Antennaria neglecta Greene is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Antennaria neglecta Greene

Antennaria neglecta Greene

Antennaria neglecta, or field pussytoes, is a North American herbaceous flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.

Family
Genus
Antennaria
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Antennaria neglecta Greene

Antennaria neglecta Greene, commonly known as field pussytoes, is a North American flowering plant species belonging to the family Asteraceae. It is widely distributed across much of Canada: it grows in the Northwest Territories and all Canadian provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador, and is also found across the northeastern and north-central United States. This species is an herb that grows up to 25 centimeters (10 inches) tall, and a single plant can produce up to 8 flowering heads. Male and female flowers grow on separate individual plants, and some entire populations consist only of female plants.

Photo: (c) Jennifer Danhaus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jennifer Danhaus · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Antennaria

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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