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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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 north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
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
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm250429_0098
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm250429_0100
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Hunter, 2002).
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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 jkm250524_0578
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210619_1455
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Antennaria plantaginifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Antennaria plantaginifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
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
Habitat: Dry woodlands, roadside banks, cemeteries, pastures, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring
Disc: White/ Purplish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p101
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p109
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p101
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p014
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p163
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p191
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p400
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p176
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p117
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p057
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p273
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p322
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p179
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p123
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