Small-leaf Pussytoes

Antennaria parvifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common names small-leaf pussytoes and Nuttall's pussytoes (not to be confused with littleleaf pussytoes). It is native to western and central North America.

Antennaria parvifolia generally grows a few centimeters high but it may reach 15 cm (6 inches).^[3] The grayish, woolly-haired leaves are up to 3.5 cm (1+1⁄2 in) long, the upper ones shorter and narrower than the basal. The inflorescence contains 2 to 7 flower heads, each about 1.5 cm (1⁄2 in) across and blooming from July and September.^[3] The plant may be gynoecious, containing only female flowers, or dioecious, with some female plants and some male in a given population. Dioecious plants are most common in Colorado and New Mexico,^[4] and can reproduce sexually, though male plants are much less common than female.^[5] Plants in most other areas are mostly gynoecious, reproducing asexually via apomixis.^[4] The plant forms mats by spreading stolons and sprouting new stems.^[5] The flower heads are lined with an outer layer of phyllaries which are translucent except at the base, where they vary from white, red, green, and brown.^[3][4] The fruit is an achene with a pappus that helps it disperse on the wind.^[4]