Antennaria parlinii is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae 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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Antennaria |
| Species: | A. parlinii
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Synonymy
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Description
editAntennaria parlinii is an herb up to 45 centimetres (18 in) tall. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants; in some populations all the plants are female. White flowers bloom April to June, with 4 to 12 or more flowerheads on a cluster at the top of the stems.[4] The common name refers to the resemblance of the flowers to the toes of a cat.[5] The basal leaves are 2.5–9.5 centimetres (1–3.75 in) long and up to 4.4 centimetres (1.75 in) wide. A. parlinii is very similar to the species Antennaria plantaginifolia (plantain leaf pussytoes), although the flowers of A. parlinii" are larger. [4]
- 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.[6][7]
Habitat
editIt grows in dry, rocky areas in full sun to partial shade. It prefers acid soil.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Antennaria parlinii". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ "Antennaria parlinii". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ a b Bayer, Randall J. (2006). "Antennaria parlinii". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 19. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ a b "Antennaria parlinii (Parlin's Pussytoes): Minnesota Wildflowers". www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
- ^ "Antennaria parlinii - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org.
- ^ "Antennaria parlinii (Parlin's pussytoes)". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society.
- ^ Fernald, Merritt Lyndon 1897. Garden & Forest 10(491): 284
- ^ Denison, Egar (2017). Missouri Wildflowers (Sixth ed.). Conservation Commission of the State of Missouri. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-887247-59-7.
External links
edit- Ozark Edge Wildflowers
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas
- Michigan Flora
- Delaware Wildflowers