Antennaria neglecta

Antennaria neglecta is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name field pussytoes. It is widespread across much of Canada (including Northwest Territories plus all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador) as well as the northeastern and north-central United States.[2][3]

Antennaria neglecta

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Antennaria
Species:
A. neglecta
Binomial name
Antennaria neglecta
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Antennaria angustiarum Lunell
  • Antennaria athabascensis 'Greene
  • Antennaria campestris Rydb.
  • Antennaria chelonica Lunell
  • Antennaria erosa Greene
  • Antennaria longifolia Greene
  • Antennaria lunellii Greene
  • Antennaria nebrascensis Greene
  • Antennaria parvula Greene
  • Antennaria wilsonii Greene

Antennaria neglecta is an herb up to 25 cm (10 inches) tall with as many as 8 flowering heads per plant. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants, some populations being composed entirely of female plants.[4][5]

References
  1. "Antennaria neglecta". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  2. "Antennaria neglecta". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  3. Biota of North America 2014 state-wide distribution map
  4. Bayer, Randall J. (2006). "Antennaria neglecta". 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.
  5. Greene, Edward Lee 1897. Pittonia 3(16C): 173–174


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