BUFF PUSSY TOES 
Antennavia luzuloides Torrey and Gray 
In the Rocky Mountain region over forty species of Antennaria, ot 
pussytoes, are known, and many others grow inthe Eastern States and 
along the Pacific Coast. They are members of the great Aster Family. 
In most of the species the plants have long, slender, leafy runnets or 
stetile shoots, spreading over the ground in every direction to form 
dense mats, but such runners are absent in the species here illustrated. 
This is a slender erect plant, usually four to fifteen inches high. It 
grows on open, rocky or grassy slopes at middle altitudes in the moun- 
tains, or even above timber line. In many parts of the United States the 
species of Antennaria ate known as Indian tobacco, and the leaves are 
chewed by children. 
Buff pussytoes ranges from Wyoming and Montana westward to 
Oregon and British Columbia. 
The specimen figuted was obtained in the valley of the Siffleur 
River forty-five miles from Lake Louise, Alberta, at an altitude of 
4,500 feet. 
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