaria dioica var. gallica E.G.Camus Bull. Soc. Bot. France 38: 352 (1892).
Antennaria dioica var. hyperborea (D.Don) DC. Prodr. 6: 270 (1837).
Antennaria dioica f. ramosa Brenner Meddeland. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 13: 243 (1886).
Antennaria foenina H.S.Pak Fl. Coreana 7: 381 (1999).
Antennaria hibernica Braun-Blanq. Vegetatio 3: 298 (1952).
Antennaria hyperborea D.Don in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., Suppl. 1: t. 2640 (1830).
Antennaria insularis Greene Pittonia 3: 276 (1898).
Antennaria insulensis H.S.Pak Fl. Coreana 7: 382 (1999).
Antennaria montana Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 458 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Antennaria montana var. lanata Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 458 (1821 publ. 1822).
Antennaria montana var. rubra Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 459 (1821 publ. 1822).
Antennaria nigritella H.S.Pak Fl. Coreana 7: 381 (1999).
Antennaria zosonia H.S.Pak Fl. Coreana 7: 380 (1999).
Chamaezelum dioicum (L.) Link Handbuch 1: 719 (1829).
Cyttarium dioicum (L.) Peterm. Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 608 (1838).
Gnaphalium boreale Turcz. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 270 (1838).
Gnaphalium hyberboreum Winch ex DC. Prodr. 6: 270 (1838).
Gnaphalium pes-cati Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd. 2: t. 290 (1764), not validly publ.
Margaritaria simplex Opiz Seznam: 63 (1852), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Antennaria dioica	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Antennaria dioica (L.) Gaertn.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Antennaria dioica (Linné) Gaertner	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Antennaria dioica Gaertn.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Antennaria dioica Gaertner	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Gnaphalium dioicum	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)

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