Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois

Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax
Pussy-toes, Parlin's pussytoes, Deceitful pussytoes
Taxonomy

Synonyms: Antennaria plantaginifolia ambigens, Antennaria parlinii, Antennaria plantaginifolia var ambigens, Antennaria plantaginifolia var. ambigens

Subspecific taxa:

Classification:

  • Magnoliophyta
    • Magnoliopsida

Other taxonomic & nomenclature sources: USDA PlantsITISThe Plant ListIPNI

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Species Distribution
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County Map Legend
Absent:
Not known from county
Medium confidence:
Medium or unknown confidence;
often old records or unverifiable observations
Medium-high confidence:
Often observations by expert botanists
High confidence:
Often vouchered herbarium records
Planted / introduced:
Native species introduced outside historic range,
or only in planted locations within county (e.g., restorations)
Historic / extirpated:
Only historic records for the species; likely extirpated
(Note that this category is not yet functional)

North American distribution maps for this species: FLNAUSDA PlantsBONAPBISON

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Species Status

Status/Listing: No Information

Notes:

Origin: Native

Species Description

General: Dicot-herb, perennial

Roots: adventitious, stolons

Shoots: alternate leaf arrangment; simple leaf type; entire leaf margin; Pinnate leaf venation; oblong, ovate, oblanceolate leaf shape

Inflorescence: head

Flowers: unisexual, dioecious; regular; epigynous ovary position

Fruit: achene

Physiology: autotrophic

Reproduction: apomictic

Ecology & Natural History

Habitat: Rocky open wooded slopes; ravines; ridges; disturbed prairies; loam woods; sandy black-oak woods.

ILPIN Notes: Upper surfaces of new rosette leaves and those at stolon tips closely hairy from heads 4.5-6 mm long. inception until late maturity; glabrous when withered. This variety with pistillate involucres mostly 7-10 mm tall; mature central corollas of pistillate

Functional Relationships:

  • Pollinators: wind
  • Dispersal:
  • Mycorrhizae:
  • N2 fixation:

Human Relationships:

  • Edibility [?] :
  • Showy Flowers:

Wildlife and Livestock Information:

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Coefficient of Conservatism (C-value) [?] :

  • Entire State: 4
  • Chicago Area:

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