Antennaria luzuloides subsp. aberrans

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Rosy pussytoes is a California native perennial found in the Cascade Range and Modoc Plateau in moist open areas and meadows within montane forest at elevations around 1,500 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white flowers in compact clusters of 10 to 30 heads. Growing with delicate stems up to several dozen centimeters tall, it forms low-growing clumps in alpine and subalpine environments. Its basal leaves are distinctively narrow and linear, measuring 1 to 5 millimeters wide, creating a fine, grass-like appearance. The small flowers have pistillate corollas 2 to 2.5 millimeters long, topped with a soft, feathery pappus.

Habitat: Moist open areas, meadows in montane forest

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: +- 1500 m.

Bioregions: CaRH, MP

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