Howell's Pussytoes, Antennaria howellii
 
Great low-growing ground cover with beautiful fuzzy leaves grows only 30 cm high and produces a sea of white flower clusters blooming in spring. It can be a low-maintenance lawn replacement and spreads by stolons. After flowering, the flower heads become cute white, fluffy balls. The plants are poisonous to deer and rabbits, so they will leave them alone.
 
Ecology:
Pussytoes are a host plant to the caterpillars of the painted lady butterfly and different moth species and offer early-season nectar to a variety of bees. Pussytoes have male (white with red-brown stamens) and female (white/cream) flowering plants. Male plants are rare, and female plants can self-pollinate. 
 
Growing conditions:
In the wild, plantain leaf pussytoe grows in open woodlands, meadows and rocky outcrops.
It thrives and spreads in medium to dry, poor soil in full sun with some dappled shade. It does not tolerate wet conditions, being covered with leaves or rich soils.
Plantain-leaved pussytoe is ideal for the edge of garden borders, rock gardens, within the lawn or as low maintenance lawn replacement and for difficult sunny dry areas with poor soil.