What's new, pussytoe?

Antennaria anaphaloides, June 18, 2023

Common & scientific name

Showy pussytoes, Antennaria anaphaloides

Family

Sunflower, Asteraceae

Location

South Fork Lake Creek, 10,500’

Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact

This plant 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”). This pussytoe can be distinguished from other species in the following ways: it has a taller stem, larger flower heads, it is not mat-forming, and it has significantly longer, white-hairy leaves with distinct veins.