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Pseudognaphalium macounii

sticky cudweed, winged cudweed
Habit Plants annual or biennial, 4–10 dm.
Stems

pilose- or floccose-pubescent, stalked-glandular.
Leaves

2–10 cm, linear to lanceolate or oblanceolate, bases decurrent;

surfaces contrasting in color, abaxially gray-tomentose, sometimes stalked-glandular on midveins, adaxially green, glabrous or scarcely tomentose, usually stalked-glandular.
Involucres

4.5–6 mm.
Phyllaries

in 4–5 series, white or brownish;

surfaces glabrous.
Fruits

0.4–0.5 mm, brown;

pappi white.
Outer florets

50–100;

corolla tips yellow.
Inner florets

5–12.

Pseudognaphalium macounii
Distribution
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Discussion

Open woodlands, grasslands, riverbanks, roadsides. Flowering Jul–Sep. 1000–2000 m. BW, Casc. CA, ID, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Nova Scotia, east to MA, southeast to NM, south to Mexico. Native.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 327
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
P. californicum, P. luteoalbum, P. stramineum, P. thermale
Synonyms Gnaphalium macounii, Gnaphalium viscosum, Pseudognaphalium viscosum
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