Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Antennaria at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-39-002b:
Antennaria plantaginifolia var. ambigens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Antennaria fallax var. calophylla
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Antennaria calophylla
COMMON NAME:
Big-head Pussytoes
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JK Marlow jkm060429_131
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Basal leaves tomentose on the upper surface, becoming glabrate with age, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060429_132
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
White flowers in a close cluster at stem top [staminate flowers pictured], per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-39-002b:
Antennaria plantaginifolia var. ambigens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Antennaria fallax var. calophylla
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Antennaria calophylla
2070
Forb
Perennial
Dioecious
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Common (uncommon in SC)
Look for it in dry woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring
Disc: White/ Purplish
Rays: Absent
Unisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Brown
Achene
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