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Anthenantia villosa (Michaux) Palisot de Beauvois. Common name: Green Silkyscale. Phenology: Sep-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, especially in submesic swales. Distribution: Se. NC south to s. FL and west to e. TX.

ID notes: A. villosa is found in drier habitats than A. rufa, most typically in upland swales in the sandhills.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Kral (2004) segregated a new species, A. texana Kral, of the w. Gulf Coastal plain, previously confused with A. villosa.

Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FlGr; = Anthaenantia villosa (Michx.) P.Beauv. — NS; = Anthenantia villosa (Michx.) P.Beauv. var. villosa — K4, POWO; < Anthaenantia villosa (Michx.) P.Beauv. — HC, RAB, S, S13, Tx, WH3, Crins (1991), orthographic variant; < Anthenantia villosa (Michx.) P.Beauv. — FNA25; Phalaris villosa Michaux. Basionym: Phalaris villosa Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: < Anthenantia villosa - FNA25

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