Antennaria rosea subsp. rosea

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Rosy pussytoes is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, high Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, San Jacinto Mountains, and Great Basin in woodland, meadow edges, rock barrens, and dry ridges at elevations of 1,200 to 3,700 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white to pink flowers in compact heads 6 to 20 millimeters long. Growing with decumbent stolons and stems 10 to 40 centimeters tall, it forms low-spreading clusters across alpine and subalpine landscapes. Its leaf rosettes feature elongated leaves 20 to 40 millimeters long, with smaller cauline leaves 8 to 36 millimeters in length. The delicate flower clusters have involucres 5 to 8 millimeters wide, with pale phyllaries creating a soft, clustered appearance.

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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