Antennaria pulcherrima, June 2, 2020
Common & scientific name
Showy pussytoes, Antennaria pulcherrima
Family
Sunflower, Asteraceae
Location
Difficult Trail, 8,000’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
This species of pussytoe, which has a taller stem and larger head than our other local species, doesn’t look much like a sunflower because it only has disk flowers (the flowers that usually make up the button of a sunflower), and no ray flowers (the “petals”).