Asteraceae
Woman's tobacco
Antennaria plantaginifolia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Antennaria
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- هوائية مزمارية
- English
- Woman's tobacco
- Finnish
- Kollikissankäpälä
- Polish
- Ukwap babkolistny
Synonyms
- Antennaria caroliniana Rydb. ex Small
- Antennaria decipiens Greene
- Antennaria denikeana B.Boivin
- Antennaria nemoralis Greene
- Antennaria pinetorum Greene
- Antennaria plantaginea var. petiolata Fernald
- Antennaria plantaginifolia var. petiolata (Fernald) A.Heller
- Antennaria plantaginifolia var. plantaginifolia
- Disynanthus plantagineus Raf.
- Gnaphalium dioicum var. plantaginifolium (L.) Michx.
- Gnaphalium plantagineum L.
- Gnaphalium plantaginifolium L.
- Gnaphalium plantaginifolium var. parvifolium Kuntze
- Gnaphalium plantaginifolium var. plantaginifolium
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 135 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: jcollatz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Kees, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Logsdon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Scott Cave, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Taro Ietaka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Vickers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.