Alpine Pussytoes
Antennaria alpina
Alpine pussytoes is a low, silvery mat-forming perennial of high mountains, with woolly leaves and tufted white flower heads, a tough groundcover and larval host for American lady butterflies.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.2–0.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- July, August
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- container
- Native states
- AK, ID, MT