Texas Wildbuds
Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax
(Parlin’s Pussytoes)
Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax,
Caddo Lake State Park, Harrison Co. 0558
Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax,
Caddo Lake State Park, Harrison Co. 0556
Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax,
Caddo Lake State Park, Harrison Co. 0562
Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax,
Caddo Lake State Park, Harrison Co. 0573
Basal leaves, Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax, Caddo Lake State Park, Harrison Co. 0563
Stem leaves, Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax, Caddo Lake State Park, Harrison Co. 0572
| Scientific Name | Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax (Antennaria fallax) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | ANPAF |
| Common Name | Parlini's Pussytoes, Deceitful Pussytoes | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 185172 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Sandy soils in open woodlands, clearings, fields and roadsides. Plant: Mat-forming perennial, stoloniferous (horizontal, above ground stems--stolons--emerge from basal leaf clumps); stems are erect, 2-1/2 to 14 inches tall; covered with long, white, matted hairs and sometimes glandular-hairy on the upper stems. Leaves: Basal leaves are spatulate to narrowly obovate, or nearly round, 1-1/8 to 3-1/2 inches long and 1/2 to 1-3/4 inches wide with mucronate tips; upper surface is woolly-hairy (tomentose) and lower is silvery white from dense matted hairs; stem leaves are oblong-lanceolate, 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches long and about 1/4-inch wide, widely spaced along the stem, sessile and woolly hairy. Inflorescence: Dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants); four to a dozen or more flower heads in tight flat to rounded clusters at the top of the stems; blossoms have no ray flowers (petals); female flower heads have many white tubular corollas with protruding, thread-like styles and resemble little shaving brushes, 1/3 to 3/4-inch long; male flower heads are smaller, about 1/4-inch long and have many florets with flaring white corollas and brown columns of stamens protruding from the centers; involucre below with one or a few layers of linear or oblong glandular-hairy, green phyllaries. Bloom Period: Early to mid-spring. References: Flora of North America, Minnesota Wildflowers and A. fallax in "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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