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Antennaria dimorpha is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name low pussytoes. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Nebraska, where it is generally found in dry areas. This is a small mat-forming perennial herb growing in a flat patch from a thick, branching caudex. The spoon-shaped leaves are up to about a centimeter long and green but coated with long, gray hairs. The erect flower clusters are only a few centimeters tall. Each holds a single flower head lined with dark brown and green patched phyllaries. It is dioecious, with male plants bearing heads of staminate flowers and female plants bearing heads of larger pistillate flowers. The fruit is an achene with a long, soft, barbed pappus.
Perennial herb
1 - 4 in Tall
Spreading
Slow
Purple, Cream
Spring
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Prefers sandy or loamy soils. Does not grow well in clay soils.
Dry places
Lodgepole Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Red Fir Forest, Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 4 likely
White-spotted Midget
Eutricopis nexilis
Pussy's Toes Pyrausta
Pyrausta unifascialis
American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis