Antennaria rosea subsp. confinis

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Rosy pussytoes is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern California mountains, Sierra Nevada, southern California mountains, and Great Basin in woodland, meadow edges, and rocky areas at elevations of 1,200 to 3,700 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white to pink flowers in clusters of 4 to 11 heads approximately 4 to 6.5 millimeters long. Growing with slender stems 9 to 25 centimeters tall, it spreads through horizontal to ascending stolons that extend 15 to 45 millimeters. Its leaves form delicate rosettes with the longest flower cluster leaves measuring 8 to 20 millimeters, often with cauline leaves 6 to 20 millimeters long. The plant's distinctive brownish phyllaries and fine stolons allow it to create subtle, low-growing colonies in alpine and subalpine environments.

Habitat: Woodland, meadow edges, rock barrens, dry ridges

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 1200-3700 m

Bioregions: KR, CaRH, SNH, SnGb, SnBr, SnJt, GB

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