Small-leaf Pussytoes, Sunloving Pussytoes, Catsfoot Antennaria parvifolia Sunflower Family (Asteraceae)

The Bloom Blog
Blooming this week in the environs of Abiquiú
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By Wildflowers of the Southern Rocky Mountains

Found in dry meadows, slopes, dry coniferous forests
Seen blooming in late May by FS Rd 137, Carson NF

The flower heads of the Antennaria genus grow in a tightly packed cluster which, from above, resemble a cat's paw, from below, so it was given the common name of Pussytoes. Small-leaf Pussytoes grows to four inches high, usually less, from a mat of small, grey-green leaves. Flower heads of two to seven flowers appear when stems are only two inches high. Traditionally it was used to treat swellings, chewed with deer or sheep tallow as a blood purifier, taken for the mad coyote bite, a cold infusion of the root was taken as protection against witches, and the young leaves were used as greens. Source.
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