BUFF PUSSYTOES 



Antennaria lu%uloides Torrey and Gray 



In the Rocky Mountain region over forty species of Antennaria, or 

 pussytoes, are known, and many others grow in the 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 runners or 

 sterile 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 axe 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 figured was obtained in the valley of the Sifileur 

 River forty-five miles from Lake Louise, Alberta, at an altitude of 

 4,500 feet. 



PLATE 171 



