Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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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 howellii ssp. neodioica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Antennaria howellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Antennaria neglecta var. neodioica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Antennaria neglecta var. attenuata
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Antennaria neodioica var. attenuata
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Antennaria neodioica var. neodioica
COMMON NAME:
Pussytoes
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_anne80_001_lvd
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April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Heads 4-8(-13) in corymbiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm150424_671
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Middle and upper cauline leaves blunt or with subulate-aristate tips, per A synopsis with keys for the genus Antennaria of North America (Bayer & Stebbins, 1993).
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JK Marlow jkm150424_671b
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Basal leaves prominently 1-nerved, spatulate, with a distinct petiole, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Antennaria howellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Antennaria neglecta var. neodioica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Antennaria neglecta var. attenuata
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Antennaria neodioica var. attenuata
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Antennaria neodioica var. neodioica
1880
Forb
Perennial
Dioecious (species apomictic, populations consisting of pistillate plants only)
Habitat: Shale bluffs and barrens, dry woodlands and rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare in NC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Disc: White/ Purplish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Achene
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