Plantain-leaved Pussytoes makes an excellent and attractive ground cover for sunny and lightly shaded areas. It's a vigorous spreader and good for covering large areas with delicate spring color and foliage that will last all season and into the colder months.
 
     Pussytoes is a larval host to the American Lady and other butterflies, and it is a moth larval host and attracts beetles, native bees, wasps and flies.
 
     Fun fact: So named because the flowers bear some resemblance to a cat's paw.
 
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