Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Antennaria virginica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Antennaria virginica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Antennaria virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Antennaria neglecta var. argillicola
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Antennaria virginica var. argillicola
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Antennaria virginica var. virginica
COMMON NAME:
Shale-barren Pussytoes
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Antennaria virginica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Antennaria virginica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Antennaria virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Antennaria neglecta var. argillicola
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Antennaria virginica var. argillicola
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Antennaria virginica var. virginica
3379
Forb
Perennial
Dioecious (populations consisting of both pistillate and staminate plants)
Habitat: Shale barrens and other dry, rocky habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native north of the Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Disc: White/ Purplish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p177
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p180
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