Antennaria Gaertner. Common name: Pussytoes.
A genus of about 70 species, herbs, of temperate and subtropical areas. Of our species, A. neglecta, A. solitaria, A. virginica, and A. plantaginifolia are sexual diploids. A. parlinii is of multiple hybrid origin, includes sexual and asexual populations, and is derived from A. plantaginifolia, A. solitaria, and A. racemosa. A. howellii is strictly asexual, and is derived from A. plantaginifolia, A. racemosa, A. virginica, and A. neglecta (Bayer 1985). For reasons discussed in Bayer & Stebbins (1982) and parallel to those applied in this work to allopolyploid taxa in Eupatorium, the treatment of Bayer (1985) and Bayer & Stebbins (1993, 1982) is preferable to Cronquist's treatments, used in most of the floras covering or approaching our area. Much remains to be learned about the relative habitats and distributions of the various taxa in our area.
References: Arriagada (1998); Bayer (1984); Bayer (1985); Bayer (2006) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006a); Bayer & Stebbins (1982); Bayer & Stebbins (1987); Bayer & Stebbins (1993); Cronquist (1980). Show full citations.
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© Keith Bradley | Antennaria plantaginifolia | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica | Original Image ⭷
© Daniel McClosky, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Daniel McClosky | Antennaria howellii ssp. canadensis source | Original Image ⭷
© Daniel McClosky, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Daniel McClosky | Antennaria howellii ssp. canadensis source | Original Image ⭷
© Erik Danielson | Antennaria neglecta source | Original Image ⭷
© Erik Danielson | Antennaria neglecta source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan M. Cressler | Antennaria plantaginifolia | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Weakley | Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax source | Original Image ⭷
© Richard & Teresa Ware | Antennaria solitaria CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
© Samuel Brinker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Samuel Brinker | Antennaria pulvinata source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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