What's new, pussytoe?

Antennaria pulcherrima, June 18, 2023

Common & scientific name

Showy pussytoes, Antennaria pulcherrima

Family

Sunflower, Asteraceae

Location

South Fork Lake Creek, 10,500’

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”).