Family:
Asteraceae
Common Name(s):
Pussy toes and Ladies' tobacco
Flowering Time:
May
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Pappus expands
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
Mid to late May
Seed Cleaning:
None required
Storage:
Dry
Restoration Potential:
Low
Notes
Has moderate seed output and high vegetative spread through extensive root system (Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991, Runkel and Bull 2009).
Habitat restricted to dry open woods and dry prairies (Eilers and Roosa 1994); often grows on dry poor soils (Runkel and Bull 2009).
