Family Asteraceae
Antennaria howellii Greene subsp. petaloidea (Fernald) R.J.Bayer
Howell's pussy-toes, small pussy-toes
Antennaria: from the Latin antenna, because of the resemblance of the male flowers to insect antennae
howellii: named in honor of John Thomas Howell (1842-1912), a collector of the flora of Oregon and Washington, who wrote, produced and printed his own Flora of Northwest America.
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