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Pearly pussytoes

Antennaria anaphaloides

Also called Handsome Pussytoes, Showy pussytoes, Tall Everlasting, Tall Pussytoes, Pearly Pussy Toes, Pussytoes

Pearly pussytoes
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0

Pearly pussytoes is a low, clump-forming native wildflower of western North America with woolly, silvery leaves and white, papery flower heads. It is best grown in open, well-drained spots in full sun to part shade.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established, letting the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Lean, sandy or gravelly, well-drained soil.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect from prolonged waterlogging and humid heat.
How easy
Easy
Native range
W. & C. Canada to NW. & WC. U.S.A.

About

Antennaria anaphaloides, the pearly pussytoes, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan) and the western United States (primarily the Rocky Mountains, with additional populations in the Great Basin and northeastern part of the Colorado Plateau).

Other Antennaria plants

Alpine pussytoes · Box pussytoes · Silver pussytoes · Scented pussytoes · Flat-top pussytoes · Denseleaf pussytoes · Low pussytoes · Stoloniferous pussytoes · Whip pussytoes · Fries' pussytoes · Pinewoods pussytoes · Howell's pussytoes

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Antennaria anaphaloides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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