Antennaria rosea, June 5, 2023
Geissler, 12,900’, July 21, 2023
Common & scientific name
Rosy pussytoes, Antennaria rosea
Family
Sunflower, Asteraceae
Location
Difficult area, 8,100’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
Called “pussytoes” because of their tightly packed flower head’s resemblance to the underside of a cat’s paw, Rosy pussytoes is our loveliest species owing to its bright pink heads. Each colony of pussytoes is a clone with all the plants connected to one another by underground rhizomes, and their evergreen leaf mats cover the ground throughout the four seasons
Linkins Lake area, 12,300’, July 11, 2023