Plantain-leaf Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
White flowers from March into May, worked by cuckoo bees. American Lady caterpillars feed on its leaves. It grows wild in 45 of North Carolina’s 100 counties.
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Dry to moist soil
- Size
- 5 in to 6 in tall, 1.5 ft wide
- Flowers
- White, Mar to May
- Leaves
- Semi-evergreen
- Roots
- Spreading rhizomes or runners
- Kind
- Wildflower
At its grown size
in flower
What it feeds
- Butterflies
- Host plant for the American Lady
- Caterpillars
- 2 kinds of caterpillars
- Birds
- 5 kinds of birds
- On its flowers
- Cuckoo bee (Nomada pygmaea)
Grows well with
Wild Strawberry
Bird's-foot Violet
Robin's-plantain
New Jersey Tea
Bluestem Goldenrod
Narrowleaf Sundrops
Wild Geranium
Calico AsterFacts from the Quercus record for Antennaria plantaginifolia.