Pussytoes Antennaria neglecta spreads as a groundcover, with basal leaves surviving through winter close to the ground.
In springtime, flowers emerge on tall stalks and look like toes on kittens.
The lower surface of each basal leaf is silvery white with dense matted hairs; the upper surface is gray-green and woolly. In summer, the old basal leaves shrivel up and disintegrate, leaving the short plant and root to hide in the surrounding vegetation until next Spring.
