Antennaria solitaria - solitary pussytoes

Height: 4 to 5"
Spread: .75’ to 1.5’
Light Needs: full sun to part sun
Water: average, well-drained
Flower color: White tinged with pink
Bloom time: April to June

This low-growing wildflower forms small rosettes of spoon-shaped leaves that lay nearly flat on the ground. The leaves are fuzzy, gray-green above and silvery below. Plants spread by stolons and can spread rapidly in a good site. It is distinguished from related species by the solitary head of flowers produced at the top of a stalk. Pollen-bearing and seed-bearing flowers are borne on separate plants. These plants came from a single colony so seed production from these is unlikely. It can be used as a very low, tidy groundcover in a formal garden or it can be naturalized. The flowers attract butterflies, native bees and other insect pollinators. It is a host plant for the American lady butterfly. Deer and rabbits leave it alone.