Anthenantia villosa (Michaux) Palisot de Beauvois. Green Silkyscale. Phen: Sep-Oct. Hab: Longleaf pine sandhills, especially in submesic swales. Dist: Se. NC south to s. FL and west to e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Other Comments: A. villosa is found in drier habitats than A. rufa, most typically in upland swales in the sandhills. Kral (2004) has segregated a new species, A. texana Kral, of the w. Gulf Coastal plain, previously confused with A. villosa.
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FlGr, K3; = Anthenantia villosa (Michx.) P.Beauv. var. villosa – K4; < Anthaenantia villosa (Michx.) P.Beauv. – HC, K1, RAB, S, S13, Tx, WH3, Crins (1991), orthographic variant; < Anthenantia villosa (Michx.) P.Beauv. – FNA25
Links to other floras: < Anthenantia villosa - FNA25
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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