Pussytoes is grown for its basal rosette of soft velvety leaves. Small bees and flies pollinate the small white spring blooming flowers.

Bright red textured fruit capsules split open in the fall revealing 4 glossy orange-red seeds, eaten by birds.

Fragrant, white flowers bloom in small, flat-topped clusters atop unbranched stems and within the leaf axils, between June and September.

Summer blooming purple flowers are attractive to bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.

Purple florets clustered around a cone-like bud bloom throughout the summer, June-August.

Attractive, purple flowers with yellow centers have a long bloom period; making this perennial a welcome addition to your native garden.