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.