Parlin's pussytoes facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Parlin's pussytoes |
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Antennaria
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parlinii
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Antennaria parlinii is a type of flowering plant found in North America. It belongs to the daisy family. People often call it Parlin's pussytoes. This plant grows across a large area in eastern and central Canada and the United States. You can find it from Manitoba to Nova Scotia, and south to Texas and Georgia.
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What is Parlin's Pussytoes?
Parlin's pussytoes is a plant that grows up to 45 centimeters (about 18 inches) tall. It's known as an herb. This means it has soft stems, not woody ones like trees.
How Parlin's Pussytoes Reproduces
This plant has a special way of reproducing. It has male and female flowers on different plants. This means you need two different plants, one male and one female, for them to make seeds. However, in some places, all the plants are female. These female-only plants can still make seeds without male plants.
Types of Parlin's Pussytoes
There are two main types, or subspecies, of Parlin's pussytoes:
- Antennaria parlinii subsp. fallax
- Antennaria parlinii subsp. parlinii
These subspecies are slightly different versions of the same plant.
Who is Parlin?
The plant is named after an American botanist named John Crawford Parlin (1863–1948). A botanist is a scientist who studies plants. John Parlin was the first to realize that this plant was unique and different from others.
