Antennaria parlinii

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Antennaria parlinii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Antennaria
Species:
A. parlinii
Binomial name
Antennaria parlinii
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy

Antennaria parlinii is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common name Parlin's pussytoes. It is widespread across eastern and central Canada and eastern and central United States, from Manitoba to Nova Scotia south as far as Texas and Georgia.[2][3]

Antennaria parlinii is an herb up to 45 cm tall. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants; in some populations all the plants are female.

Subspecies[1][3]
  • Antennaria parlinii subsp. fallax (Greene) R.J.Bayer & Stebbins
  • Antennaria parlinii subsp. parlinii

The species is named for American botanist John Crawford Parlin (1863–1948), who recognized the uniqueness of the species.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Antennaria parlinii". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List.
  2. ^ "Antennaria parlinii". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Bayer, Randall J. (2006). "Antennaria parlinii". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 19. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. ^ "Antennaria parlinii (Parlin's pussytoes)". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society.
  5. ^ Fernald, Merritt Lyndon 1897. Garden & Forest 10(491): 284

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