Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Antennaria solitaria
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Solitary Pussytoes at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Antennaria solitaria
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Antennaria solitaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-39-001:
Antennaria solitaria FAMILY Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Solitary Pussytoes, Southern Singlehead Pussytoes
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JK Marlow jkm140322_395
March Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
JK Marlow jkm140322_402
March Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
A colonial perennial with creeping runners (stolons), per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
Keith Bradley kab_a_solitaria_1854
March Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Basal leaves to 3" long, woolly beneath, oblong to obovate, mostly 3-veined, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm130420_522
April Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
Scape 2-25cm tall, 4-7 bracteate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm130420_527
April Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
Large solitary head [this, pistillate] on each nearly naked flower stalk, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_solitaria_3
August
Unique in Antennaria in having only one head per plant [this one staminate], per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Antennaria solitaria
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Antennaria solitaria
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Antennaria solitaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-39-001:
Antennaria solitaria
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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