Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson
Plantain-leaved pussytoes, woman’s tobacco, everlasting ladies’ tobacco
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5/31/2010 · Mt. Lebanon St., Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 14 × 9″ (35 × 23 cm) 
5/12/2014 · Big Bear Mountain, Brookline, New Hampshire · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (16 × 11 cm) 
4/15/1979 · Memphis, Tennessee · By Tim Chandler 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Asterales | Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies |
| Family | Asteraceae | The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers |
| Genus | Antennaria | From Latin antenna, for the similarity of male flowers to the antennae of insects |
| Species | plantaginifolia | Latin for leaves similar to plantain |
Antennaria plantaginifolia description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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