Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Antennaria plantaginifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Antennaria plantaginifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Antennaria plantaginifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-39-002a:
Antennaria plantaginifolia var. plantaginifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Antennaria caroliniana
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Antennaria plantaginifolia
COMMON NAME:
Plantainleaf Pussytoes, Plantain Pussytoes
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_anpl_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_a_plantaginifol_3408
March Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_a_plantaginifol_3408b
March Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
Heads discoid, flowers white; staminate heads often with undivided styles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Keith Bradley kab_a_plantaginifol_3415
March Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_a_plantaginifol_3415b
March Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_a_plantaginifol_3417
March Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_plantaginifolia_2
March
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JK Marlow jkm0404k_27
April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Leaves on the stem are narrow, much reduced in size, and ascending, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm130422_607611
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130422_615
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm150424_715
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm200403_3427
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200418_3967
April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Stolons leafy-bracteate, producing new rosettes at their apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm4211_696
April Spartanburg County SC
Female plants have white-tipped involucral bracts with a purplish base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm070528_064
May Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Basal leaves tomentose on the upper surface, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm070528_065
May Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Long-stalked obovate basal lvs, w 3+ principal nerves, covered w white hairs, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm110513_480
May Greenville County SC
Camp Old Indian
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JK Marlow jkm140521_061
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140521_063
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
This groundcover's gray-green paddle-shaped lvs are silvered w downy hairs, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm140521_064
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140521_064b
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140521_065
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm210619_1455
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0307d_07
July Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm181119_5979
November McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Antennaria plantaginifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Antennaria plantaginifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Antennaria plantaginifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-39-002a:
Antennaria plantaginifolia var. plantaginifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Antennaria caroliniana
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Antennaria plantaginifolia
102
Forb
Perennial
Dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Habitat: Dry woodlands, roadside banks, cemeteries, pastures, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring
Disc: White/ Purplish
Rays: Absent
Unisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p101
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p109
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p101
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p014
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p163
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p400
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p176
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p117
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p273
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p322
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p179
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p123