Antennaria parlinii

Antennaria parlinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Antennaria
Species: A. parlinii
Binomial name
Antennaria parlinii
Fernald
Synonyms[1]

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]

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

References

  1. 1 2 The Plant List search for Antennaria parlinii
  2. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. 1 2 Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 402 Parlin’s pussytoes Antennaria parlinii Fernald, Gard. & Forest. 10: 284. 1897.
  4. ↑ Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society, Antennaria parlinii Fern., Parlin's pussytoes
  5. ↑ Fernald, Merritt Lyndon 1897. Garden & Forest 10(491): 284

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