Antennaria rosea (Rosy pussytoes)

Plant Description: A native wildflower to Clackamas county, often found in sunny, rocky slopes. This plant has a silvery-green evergreen matt of leaves that spread by rhizome and grows slender, slightly hair stalks. Flowers range from white, soft pink, to deep magenta showing up as small, webbed clusters of buds at the end of each stalk, akin to a kitten's toe beans.  Height: 4"-1.5'  Width: 20" Watering needs: regular, can tolerate dry summers once established Sun needs: Full-part sun, tolerates part shade Soil needs: well draining, moist-dry Bloom Time: Summer Portland Plant List (Backyard Habitat Certification): No Landscape Use and Ecological Function: Rosy pussytoes is a larval host for the American Lady butterfly and attracts a wide variety of other butterflies and pollinators and is commonly consumed by caterpillars, though it quickly bounces back. We recommend planting this wildflower among native grasses, stonecrop, penstemon, and yarrow in a rocky or well drai