Antennaria plantaginifolia

& A.Gray Gnaphalium plantaginifolium L. Antennaria plantaginifolia (known by the common names plantain leaf pussytoes and woman's tobacco)[3] is a perennial forb native to the eastern North America,[4] that produces cream colored composite flowers in spring.

Antennaria plantaginifolia is dioecious, meaning that the male and female flowers are borne on separate plants.

[5][6][7][8][9] Antennaria plantaginifolia is widely distributed in the eastern North America from Quebec and Nova Scotia west to Minnesota and south to Mississippi, Arkansas, and Florida, with isolated populations in eastern Texas and Saskatchewan.

[10][4] In Virginia, it grows in habitats including dry forests, barrens, and meadows.

[12] This species is host to the following insect induced gall: external link to gallformers

Botanical illustration of Antennaria plantaginifolia (1913)
Male ( staminate ) flower
Asynapta antennariae gall