Antennaria dimorpha

Gray cushion pussytoes

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Gray cushion pussytoes is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern coastal ranges, Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, and Great Basin in dry places at elevations of 800 to 2,400 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white flowers in small, compact heads with dingy brown phyllaries. Growing in dense cushion-like clumps less than 4 centimeters tall, it forms a much-branched woody base without producing stolons. Its basal leaves are narrow and linear, 8 to 11 millimeters long, with a grayish-tomentose surface that gives the plant a soft, silvery appearance. The plant produces small fruits 2 to 3.5 millimeters long, covered in fine hairs.

Habitat: dry places

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 800-2400 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRH, SNH, TR, GB

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.