The Morton Arboretum's Naturalist Certificate Program

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Local Flora I: Spring Woodlands | Grasslands | | Glossary: Plant Parts | Flowers | Leaves
Monocots | Liliaceae | Other Monocot spp. | | Dicots | Ranunculaceae | Other Dicot spp.
Compositae: Antennaria neglecta - field pussytoes
The American Painted Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) caterpillar feeds on pussytoes and other composites and sometimes encloses the blossoms in its silken web home. Locally these butterfly larvae have been seen on Antennaria neglecta but not on A. plantaginifolia.
Compositae featured species:
Antennaria neglecta - field pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia - plantain-leaved pussytoes

Edna Davion
Department of Botany, The Field Museum
Chicago, IL 60605-2496
E-mail: edavion@fieldmuseum.org
Photographs by
Jane and John Balaban
Skokie, Illinois
North Branch Restoration Project