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sticky cudweed, winged cudweed

weedy cudweed

Habit Plants annual or biennial, 4–10 dm. Plants annual, 1.5–4 dm.
Stems

pilose- or floccose-pubescent, stalked-glandular.

floccose-tomentose, not 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.

1.5–5 cm, broadly or narrowly linear to oblanceolate, bases clasping, not decurrent;

surfaces floccose-tomentose, not glandular.

Involucres

4.5–6 mm.

3–4 mm.

Phyllaries

in 4–5 series, white or brownish;

surfaces glabrous.

in 3–4 series, green or brownish;

surfaces glabrous.

Fruits

0.4–0.5 mm, brown;

pappi white.

0.3–0.5 mm, brown;

pappi white.

Outer florets

50–100;

corolla tips yellow.

130–160;

corolla tips red.

Inner florets

5–12.

5–10.

2n

=14, 16, 28.

Pseudognaphalium macounii

Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum

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.

Riverbanks, roadsides, disturbed areas. Flowering May–Aug. 0–300 m. CR, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, NV, WA; southeast to FL, south to Mexico; Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Pacific Islands. Exotic.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 327
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 327
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
P. californicum, P. luteoalbum, P. stramineum, P. thermale
P. californicum, P. macounii, P. stramineum, P. thermale
Synonyms Gnaphalium macounii, Gnaphalium viscosum, Pseudognaphalium viscosum
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