ROSY PUSSYTOES

Class: Antennaria microphylla, rosea

Family: ASTER FAMILY

Sub Family: Asteraceae, Compositae

Year: Perennial

Other Names: Ladies-tobacco, Cat's-paws, Pink Pussytoes

Colour: Deep to pale rose

Height: 5-40 cm (2-16")

Each Flower: 5-7 mm (3/16-1/4") across; deep to pale rose papery bracts surround compact mass of downy hairs, giving effect of a cat's paw; below are greenish bracts

Leaves: Many basal, downy, spatula-shaped leaves 8-30 mm (3/8-1 1/4") long, forming a rosette. Stem-leaves, alternate, stalkless, narrow, up to 2.5 cm (1") long

Stems: Unbranched, erect, greyish with downy hairs

Blooming Period: May - August

Habitat: Open to sparsely wooded, dry areas from low to middle elevations

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