Common Name
Shale-barren pussytoes
Plant Form
Herbs
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
1.0
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountain
Additional Info
Dry, open forests, rocky woodlands, barrens, and clearings; especially common on shale and once thought to be endemic to shale barrens but now known to occur on a variety of other sedimentary, metasedimentary, and even mafic substrates. Infrequent to locally common in the mountains; infrequent in the n. piedmont; rare in the inner s. piedmont foothills.
Bloom Time
Spring
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Shade
Moisture Requirements
Moist
Dry
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