Flower ID: IMG_1695.JPG-06-02-2019 Flower name (scientific): Antennaria parlinii Fernald PY: 1897. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) an-ten-AIR-ee-ah par-LIN-ee-ee (or par-LIN-ee-eye) Flower name (common): Parlin's Pussytoes Family name (common): Aster Family name (scientific): Asteraceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Latin for feeler or antenna, referring to the resembleance of the male flowers to insect antennae. Specific epithet: Named by Merritt Lyndon Fernald to honor John Crawford Parlin (1863 – 1948), American botanist. Common name origin: From the botanist John Crawford Parlin and from the appearance of the female flowers, which resemble cat's paws. Flower description: Size: 0.2 to 0.7 inches (0.5 to 1.8 cm) Petal count: Numerous florets present. Ray florets not present. Color: white Other: flower arrangement, typically 4 to 12 flower heads in a terminal cluster. Plant description: Size: 4 to 16 inches (10 to 41 cm) Stem hairy: Densely woolly. Other: Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is simple. Basal leaves 3 to 5-veined, most evident on the leaf underside. Size: Basal leaves are up to about 9 cm long and up to approximately 4 cm wide. Color: Upper surface medium green with a whitish appearance when densely wollly. Underside whitish due to a dense covering with hairs. Hairy: Underside densely woolly, upper surface glabrous to densely woolly. Other: Shape: leaf, (basal) obovate-spatulate, obovate, rhombic-obovate, or suborbiculate, (cauline) oblong-lanceolate (FNA). Shape: leaf, (basal) obovate-spatulate, obovate, rhombic-obovate, or suborbiculate, (cauline) oblong-lanceolate (FNA) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): April to June Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Woods, prairies, forests, ledges, roadsides, streambanks, sun, mesic to dry. Fruit: Seed: Brown, 1 to 2 mm in length, with a pappus of white hairs. Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Other Antennaria species. To help ID which species is found examine the basal leaves and count the number of veins observed: 1-veined A. howellii, A. neglecta, and two species not present in Wisconsin, but present in some neighboring states, A. microphylla, and A. parvifolia; 3 to 5-veined A. parlinii and A. plantaginifolia, with the latter sometimes having 7-veins. For A. parlinii the abaxial surface of the basal leaves is whitish from a dense covering of hairs and the adaxial basal leaf surface green. For A. plantaginifolia the abaxial surface of the basal leaves is whitish from a dense covering of hairs and the adaxial surface is also whitish, but not to the same degree as the leaf underside. A. plantaginifolia tends to have male and female plants growing in proximity to each other, while A. parlinii has less of a tendency for this characteristic. Ethnobotany: No uses by Native American tribes listed in (Moerman, 1998). Latitude: 44.799692 Longitude: -91.506180 Altitude: 232.80 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (MB, NB, NS, ON, QC) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): na Heterotypic Synonym(s): na Autonym:Antennaria parlinii subsp. parlinii (The other infraspecific is Antennaria parlinii subsp.fallax (Greene) R. J. Bayer & Stebbins. This subspecies is distributed widely from the central states to the east coast of the US and some eastern provinces of Canada.) Wetland Status (NC): Not listed Wetland Status (MW): Not listed