Description
Antennaria parlinii, commonly known as pussytoes, is a herbaceous perennial native to eastern and central North America. It is very similar in appearance to Antennaria plantaginifolia, with the main difference being larger flower heads. It is a stoloniferous, mat-forming plant, with the leaves and flower stalks being woolly and grayish. Somewhat non-showy, fuzzy, whitish flower heads bloom in spring. Flowers are crowded into terminal clusters (corymbs) atop downy, small-leaved flowering stems rising to 10” high from a basal rosette of paddle-shaped leaves (to 3” long). Plants are dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants), with male flowers (yellow stamens) typically appearing on shorter flower stalks than the female flowers (pink stamens).
