Antennaria virginica

Antennaria virginica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Antennaria
Species: A. virginica
Binomial name
Antennaria virginica
Stebbins
Synonyms[1]
  • Antennaria neglecta var. argillicola (Stebbins) Cronquist
  • Antennaria neodioica var. argillicola (Stebbins) Fernald
  • Antennaria virginica var. argillicola Stebbins

Antennaria virginica is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common names shalebarren pussytoes.[2] It grows on Devonian shale[3] in the eastern United States.[2] It is found in central Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia, with a few populations in eastern Ohio.[4]

Antennaria virginica grows up to 25 cm (10 inches) tall, spreading by horizontal stems that run along the surface of the ground. Male and female flower heads are borne on separate plants. One plant can have several heads in a flat-topped array.[2][5]

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