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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

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partial shade ...Dry

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette

FLOWER:
Spring
Disc: White/ Purplish
Rays: Absent
Unisexual
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring
Brown
Achene

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

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 (1968) 179-39-002b:
 Antennaria plantaginifolia var. ambigens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
 Antennaria fallax var. calophylla

GREATER THAN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
 Antennaria calophylla

 

COMMON NAME:
 Big-head Pussytoes

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image of Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax, Big-head Pussytoes

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.

image of Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax, Big-head Pussytoes

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.